New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Against the backdrop of some students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) being booked under the sedition law, legal experts and public intellectuals are debating whether the controversial provision should…
Washington, Feb 25 (IANS) Baffled by a severe crackdown on its social media accounts in recent past, a self-styled hacking division of terrorist group Islamic State (IS) has issued a video that threatens Facebook and…
By Arun Kumar Washington, Feb 25 (IANS) Citing a win over India in a dispute challenging India’s “localisation” rules against US solar exports, President Barack Obama served notice that his administration would move aggressively to…
Chandigarh, Feb 25 (IANS) AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal started his five-day visit to Punjab on Thursday to boost the political prospects of the Aam Aadmi Party. Kejriwal, who arrived here on…
Tokyo, Feb 25 (IANS) Tokyo shares opened the trading on Thursday higher following gains in the overnight US stocks market and the rise in oil prices. At 9.15 a.m. (local time), the 225-issue Nikkei Stock…
Karimnagar (Tel), Feb 24 (PTI) An anonymous caller threatened to kill Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao during his visit here, police said today. The threat call was received by Korutla MLA Kalvakuntla Vidyasagar Rao…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the Akhil Bharatiya Prachaarya Sammelan, in New Delhi on Feb 12, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted link to the…
Itanagar, Feb 24 (IANS) Congress legislator Wangki Lowang is all set to be the next speaker of the Arunachal Pradesh assembly as he was the lone candidate to file nomination for the post on Wednesday….
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday denied the charges that government was interfering in police functioning over the JNU row while assuring the house that no innocent student will be…
Union HRD Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesay assured Lok Sabha that no innocent student will be harassed in JNU row…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 24 (IANS) The draft list of Congress candidates for the assembly polls would be ready on coming Tuesday said state party chief V.M. Sudheeran. At the 2011 assembly polls, the Congress had contested…
Itanagar, Feb 24 (IANS) The faction led by Congress dissident and Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul on Wednesday said nine more legislators loyal to his predecessor Nabam Tuki had extended unconditional support to Pul….
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) Backing the proposed tie-up between the Left Front and Congress for West Bengal assembly polls, former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Wednesday said such an arrangement was essential for a…
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) Slamming the Narendra Modi government over the JNU row, former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Wednesday said police crackdown on the students was a shame for the country. “We have…
Itanagar, Feb 24 (IANS) Even as Arunchal Pradesh Congress termed the two-day assembly session called by Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa “illegal and unconstitutional”, Chief Minister Kalikho Pul’s faction claimed at least seven legislators loyal to…
Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar. (File Photo: IANS) Panaji, Feb 24 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Wednesday accused the opposition and the media of unfairly attacking his coalition government over de-recognition of coconut…
Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar. (File Photo: IANS) Panaji, Feb 24 (IANS) Even as the opposition and civil society groups on Wednesday stopped trucks carrying material required to set up temporary infrastructure for Defexpo 2016,…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The Delhi government said on Wednesday it would give a job to the brother of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula of Hyderabad University who committed suicide last month. “Delhi Government…
Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed by Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, on his arrival at Guwahati on Jan 19, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Ahead of the assembly elections in…