Amid uncertainty over formation of alliance for BMC polls, Shiv Sena on Thursday tried to steal a march over BJP by announcing sops including waiver of property tax for small tenements if voted back to power, only to be countered by the combative ally which said the civic body has no right to levy street tax until roads are rid of potholes.
As many as 1,040 nomination papers were filed on Wednesday, the last day for filing of nominations for the 117-member Punjab Assembly.
Veteran MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh hit brilliants hundreds to give India series winning victory in Cuttack.
In what could indicate a rift in the Congress party ahead of the February 4 poll, a party office-bearer, who on Tuesday burnt an effigy of AICC General Secretary Digvijaya Singh, has been awarded party ticket to contest the Fatorda seat in South Goa district.
Invited to bat, Yuvraj (150 off 127 balls) and Dhoni (134 off 122) forged a record 256-run partnership to put their team in a position of strength from a precarious one.
Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai blamed Pakistan's spy agency ISI for the revival of Taliban in Afghanistan.
As per tradition, after taking the oath of office on Friday at noon, Trump will deliver his speech outdoors from a stage at the foot of the west side of the Capitol building.
Italy straddles the Eurasian and African tectonic plates, making it vulnerable to seismic activity when they move.
President-elect Donald Trump has asked roughly 50 senior Obama administration appointees to remain in their posts after his inauguration to ensure continuity in government, his incoming White House press secretary said today.
He reached the landmark by taking single off the 32nd over, bowled by Jake Ball.
Last year, local BJP MP Hukum Singh released a list of more than 300 Hindu families who had reportedly fled Kairana following repeated extortion threats and violent attacks.
Teesta Setalvad has been charged with IPC sections 153(a) (promoting enmity between two religious groups) and section 205(a) (outraging religious feelings).
A Belgian court handed out prison sentences of up to eight years for a group of 14 people convicted of falsifying documents used by Islamist militants in attacks in Paris and Brussels, Belgian media reported on Thursday.
The government, which is infusing Rs 1,894 crore capital into State Bank of India, has asked the country's largest lender to take necessary regulatory approvals for the fund infusion.
As protests demanding Jallikattu swelled on the streets of Tamil Nadu, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi on Thursday said the state government has the power to enact a law to treat Jallikattu as a traditional sport, but cautioned that the animals should not be harmed or cruelly treated during such events.
The European Central Bank left key interest rates and its mass bond-buying programme unchanged Thursday, at its first meeting of a year when the Frankfurt institution could become a political punching bag.
Lt Governor Anil Baijal has transferred Health Secretary Chandraker Bharti, who has been at the loggerheads with the AAP government over several issues including a ban on Chinese manja and his "absence in key meetings".
Most Islamic State (IS) commanders in Mosul have been killed in battles with Iraqi government forces that raged over the past three months in the eastern side of the city, an Iraqi general said on Thursday.
A complaint alleged that a well-known PR company was hired by the Delhi government to promote the 'TalktoAK' event for which a proposal of Rs 1.5 crore was made.
Congress on Thursday kept the hopes of a 'maha gathbandhan' against the BJP in Uttar Pradesh alive by not ruling out the inclusion of RLD in the tie-up for the key Assembly polls in the state.
IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday favoured uninterrupted availability of internet in Kashmir, but justified "temporary intervention" when the Internet or social media is abused for violence and hatred.
The FDA had received reports of five dogs that became ill and died after accidentally ingesting the topical cream.
In order to foray into the Noida property market, realty major Tata Housing on Thursday announced partnership with locak developer Lotus Greens for a 20-acre housing project.
The Modi government "owed" demonetisation to the nation and it had to do it to eradicate black money menace and to bring hoarded cash back into the banking system, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today.
More than 3.81 lakh consumers and 21,000 merchants have been declared winners of NITI Aayog's lucky draw schemes 'Lucky Grahak Yojana, LGY' for consumers and 'Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana, DVY for merchants.
