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Less than 2 per cent loan outstanding against Vijay Mallya recovered...

Banks had reported Rs 8,191 crore as loan outstanding against Mallya as on December 31, 2016.

21 March 2017 5:13 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy. (Photo: PTI)

Can't change Ram's birthplace but namaz can be offered anywhere: Swamy

Swamy argued that mosque is regarded as the place where namaaz is offered and prayer can be offered at any place.

21 March 2017 4:57 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party supporters celebrate winning seats in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in, Lucknow. (Photo: AP)

UP government has 20 ministers with criminal cases: report

As for wealth, 35 UP ministers are 'crorepatis', while Punjab has nine.

21 March 2017 4:41 PM IST

DMK Rajya Sabha MP T.K.S. Elangovan

DMK demands action against AIADMK MP for disrespecting' Chair

Action should be taken against the member and see that Chair is not disrespected,' Elangovan said.

21 March 2017 4:32 PM IST

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath arrives at Parliament in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

As Adityanath takes charge, temple town Gorakhpur brims with...

Known for his simple lifestyle, Adityanath follows a strict daily regime.

21 March 2017 4:21 PM IST

MIM president Asaduddin Owaisi

Babri Masjid demolition case is about title: Asaduddin Owaisi

Owaisi said he is waiting to see if conspiracy charges' would be held against senior BJP leaders in the matter.

21 March 2017 4:11 PM IST

Prashant Kishor

Prashant Kishor gets praise from Congress for Punjab win

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said his team's work was absolutely critical to the victory'.

21 March 2017 4:06 PM IST

Poet Srijato Bandyopadhyay. (Photo: Facebook/Srijato Bandyopadhyay)

With poem on 'trishul, Yogi', poet 'hurts Hindu sentiments', police...

Bandyopadhyay had posted a 12-line poem on his Facebook page on March 19, the day Yogi Adityanath was sworn as UP CM.

21 March 2017 3:49 PM IST

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

Make Rahul famous for losing 27 elections', student tells Guinness...

However, the Guinness Book of World Records has not confirmed whether it will approve such a request or not.

21 March 2017 3:40 PM IST

AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said that the government structures and buildings will be iconic and unique and that all the structures should be build uniformly.

Slip of tongue': Chandrababu Naidu clarifies remark on corruption in...

Naidu clarified in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly that the state was number one in eliminating' corruption.

21 March 2017 3:32 PM IST

Priests perform Shila Pujan of stones for construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya (Photo: PTI/File)

Not against Ram Temple but SC should give final verdict: Muslim...

The matter has been pending since 2010, when the Supreme Court had put a freeze on a judgment by the Allahabad High...

21 March 2017 3:07 PM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: AP)

Why no window for those who couldn't deposit old notes till Dec 31: SC...

The apex court had sought the responses of the Centre and RBI as to why demonetised notes were not accepted till March...

21 March 2017 2:55 PM IST