BHUBANESWAR: The Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is set to retain power for an unprecedented fifth consecutive term in Odisha as the regional party on Thursday completely decimated the opposition in the state Assembly.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar's plea seeking extension of protection from arrest in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday said the Congress has to pay for his cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu's visit to Pakistan.

PATNA: After leading in over a dozen rounds of counting, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad's elder daughter Misa Bharti is now trailing from the Patliputra Lok Sabha seat in Bihar.

KOLKATA:  With dark clouds hovering over Dipa Karmakar's participation at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, coach Bisweswar Nandi on Thursday said the gymnast was doing everything possible to return to action as soon as possible.

NEW DELHI: Preparing the Cabinet note for spectrum auction, rolling out of the new digital communications policy and establishing regulatory sandboxes, 5G technology trials, policy on experimentation and trial spectrum for technologies in June, will top the agenda of the Union Telecom Ministry over the

NEW DELHI:  Bucking trends overseas, where governments lost elections after launching the Goods and Services Tax (GST), India appears to have voted overwhelmingly for the ruling party, suggesting that the new indirect tax regime has been widely accepted as a major economic reform.

JAIPUR:  Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said that he accepts the public mandate with humility and thanked the people for maintaining peace in the state during the Lok Sabha elections as well as counting.