SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: The Congress will contest at least 150 seats in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections early next year, a party leader said on Monday, asserting that the Congress is “entitled” to contest half the seats in its alliance with the Samajwadi Party (SP).Seat-sharing talks with…

SC seeks new way to recover traffic fines NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday asked govt to adopt an innovative approach to make traffic law violaters pay fines and suggested challans should be linked with electricity bill to force them to pay the penalty or face power disconnection.A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and Justice…

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has prepared 81 artificial ponds for people to immerse Ganesh idols at designated sites instead of the Yamuna or other water bodies.The government has also set up 110 collection centres for dignified disposal of old and damaged idols and religious material.The two measures form part of an initiative aimed at…