Bengaluru: JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy has claimed that 25,000 pen drives with videos of women being sexually abused allegedly by his nephew, Lok Sabha election candidate Prajwal Revanna, were distributed before polls, and accused Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar of a conspiracy. The former chief minister also sought to discredit the Special Investigation...

Bengaluru: JD(S) MLA HD Revanna, who is in the custody of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), Tuesday failed to get relief from the Special Court for Elected Representatives here, which adjourned his bail plea hearing to Wednesday. The 66-year-old former Minister was arrested by the SIT Saturday in an alleged case of abduction of a woman and...

New Delhi: Polling for the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections began in 93 constituencies spread over 11 states and Union Territories Tuesday. The voting which started at 7am will continue till 6pm. Over 1,300 candidates, including around 120 women, are in the fray in the third phase. Among the bigwigs are Union ministers Shah (Gandhinagar),...

New Delhi: Terming the alleged recruitment scam in West Bengal ‘systemic fraud’, the Supreme Court Tuesday said authorities were duty-bound to maintain the digitised records pertaining to the appointment of 25,753 teachers and non-teaching staff. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing a batch of petitions challenging the...

New Delhi: After being scrubbed two hours before launch, Boeing now aims to launch the Starliner’s first crewed mission May 10, it said Tuesday. The liftoff, targeted for 10:34 pm ET(0234 UTC May 7) May 7, was stalled due to a valve issue on the upper stage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. “The next...

New Delhi: Prominent celebrities, including filmmaker Karan Johar, actors Sidharth Malhotra, Ranbir Kapoor, and Vikrant Massey, have urged their fans to vote in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. Johar Monday evening shared a video on his Instagram page, in which the celebrities asked their followers to exercise their franchise in the ongoing polls. "Now that we have...

New Delhi: A Delhi court Tuesday extended the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money-laundering case related to the alleged excise scam till May 20. Special Judge for CBI and ED Kaveri Baweja extended Kejriwal's custody till May 20 after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader was produced before the court through a video-conference...

Amaravati: Megastar Chiranjeevi has appealed to the people of the Pithapuram Assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh to elect his younger brother and Jana Sena Party leader Pawan Kalyan during the May 13 election. Chiranjeevi Tuesday posted a video on social media, urging people to cast their vote for actor-politician Pawan Kalyan. Chiranjeevi, who has been staying away...

New Delhi: Sectors like hospitality, oil and gas and Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) witnessed a surge in hiring in India last month, a report showed on Tuesday. The hospitality and travel sector witnessed a 16 per cent growth, driven by the strong momentum in travel and tourism, according to the 'Naukri JobSpeak Index'. Positions like front office...

Srinagar: Two terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, officials said here Tuesday. The security forces had launched a cordon-and-search operation in Kulgam's Redwani village late Monday night following information about the presence of terrorists in the area, they said. However, the search operation turned into an encounter, which...