Counting is underway for two assembly seats, Mungaoli and Kolaras, in Madhya Pradesh. While Mugaoli recorded 77.05 per cent polling, the turn out in Kolaras was 70.4 per cent, the Election Commission said. Minor clashes were reported during the bypolls for the two seats which were held on February 24. ... Read More

The 82-year old seer was admitted to a hospital near Kamakshi Amman temple on Wednesday due to breathing problems. The hospital and Mutt sources confirmed his demise, reports R. Sivaraman. His health condition had reportedly deteriorated in January after which he was admitted in a hospital and later discharged. In 1954, Jayendra Saraswathi was given the title. The senior pontiff succeeded in 1994 as the 69th Shankaracharya of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam after Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi Swamigal, hailed as Maha Periyava. ... Read More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during his West Asia trip. Modi, who will be in the UAE on 10 and 11 February, is slated to address the sixth World Government Summit in Dubai. This will be Modi's second UAE trip the first was in August 2015, when Modi became the first Indian leader to visit the UAE in 34 years. The trip is seen as the government attempting to further bilateral ties with the oil-rich nation. ... Read More

An eight-year-old Indian-origin schoolgirl has entered the UKs Mathletics Hall of Fame, an online mathematics-based competitive tool aimed at primary school pupils. Sohini Roy Chowdhury competed with pupils from across Britain and other countries to also make it into the top 100 World Hall of Fame after solving mathematical puzzles with speed and accuracy. She feels really excited to solve maths in an online learning environment to earn a place on the live World Hall of Fame,said her father Mainak Roy Chowdhury, an accountant by profession with an MBA in finance. Sohinis great grandfather, ... Read More

Congress parliamentarian Renuka Chowdhury has put up a motion for breach of privilege against Union Minister Kiren Rijiju for sharing on Facebook a post mocking her laughter after Prime Minister Narendra Modi joked about it in the Rajya Sabha. Mr Rijijus post on Wednesday night had a video clip from the 1980s series Ramayana,in which the mythical character Surpanakha, the evil sister of demon king Ravana, cackles loudly. Later in the video was a clip from the Rajya Sabha, when PM Modi took a dig at Ms Chowdhury for laughing loudly in the middle of his speech. This is highly objectionable,sai ... Read More

The US government on Thursday was assured of careening into its second shutdown in three weeks beginning at midnight after the Senate adjourned when a conservative lawmaker blocked a vote on a far-reaching budget deal. The upper chamber of Congress closed up shop late Thursday and scheduled a reopening for a new session at 12:01 am Friday, when it will launch a new effort to pass the bill to extend government funding. The Senate was expected to schedule a vote on the measure at 1:00 am and, if it passes, send it to the House of Representatives and then on to President Donald Trump for his si ... Read More