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New Delhi/Mumbai/Bengaluru/Chandigarh, June 10 The ruling Congress on Friday won three of the four Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan, overcoming the challenge posed by BJP-backed independent candidate Subhash Chandra, according to the party. The BJP got the fourth seat. Congress candidates Randeep Surjewala, Mukul Wasnik and Pramod Tiwari were…

Chandigarh, June 10 The stakes are high for the 16 Rajya Sabha seats in four states, voting for which is underway. The four states are Haryana (2), Rajasthan (4), Maharashtra (6) and Karnataka (4). 41 candidates have been elected unopposed. The Rajya Sabha Elections are crucial in view of…

Chandigarh, June 10 The stakes are high for the 16 Rajya Sabha seats in four states, voting for which is under way. The four states are Haryana (2), Rajasthan (4), Maharashtra (6) and Karnataka (4). As many as 41 candidates have been elected unopposed. The Rajya Sabha…

Chandigarh, June 10 The stakes are high for the 16 Rajya Sabha seats in four states, voting for which is under way. The four states are Haryana (2), Rajasthan (4), Maharashtra (6) and Karnataka (4). As many as 41 candidates have been elected unopposed. The Rajya Sabha…

New Delhi/Mumbai/Bengaluru/Chandigarh, June 10 As party leaders kept an anxious watch, legislators from four states queued up to vote in 16 MPs to the Rajya Sabha on Friday with some being ferried from resorts they had been sequestered in amid fears of poaching by rivals. The high-stakes race to…

Vibha SharmaNew Delhi, June 9The biennial elections to the 16 Rajya Sabha seats in four states — Haryana (2), Rajasthan (4), Maharashtra (6) and Karnataka (4) — are set for a nail-biting finish after the zealous safeguarding and “training” of MLAs in resorts amid allegations of attempts at horse-trading.Special observers…

Aditi Tandon and Mukesh RanjanNew Delhi, June 9Elections to the office of the 16th President will take place on July 18 and votes counted on July 21, the Election Commission announced on Thursday. The new President will take oath on July 25.Article 62 of the Constitution mandates the presidential election…

New Delhi, June 9A Red Corner Notice (RCN) has been issued by Interpol against Satinderjit Singh alias Goldy Brar, the Canada-based gangster who claimed responsibility for the killing of Punjabi singer-politician Sidhu Moosewala.The RCN against Brar was issued today on the written request by the CBI, which is India’s Interpol…

Mumbai/Pune, June 9Three members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang delivered a letter threatening Bollywood actor Salman Khan and his father, writer Salim Khan, and it was part of gangster Vikram Brar’s plan to terrorise them and extort money from them, police claimed on Thursday.’Mahakal’ alias Siddhesh alias Saurabh Kamble (20),…

Colombo, June 9 A renewable energy deal with India’s Adani group figured in Sri Lanka’s parliamentary debate on the Electricity Amendment bill, which was passed in Parliament on Thursday amid resistance from Opposition lawmakers and industry trade unions. The Opposition charged that an unsolicited government-to-government agreement to build a 500…

Vibha Sharma New Delhi, June 9 A nail-biting contest and finish to the biennial elections to 16 Rajya Sabha seats in four states—Haryana (2), Rajasthan (4), Maharashtra (6) and Karnataka (4) — is on cards after days of safeguarding voters in resorts, away from potential “poachers” and holding training…

New Delhi, June 9 The Foreign Office on Thursday said multiple rounds of talks with China had led to some progress in resolving the issue on the line of actual control (LAC). “We will maintain our dialogue to resolve the issue. Another round of senior military commanders will be…

Chandigarh, June 9 In an embarrassment for Punjab Police, the Central Bureau of Investigation has negated the claims that Punjab had sought red corner notice for Goldy brar 10 days before Sidhu Moosewala murder. The CBI said the request was made after the murder on May 30 and in…

Mumbai, June 9A special court here on Thursday rejected the pleas filed by Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik and former minister Anil Deshmukh seeking a day’s bail to vote in the Rajya Sabha elections to be held on Friday.Deshmukh and Malik, both senior NCP leaders, are currently lodged in jail in…

Sukhmeet Bhasin Bathinda, June 9 Police have taken two more suspects Keshav and Chetan into police custody on Thursday in connection with the murder of late Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala. Police had been searching Keshav’s house here for two days but could not find him. His mother and sister had…