New Delhi

Polling began Wednesday morning in 71 assembly constituencies of Bihar in the first phase of three-phase elections amid tight security and Covid-19 guidelines in place.

Of the 71 seats that will see elections today, JD(U) is contesting in 35 seats, followed by its ally BJP (29 seats), while the RJD is contesting in 42 seats and Congress has candidates in 20 seats.

Bharti Airtel reported its highest ever quarterly consolidated revenue on the back of a rise in data usage and higher realisations, helping it narrow losses in the July-September period.

In the meanwhile, there shall be stay of operation of the impugned judgment and order of the High Court, the bench said, while issuing notice to Lalit Modi in the matter.

The hijackers of an Indian Airlines plane in 1999 — Abdul Rauf Asghar, Ibrahim Athar and Yusuf Azhar — have also been named in the list, prepared under provisions of the amended UAPA.

Indian Super League 2020-21: Mumbai City FC secured the loan deal for Ct Goddard from Italian club Benevento Calcio.

Akbar Nawas and Chennai City FC mutually terminated their relationship after two seasons of association.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Esper arrived here on Monday on a two-day visit for the third edition of Indo US 2+2 ministerial dialogue which will take place on Tuesday during which the two sides will focus on further boosting overall defence and...

Till date, a total of more than 24 lakh applications have been received under the scheme, out of which, more than 12 lakh have been sanctioned and about 5.35 lakh loans disbursed.

Asking top BJP ministers Nirmala Sitharaman, Prakash Javadekar and Harsh Vardhan where they were during the Hathras incident, Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Dev said they were only raking up the Punjab rape case for political gains in Bihar.

Riiohlang Dhar, Ranjita Devi Tekcham, Kanika Barman and Uvena Fernandes are the four women named from India in the elite list of FIFA International Referee.

As per the post-mortem report, it appears to be a case of suicide, police said.

The tender, floated on October 15, says the ministry invites "conducting study and preparation of detailed concept note on strengthening/modernisation of madarsas" and the last date of submitting the tender is November 2.

"While 35,500 seats were filled under first cut off list, 22,147 seats have been filled under second cut off list. There are total 70,000 seats in undergraduate courses in the varsity," a senior official said.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced Rs 90,000 crore liquidity infusion into cash-strapped discoms, facing demand slump due to the lockdown to contain COVID-19. This package was later increased to Rs 1.2 lakh crore by the Ministry of Power.

The chargesheet has been filed under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) with a prayer for awarding punishment to the accused and confiscation assets totalling to Rs 1.32 crore.