Bangalore: The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Wednesday became the unlikely spoiler of celebration in JD-S president H.D. Deve Gowda's family by defeating his daughter-in-law in Karnataka.

Anita Kumaraswamy, wife of Gowda's son and former Janata Dal-Secular chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, lost to C.P. Yogeshwara in Channapatna, about 60 km from here.

Yogeshwara, who was a forest minister in the BJP government, quit the post and the party hoping for a Congress ticket but hopped on to SP when this was denied to him.

He defeated Anita by 6,404 votes. He polled 80,039 votes against 73,635 of...

Lucknow: Five people died in Amethi after consuming illicit liquor, police said on Wednesday. Three people, including the liquor supplier, were arrested.

The deaths took place in the Miyan Ka Purwa village where people consumed the poisonous liquor during an entertainment programme and fell ill. They were taken to a hospital where they died Tuesday night. Amethi is the parliamentary...

New Delhi: In 2013, around 9 lakh candidates appeared for IITJEE examination and yesterday, authorities have officially declared the IITJEE results 2013 over the website at around 2 pm.

As per the latest updates, this time a 16Yr old girl named Viswa Virinchi Muppirala has locked the first position in JEE (Main) exam 2013 by scoring 345 marks. While, Owais Khan Mohammed locked second position...

Bangalore: The Congress on Wednesday prepared to take power in Karnataka with an absolute majority, leaving the ruling BJP far behind with less than 40 seats in the 225-member assembly.

As votes were counted for the elections held on Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Party appeared set for a humiliating rout in the state where it took power five years ago relegated to the third spot.

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New Delhi: It was a sunny, warm morning in the national capital today, April 8, with the minimum temperature settling at 23.7 degrees Celsius, a notch below average for this time of year.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), it would be a hot and sunny day.

"The skies will be clear and the maximum temperature is expected to hover around the 41 degrees Celsius mark," said...

Patna: Power-starved Bihar plans to buy 1,000 MW in the open market from 2015 to meet the shortfall in its power requirements and keep the chief minister's promise of power for all before 2015 assembly polls, officials here said on Tuesday.

"At present Bihar is purchasing 300 MW and the state government has begun the process to purchase 1,000 MW from the open market in 2015," said an official...

Lucknow: The recalcitrant minister of Samajwadi Party Azam Khan has got a city festival – Jashn-e-Jauhar, sanctioned for his hometown Rampur. This festival will be on the very lines of Saifai Mahotsav which is celebrate at the paternal village of SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Chief Minister Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav.

A budget of Rs 58 lakh has been sanctioned for the fest which will be...

Ghaziabad: Ghaziabad police unearthed an illegal arms factory in rural Modinagar town of this district, police said Monday.

Senior Superintendent of Police Nitin Tiwari said at a press conference that they received a tip-off from the owner of an arms factory, who was arrested last week, that another such factory was operating in the same village.

Police raided the residence of Abdul Rahman,...

New Delhi: It was a hot day for Delhi residents on Monday with the maximum temperature settling at 41.4 degrees, a notch above average for this time of the season. The met office has forecast similar weather Tuesday.

The minimum temperature was two notches above average at 26 degrees Celsius, while the humidity wavered between a high of 63 and low of 26 percent.

According to the India...

New Delhi: The Delhi Police proposal of recruiting more cops at the Metro stations in the capital has been rejected by the Union Home Ministry. Delhi Police demanded to recruit about 2000 personnel, an official said.

"There is a total ban on creation of any post, so it can not be considered," said the rejection letter issued to the Delhi Police, according to the official.

Eight police...