Congress has taken lead in 100 seats and won one - one seat above the halfway mark - whereas the Bharatiya Janata Party is leading in 70 seats and has emerged victorious in three.

The General Tax Directorate of Niger ordered the closure of the offices of Airtel Niger, seeking tax amounts that have been disputed by Airtel

As per the latest trends, the Congress has been staging ahead on 66 seats in Chhattisgarh, while the ruling BJP has been reduced to just 15 seats. The Rahul Gandhi-led party has been leading on 102 seats in Rajasthan, while the BJP is behind at 72 seats.

The Singapore banking group, DBS said that immediate resignation of RBI Governor Urjit Patel comes at a time when negotiations with the government to iron out differences on key regulatory aspects are ongoing

The new governor will not only have the challenge of meeting the government's expectations but will also have to accept the supremacy of the board.  The appointment, however, may take some time as sources told BT that the government may come up with an advertisement seeking applications

The market seems to have taken into account the results of exit polls on Friday and leads of polls results today. 

Indian economist Surjit Bhalla resigned from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's economic advisory council effective December 1

The BSE SENSEX closed at 35,150.01, up by 190.29 points, or by 0.54 per cent and the NSE Nifty ended higher by 60.70 points, or 0.58 per cent, at 10,549.15.

The election results to be announced today will signal the mood of the voters as the country goes to Lok Sabha polls within a span of next six months.

13 WHO member countries, including India, European Union and China, have floated a proposal to amend norms for the smooth functioning of the dispute resolution mechanism

Once the Cabinet Secretary finalises the new RBI governor's name, it will be sent to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

British Prime Minister Theresa May announced that she is delaying a crucial Parliament vote planned for Tuesday on her controversial Brexit deal

EDMC Commissioner Puneet Kumar Goel made the announcement of new taxes while presenting the budget at the civic agency's Patparganj headquarters

Former CEA Arvind Subramanian said that the inclusion of petrol and diesel in GST ambit was not possible until the revenues under the new tax regime stabilise

India expressed \"deep satisfaction\" over the judgement of a UK court which ordered Vijay Mallya's extradition