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Rajya Sabha Election 2018: BJP worked to upstage the Samajwadi Party and Mayawati In UP Rajya Sabha Thriller, Counting Begins After Delay Amid Allegations - The race for a single Rajya Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh became a thriller on Friday as Mayawati faced the maneuvers of a BJP out for revenge after she helped the Samajwadi Party (SP) win two of its safest parliamentary seats just days ago. Mayawati, with 18 lawmakers, struggled to win the one seat her candidate is contesting, as her own party man cross-voted for the BJP and a few other votes turned out to be a no-go. Anil Kumar Singh, declared that he had cross-voted. "I am with Maharaj-ji (Yogi Adityanath)," he said. The counting of votes was stalled for some time as the SP and Mayawati's party complained against Mr Singh and Nitin Agrawal, who also had cross-voted. The Election Commission asked for security camera footage after both parties alleged that the lawmakers had not displayed their ballots to p

Austin bombing suspect identified - Law enforcement sources have named Mark Anthony Conditt as the suspect in Austin's string of deadly bombings. Conditt, 24, was killed by one of his explosives earlier this morning. He is believed to have been a resident of Pflugerville, Texas, a town just north of Austin. A family friend, who does not want her name shared publicly, spoke to ABC News about Conditt and his family. “The family is a normal Christian family. There was nothing going on with Mark when I knew him, I knew him as a teenager. He reminded me of every teenage boy, it was hard to get a smile out of him," the friend said. “These people are hurting and will have to bury their son in pieces, their family is good,” she said. PHOTO: Law enforcement personnel investigate the scene where the Texas bombing suspect blew himself up on the side of a highway north of Austin in Round Rock, Texas, March 21, 2018. (Loren Elliott/Reuters) The incidents associated

The explosion Tuesday night unfolded on Brodie Lane in southwestern Austin.  (Fox 7 Austin)  Package explosion at Austin Goodwill injures 1 man, sends feds racing - At least one man was injured Tuesday night in yet another reported package explosion in Austin, Texas --  this time at a Goodwill store, investigators said, just the latest in a string of blasts that have killed two people over the past month. The victim, in his 30s, suffered injuries that were "potentially serious, not expected to be life threatening," the county's EMS tweeted. Paramedics rushed the man to a hospital. Video of scene at latest reported explosion near Brodie/Slaughter intersection. @fox7austin #austinbombings pic.twitter.com/5uQXBIiOxO — Jennifer Kendall (@jenniferonFOX7) March 21, 2018 Austin Goodwill spokeswoman Valerie Swift was crying when she told Fox News: "Senior Goodwill executives and law enforcement are investigating." FINAL Multiple assets #ATCEMS

Brexit latest: Backstop border agreement is ‘legally firm’ - Update 5.58pm: A spokesman for Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the ‘backstop’ solution to the border issue is “legally firm”. That solution envisages Northern Ireland effectively remaining within the EU customs union if no other solution is found and has been assented to in principle. “The backstop is as legally firm as the government said it would be in December,” the spokesman said in comments reported by Reuters. “The UK has today publicly accepted the need for such a backstop to be in the text of the (EU) withdrawal agreement.” “The backstop applies unless and until something better is agreed.” Update 5.39pm: Calls for protection of rights for people in the North Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson said the British Government should come up with credible proposals to ensure the rights of people in the North are protected. That’s after no agreement was reached on the right operational approach to avoid a hard

A photograph of Mehmet Aydin, founder of Farm Bank, feeding a calf was posted on the company's Twitter account  A popular mobile gaming app is making headlines in Turkey after its founder was accused by players of defrauding them of their investments. Farm Bank: Founder accused of defrauding gamers - Turkish media claimed Mehmet Aydin, the 26-year-old founder of the Farm Bank game (Ciftlik Bank in Turkish), has fled the country, with tens of thousands of people who invested in the game out of pocket. He and his business partners came up with the game in 2016, inspired by popular social media game FarmVille. Users would buy virtual animals and farming equipment with real money. Mr Aydin promised users their money would be invested in real livestock in different farms across the country. Products were also put up sale in some stores and show-farms to woo investors. Users would be paid for time spent playing the game. The story has gripped the nation with more than 100

Stephen Hawking: Empty chairs, black holes and #PiDay - Many artworks posted in honour of the professor focus on his iconic mobility chair. One such image which has been widely shared depicts the famous chair with an array of glowing stars emanating from the seat. The picture was originally posted by news website Pictoline with the caption, "Goodbye, Stephen Hawking". A minimalist portrayal of the professor's chair was posted on Instagram by Barcelona-based designer Eh'ctor "It would not be much of a universe if it wasn't home to the people you love." @stephen_hawking_ #hawking #stephenhawking #news #instanews #rip #cience A post shared by eh'ctor (@ehctorbcn) on Mar 14, 2018 at 3:42am PDT Venezuelan designer, Oriana Estefania posted an image of Professor Hawking flying towards a black hole with the caption, "Free, heading to your paradise... the universe". The official Twitter account of the Clangers al