New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Plagued by defections in some poll-bound states, especially in the noortheast, the Congress on Saturday said that it will consider legislative disincentives to end the practice and also debar defectors…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday dismissed as “an antic” his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal’s apology to Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia. He said the apology not only…
Actor turned politician, Pawan Kalyan speaking to India Today has slammed the centre after TDP moved a no-confidence motion against the NDA. Pawan Kalyan said that if the Centre keeps suppressing regional and subregional sentiments,…
Patna, March 17 (IANS) BJP allies Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) on Saturday said they will not quit the BJP-led NDA. Amid growing speculation that RLSP chief and Union Minister…
Nagpur, March 17 (IANS) Vidarbha reduced Rest of India to 236 for six wickets in their first innings after declaring their first innings at a mammoth total of 800 for seven on the fourth day…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to specify exactly when he was going to fulfil his promise of fixing the minimum support price for crops…
Kolkata, March 17 (IANS) The West Bengal government, along with all stakeholders, is planning to work out a strategy to strengthen the brand of Darjeeling Tea so that producers can fetch better value for the…
Ranchi, March 17 (IANS) The judgment in a fodder scam case involving former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad was again deferred on Saturday and is now likely to be delivered on Monday….
Chennai, March 17 (IANS) With nationalised banks palming off the collection of education loan dues to private companies, the PMK will hold a protest here on March 20 demanding a loan write-off, said party leader…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday tore into the “arrogant”, “power-drunk”, “dictatorial” BJP government, accusing it of using all means to destroy the opposition. In a hard-hitting 15-minute speech at…
Madrid, March 17 (IANS) Spanish football giants Real Madrid’s full squad took part in the final training session on Saturday ahead of their La Liga home game against Girona. After missing a few sessions earlier…
Puebla (Mexico), March 17 (IANS) Argentine striker Julio Cesar Furch scored in the 79th minute to give first-placed Santos Laguna a 1-0 victory over Puebla at the Mexican football league’s Clausura championship. With the win,…
Madrid, March 17 (IANS) Real Madrid’s French coach Zinedine Zidane on Saturday said he would rather not face his former football team after having drawn Serie A side Juventus for the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals….
Colombo, March 17 (IANS) On the eve of the Nidahas Trophy T20 tri-series final against Bangladesh here, veteran India wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik on Saturday refused to take the opponents lightly despite the men-in-blue starting as…
Athens, March 17 (IANS) At least 15 people, including five children, drowned on Saturday after a boat carrying refugees and migrants from Turkey to Greece sank off the coast of Agathonissi island in the Aegean…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) At least 21 more leopards lost their lives in the first half of March, taking the toll to 127 this year, according to the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI)….
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman on Saturday said India has made rapid progress on the economic front but economic inequality in the country remains an issue. India has become a much…
Srinagar, March 17 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister and ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader, Syed Altaf Bukhari said on Saturday that hardline separatist Syed Ali Geelani “is a very big leader”. Bukhari made…
