Bengaluru: The high voltage campaign for the May 10 Assembly elections in Karnataka will come to an end on Monday as all three major political parties in the state — BJP, Congress and JD(S) — are busy making their last pitch to woo the voters. The top guns of all the major political parties were on…

Srinagar: Security has been beefed up in north Kashmir ahead of a G20 meet in the valley later this month, in view of three back-to-back encounters with militants in which five ultras were killed, officials said on Sunday. Additional security personnel have been deployed on the ground and drones are being used for aerial surveillance, they…

Pune: Senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar on Sunday said the tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance will remain intact and necessary efforts are being taken. Speaking to reporters in Baramati in Pune district, he dismissed speculation about his absence at a press conference held in Mumbai on Friday where Sharad Pawar announced his decision to withdraw…

Aligarh (UP): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said the “double-engine” government of the BJP has “put an Aligarh lock” on riots in the state. Campaigning for the ongoing urban local body polls in Aligarh, which is famous for its locks, Adityanath hit out at opposition parties for promoting “tamancha culture” (country-made pistol) in…

New Delhi: A batch of pleas has been filed in the Supreme Court on the Manipur situation including one by a ruling BJP MLA challenging the high court order on the issue of Scheduled Tribe status to the Meitei community and a PIL by a tribal outfit for a probe by an SIT into the violence…

Rampur (UP): Police here have arrested a close aide of senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan for allegedly forcibly evicting a person from his house, officials said. The accused, Aley Hasan Khan, a former circle officer, was arrested from his residence in Delhi, the police officials said. Chaudhary was arrested following the issuance of non-bailable warrants…

Rajouri/Jammu, May 7 (PTI) No fresh contact was established with holed up terrorists in the forested Kandi area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, where a massive search operation to track ultras entered the third day on Sunday, officials said. Five Army personnel and a terrorist, who is said to be part of the group…

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said the voters of Manipur are feeling “grossly betrayed” just a year after putting the BJP in power and called for the imposition of President’s rule in the state that has witnessed violent clashes. Violent clashes had broken out in Manipur last week between tribals and members…

New Delhi: Money was “illegally” collected from “every bottle” of liquor sold in Chhattisgarh and evidence of “unprecedented” corruption and laundering of Rs 2,000 crore generated by an alcohol syndicate led by Anwar Dhebar, the elder brother of Raipur Mayor Aijaz Dhebar, has been collected, the ED said on Sunday. Anwar Debhar was arrested by the…