BJP may pick Muslim nominee for Azam stronghold byelection

Lucknow: BJP is open to the idea of fielding a Muslim candidate in the December 5 byelection to UP’s Rampur assembly seat in a bid to loosen disqualified Samajwadi Party MLA Azam Khan’s stranglehold on the constituency, state party chief Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary said Tuesday.

No ticket for son, Guj Cong MLA joins BJP

Vadodara: Congress received a big setback in Gujarat on Tuesday with its 10-time MLA Mohansinh Rathwa crossing over to BJP as his parent party was not inclined to give ticket to his son.

Old guard on notice as Kharge says $50% tickets for under-50'

Cong Lens On Woman Netas For K’taka Polls

Gujarat was dry for 21 yrs, Modi brought water: Shah

New Delhi: With the campaign for Gujarat polls intensifying, BJP has trained its spotlight on the achievements of Narendra Modi when he was CM there.

'Cong creating hurdles in HP's devpt'

New Delhi: I&B minister Anurag Singh Thakur has accused Congress of making false promises to the people of Himachal and now creating hurdles, as opposition, in implementation of welfare schemes in the state

India indebted to Manmohan for eco reforms, says Gadkari

New Delhi: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said the country is indebted to former PM Manmohan Singh for the economic reforms.

Parl standing committees reshuffled, Javadekar will head ethics committee

New Delhi: Ahead of the winter session of Parliament, Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has reconstituted several parliamentary standing committees and appointed their chairpersons.

PM Modi, Shah & other leaders greet Advani as BJP veteran turns 95

New Delhi: As BJP patriarch LK Advani turned 95 on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called on him at his Prithviraj Road residence here while other senior party functionaries greeted the veteran leader.

8,000 permanent teaching posts abolished in Assam

In Bid To Pay Contractual Teachers

Yellen: If India wants to use Western insurance, price cap would apply

Washington: “We want Russian oil to continue to supply global markets; stay on the market.

Afghanistan off global radar, says Jaishankar

India Discusses Afghan Situation With Russia

India, Russia discuss trade payments in national currencies

Foreign minister S Jaishankar, after meeting his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, in Moscow on Tuesday, underlined the significance of India’s “time-tested” relationship with Russia.

Being tough is not leadership courage, drop ego to succeed

Hardline Bosses Lose Top Talent, Customers & Reputation

India-made drug may fix Covid heart damage

The drug was found effective in studies with fruit flies and mice

India to need 2,300bn units of power by 2030, can generate only 2,024bn: Report

The report highlights the need for reforms in capacity addition

India & France in defence clinch, in air and on sea

Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari with Chief of French Air Space Force General Stéphane Mille during Garuda’ air combat exercise of IAF and French Air Space Force, in Jodhpur

Jan-Sept Ker tourist nos cross pre-Covid levels in same period

An artist at a trade fair held by Kerala Tourism in the city on Tuesday. According to data shared by the state tourism authority, Kerala, this year, has attracted its third largest number of tourists from Maharashtra

Raj teacher falls in love with student, changes sex to wed

Jaipur/Alwar: Four years after he was smitten by a student at the Rajasthan government school in Bharatpur where he was a PE teacher, transman Aarav Kuntal (29) finally married the love of his life, Kalpana (21), on November 4 this year.

16 Indian sailors 'held hostage' in Equatorial Guinea

Thiruvananthapuram/Kochi: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday urged the Centre to intervene and ensure the release of 16 Indian sailors, including three from his state, held in Equatorial Guinea.

'It will take 286 years to discriminatory laws' nix

World Far From Gender Equality, Says UN Report

Skyroot first Indian startup to sign MoU to share Isro facilities

Hyderabad: Space-tech startup Skyroot Aerospace is set to launch India’s first privately developed rocket— Vikram-S— into space between November 12 and 16, reports Swati Bharadwaj. Skyroot Aerospace CEO and co-founder Pawan Kumar Chandana said, “It is being launched to test technologies in the Vikram series of space vehicles we have developed.”

Modi: Lotus in logo represents hope in crisis

New Delhi: Unveiling the logo and theme for India’s G20 presidency, PM Narendra Modi referred to the symbol of lotus—a choice for the G20 made on the basis of suggestions from people—and emphasised that it represents hope at the time of crisis and chaos in the world.

Judge in EWS majority verdict said 50% quota cap not inviolable

New Delhi: While hearing the EWS quota case, the five-judge bench of Chief Justice U U Lalit, Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, Ravinder Bhat, Bela Trivedi and J B Pardiwala had framed three question to be decided and the issue on whether 50% quota is breachable or not was not among them.

Stalin calls TN parties' meet to fight EWS quota verdict

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government decided on Tuesday to convene a meeting of legislature party leaders, to be chaired by chief minister M K Stalin, on November 12 to discuss the future course of action on the Supreme Court verdict upholding the validity of the constitutional amendment that provides a 10% quota for economically weaker sections among the forward castes.

IIT-B climbs 2 spots to 40 in QS Asia rankings; IIT-D India's 2nd best at 46

Mumbai: IIT-Bombay improved its rank in the 15th QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) annual list of Asia’s best universities.

PIL in HC against shift of edu to concurrent list

Emergency-Era Move A Rights Invasion: Sibal

Contact tracing helps identify 4.5K spouses, partners infected with HIV

Like Covid-19, where the contacts of a positive patient were checked to see if they were carrying the Sars-Cov2 infection, index testing in HIV involves tracing the spouses, sexual partners and biological children to see if they too have been exposed to HIV

Childhood friend stabs hotelier to death over affair

Kalyan: A 21- year-old hotelier was brutally murdered allegedly by his childhood friend who stabbed him multiple times and chopped off his private parts and put them in the victim’s mouth, the police said.

Eye test reveals higher edu chief 'unfit' for duty

Following the medical test, the board of referees of the department of ophthalmology at JJ Hospital has said Dhanraj Mane is blind inthe right eye and has very poor vision in the left and is unfit to perform his official duties

Fire on h'way affects traffic; no casualties

Mumbai: A fire broke out on Tuesday under a flyover on the Western Express Highway at Vile Parle, an official said. Nobody was injured in the incident.