Oxford University's Chancellor position is vacant following Chris Patten's resignation. The new election will be conducted online, marking a first in history. Among possible candidates is Imran Khan, former PM of Pakistan and Oxford alumnus.

Ranchi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday announced a new financial model for the small and medium business and industries with special focus on backward classes, the Dalits, the Adivasis and the poor, who will benefit by this.

Hyderabad: A Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MP from Telangana’s Peddapalli, Borlakunta Venkatesh Netha, quit the party on Tuesday and joined the Congress party, an official statement from the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) said.

Hyderabad: A Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MP from Telangana’s Peddapalli, Borlakunta Venkatesh Netha, quit the party on Tuesday and joined the Congress party, an official statement from the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) said.

Former Maharashtra chief minister Sharad Pawar is set to suggest new names and a symbol to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday, following the ruling by the ECI to allocate the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)'s name and symbol to the faction led by Ajit Pawar.

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday humorously noted that regardless of which political party is in power, those who perform well seldom receive the recognition they deserve, while those who falter often go unpunished. His statement was not directed at any specific individuals.

NEW DELHI: Karnataka minister Satish Jarkiholi on Wednesday said that the Congress government in the southern state is holding a planned protest here in the national capital as over Rs 1 lakh crore due to them from the Centre.

New Delhi, Feb 5: Opposition parties termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assertion about the NDA winning 400-plus seats in the Lok Sabha elections a "dream" and claimed his "high-sounding rhetoric" in Parliament on Monday showed he was not confident of re-election.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday met Kalpana Soren, wife of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren at her residence in Ranchi. 

Pakistan is heading for another hybrid regime, with a muscular military control from behind and an emasculated political set-up as façade, to face the wrath of people after the general elections on February 8.