New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The budget session of parliament starting on Tuesday is expected to be stormy with the Congress and some other opposition raring to target the government on a range of issues…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) After the first round of discussions between top Kerala leaders and the Congress high command here on Monday, a broad consensus emerged on the first round of selection of candidate…
Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Shri Guru Ravidas Janmsthan Mandir, Seer Goverdhanpur, in Varanasi on Feb 22, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Varanasi, Feb 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Monday in his parliamentary…
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Monday purportedly turned down a demand from the opposition parties for a discussion on the Jawaharlal Nehru University row in the budget session of the…
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday accused the BJP-led government of unleashing its “divisive agenda by generating a wholly unwarranted debate on patriotism…
Gudivada Feb 22  YSRCP firebrand and Gudivada MLA Kodali Nani is looking a way out of the party and back to TDP. As per reliable sources, he is touch with the TDP party leaders. He is trying…
Kabul, Feb 22 (IANS) At least 14 people were killed and 11 others injured as a suicide bombing rocked Afghanistan’s eastern province of Parwan on Monday, a provincial government spokesman told Xinhua. “The blast took…
Panaji, Feb 22 (IANS) Stepping up protests against the upcoming Defexpo 2016, the Federation of Rainbow Warriors, a collective of NGOs, on Monday said the international event organised by the defence ministry should not be…
By Archana Rao and Sidhartha Dutta New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) In the dead of a cold February night, they grew apprehensive, if not scary, and whispered in hushed tones that police may enter the…
Patna: Union Minister of State for Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge) and Civil Aviation, Dr. Mahesh Sharma addresses a press conference in Patna on Feb 16, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS)…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Transport Minister G.S. Bali on Monday favoured a national road transport policy to minimise the risks of accidents. Speaking at meeting of the National Road Safety Council and…
Gurgaon, Feb 22 (IANS) Former Haryana minister and Congress leader Ajay Singh Yadav on Monday sought a CBI probe into the Jat protests for job quotas that were accompanied by large-scale violence. Yadav said the…
Chandigarh, Feb 22 (IANS) The Haryana government, under fire for its inept handling of the Jat agitation, faced a fresh crisis on Monday when senior minister Anil Vij threatened to resign after learning that the…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its verdict on the petitions challenging Arunachal Pradesh Governor J.P. Rajkhowa’s decision to advance the assembly session and direct it to take up a…
Tehran, Feb 22 (IANS) A senior Iranian military official on Monday warned the BBC against interfering in the country’s upcoming elections, urging the foreign ministry to react immediately. Masoud Jazayeri, deputy chief of staff of…
Tehran, Feb 22 (IANS) Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday said that any ceasefire in Syria should not give an advantage to terrorist groups wreaking havoc in the Arab country. “A ceasefire (in…
Amritsar: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju addresses a press conference in Amritsar on Feb 1, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The private sector must play its role in…
Srinagar, Feb 22 (IANS) The 48-hour long gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pampore town in which six people, including five security personnel, were killed so far ended on Monday evening with security forces saying they…
New Delhi: Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Parliamentary Affairs M. Venkaiah Naidu, JD(S) president H D Deve Gowda, Leader of the Congress parliamentary party in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge,…
New Delhi: Prime Minister of Nepal K.P. Sharma Oli with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at the Ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on February 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, Feb 22…