AHMEDABAD: If winning Delhi is the biggest challenge for Narendra Modi, the second biggest task for the Gujarat CM would be to strike a balance between two of his closest aides

SRINAGAR: BJP has token presence in Kashmir, where it's better known for its strident opposition to J&K's cherished special status.

PATNA/BOKARO: A second FIR was lodged on Monday against BJP leader Giriraj Singh for his inflammatory remark that all those who oppose Narendra Modi should go to Pakistan. In Bokaro,

GANDHINAGAR: BJP patriarch LK Advani is at home in his constituency. The April heat doesn't bother him. Barring 1996, when he didn't contest because of hawala charges,

After years of the usual suspects from Goa, and prior to that Kolkata, winning the National Football League and its new avatar I-League, Bengaluru FC grabbed Indian football by its horns, winning the biggest prize, and that too on debut.

BOSTON: Meb Keflezighi on Monday became the first US male athlete to win the Boston Marathon in three decades, an emotional performance in a city still recovering from last year's fatal bombing attack on the world-renowned race.

NEW DELHI: With the World Cup just round the corner, Indian men's hockey team chief coach Terry Walsh is realistic about his ward's chances and said his main "objective is to finish in the top 8" in the mega-event and anything higher than that will be a "big bonus".

NEW DELHI: Less than a month after the big-bang release of its poll anthem, BJP has quietly dropped the campaign song as its over-the-top projection of Narendra Modi was found to be an aggressive overkill.

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NEW DELHI: Yasin Bhatkal may be lodged in Tihar Jail but intelligence agencies still consider him to be a major threat—not due to his bombs, but because of his capability to motivate youths to join the terror network.

NEW DELHI: It may surprise most city dwellers used to seeing the glitzy construction boom of the past years that about 4 crore households still live in houses that have grass or thatch roofs. Taking an average of about 5 per family, that means roughly 20 crore people. Another 4 crore households live under metal sheet roofs. Taken together, this means about a third of Indians don't have a pucca roof over their heads.