If you’re travelling abroad for studies, work or summer vacation, you may have to apply for a passport in advance. The Regional Passport Office (RPO) in Bangalore says only 17,000 passport booklets are in stock against 30,000 applications pending for ...

Raising the pitch for his impending poll battle with Narendra Modi, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said he was not going to Varanasi to just fight an election but to defeat BJP’s prime ministerial candidate. “I ...

Narendra Modi will contest the Lok Sabha election from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, BJP announced on Saturday, putting to rest all speculation and hoping to boost the party’s prospects in the electorally crucial state. Modi, BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, will ...

Sahara chief Subrata Roy will stay in Tihar jail as the Supreme Court on Thursday refused him bail for not coming up with a “satisfactory” proposal to comply with the court’s August 31, 2012 order directing two Sahara companies to refund Rs 24,000 crore to over ...

700 IRS officers would be deployed by the Election Commission as observers in ‘expenditure sensitive’ constituencies during the Lok Sabha polls. The EC has asked the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) an the Central Board of Excise and Customs to finalise the ...

In a sink-or-swim situation, filling up a pool with mud may sound like a strange remedy. But that’s exactly what a vaastu specialist has prescribed to RJD chief Lalu Prasad after his ‘hanuman’ — Ram Kripal Yadav — walked out ...

ailed Sahara Chief Subrata Roy on Wednesday challenged his detention ordered by a two-member bench calling it “illegal and unconstitutional.” In a fresh petition filed before the Supreme Court, Roy has demanded his release and sought the March 4 order ...

Members of a team, close to the BJP PM candidate Narendra Modi, arrived in Varanasi on Wednesday reportedly to prepare for the celebrations after his name is announced as candidate from the India’s holiest city on Thursday.   Gujarat CM and ...

In civil prison under judicial custody since March 4, Sahara group chief Subrata Roy’s lawyers are likely to mention his case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday and seek urgent hearing in the matter relating to refund of Rs 20,000 crore by two Sahara ...

After ordering disqualification of MPs and MLAs immediately after conviction for heinous offences, the Supreme Court on Monday took a second big step towards cleansing the political process by directing that trial proceedings in cases of corruption and serious crimes against elected ...