The ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pardesh had in 2012 won 224 of these seats spread across 75 districts. It has tied-up with Congress this time in the contest against BJP and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
Once a force to reckon with in Manipur politics, the CPI and CPI(M) are fighting the Assembly election to regain their lost ground in the state.
China has expelled 32 South Korean Christian missionaries amid diplomatic tension between the two countries over the planned deployment of a US missile defence system in the South.
"Casting aspersions" on the Election Commission will work against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, former Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi said on Tuesday.
The United States on Sunday said it will work with the Philippine president to address any concerns after he threatened to terminate a pact that allows US troops to visit the Philippines.
Ahead of the 2017 Punjab assembly elections, the Trinamool Congress on Thursday appointed former Congress leader Jagmeet Singh Brar as the party's state unit chief.
A former Navy SEAL, who wrote the best-selling book detailing the secretive raid that killed Osama bin Laden, has agreed to forfeit over USD 7 million, including all sale proceeds from the work to avoid prosecution.
The department will have an annual budget of Rs 3.80 crore for salaries besides other expenses.
Sleeping more or less than the average seven hours may increase the risk of developing diabetes in men.
Sporting a heavily embellished floor-sweeping, golden-brown coloured bandhgala jacket, the actress attended a press conference for her forthcoming film 'Sarbjit'.
Actor-filmmaker S.J. Suryah has been reportedly roped in to play the antagonist in superstar Mahesh Babu's next Tamil-Telugu bilingual project, which is slated to go on the floors from June-July.
Priyanka stars as Abha Mathur, an idealistic Superintendent of Police determined to clean up the mess. Jha is her deputy, BN Singh, and the bad apple within the force, who is on the payroll of local MLA Babloo Pandey (the typically dependable Manav Kaul)...
Kachin region bordering China is home to world's highest quality jade, bringing in billions of dollars a year.
He also took stock of the progress of Aadhaar card enrolment and asked all chief secretaries to work towards providing benefits through the mechanisms of Jan Dhan accounts and Aadhaar cards, to the extent possible, so that leakages are reduced, and people...