For hundreds of thousands of people in this largely rural swath of north India, Rahul Gandhi is their prince. Huge crowds wait for hours under a scorching sun to watch his motorcade and maybe catch a glimpse as he makes his way to file his nomination...

A month after they first lined up to vote in India’s mammoth general election, the country’s voters will learn the outcome on Saturday. The election, staggered over five phases — involving five polling days over four weeks, rather than one...

A person was killed and few others injured in a clash between two groups at a polling booth in Punjab’s Ferozepur on Thursday. The groups pelted stones at each other and also open fired, which led to the polling for the forth phase of Lok Sabha...

New Delhi/Kolkata/Jaipur (PTI): Moderate to brisk voting was recorded till early afternoon in today’s fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections in eight states and union territories which was marred by sporadic violence in West Bengal and Rajasthan...

Sportswear brands are cashing in on the Indian Premier League (IPL) fever with IPL merchandise . Sales have been encouraging in India as well as abroad. “IPL merchandise has been doing better than expected. In fact, we’ve seen a spike in sales as...

General secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Prakash Karat has criticised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his statement that regional parties do not have any national vision and are an obstruction to the nation’s progress. It was...

India’s monthlong general elections entered their fourth and penultimate round Thursday with 1,315 candidates locked in key battles as the two rival coalitions were running neck and neck. Tight security arrangements were in place in New Delhi...

As a 50-hour strike call given by separatists began on Tuesday evening, the authorities are bracing themselves to ensure incident-free elections in the Srinagar parliamentary constituency which goes to the polls in the fourth phase on May 7. The...

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) is all set to give a tough fight to the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party in a triangular contest in this Jat stronghold of Rajasthan, after emerging as a force to reckon with by spearheading the public...

A day after Hurriyat Conference (M), Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq issued stern warning to the government over religious interference, hundreds of students of Kashmir University on Monday staged demonstrations in the campus to protest the conduct of...