New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The HRD ministry on Monday rubbished media reports on the involvement of a vehicle from union minister Smriti Irani’s cavalcade in an accident on the Yamuna Expressway, stating that ‘the…
Pune/Nashik, March 7 (IANS) Moving swiftly to avoid a possible confrontation, Maharashtra Police on Monday evening detained over 100 women activists planning to storm the sanctum sanctorum of the renowned Trimbakeshwar Temple in Nashik district,…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The government on Monday said it will try to ensure that more women MPs get a chance to speak in parliament on Tuesday, the International Women’s Day. The government assurance…
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) Around 200 companies of central forces have arrived in West Bengal ahead of assembly polls and are being engaged in extensive confidence building measures in all districts, an Election Commission official…
President Pranab Mukherjee. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will not attend the World Culture Festival to be organised by spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living foundation,…
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday reviewed the overall security situation in the country in the wake of inputs that 10…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 (IANS) Kerala’s ruling UDF is “pained” at the personal attack unleashed by the Left opposition on Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, said its convenor P.P. Thankachen. Addressing reporters here Monday at the Congress…
Shimla, March 7 (IANS) The Congress in Himachal Pradesh on Monday slammed Indian cricket board secretary and BJP MP Anurag Thakur for double-speak on the issue of holding the World Twenty20 India-Pakistan match in Dharamsala,…
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi addresses a press conference in Guwahati on Jan 28, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Guwahati, March 7 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has dared the BJP-led central government to also…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The Delhi government is likely to take legal action against three news channels that allegedly ran doctored videos of the JNU controversy,…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the Narendra Modi government of muzzling the voice of the poor, tribals and the underprivileged….
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) The condition of former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee, who had been hospitalised with fever, improved on Monday and he is likely to be discharged in a few days, a hospital…
Peshawar, March 7 (IANS) At least 17 people were killed on Monday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden vest in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. A Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) factional group Jamatul Ahrar, in…
Kulgam: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed during a meeting with party workers in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on May 20, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Srinagar, March 7 (IANS) PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said Monday…
Beijing, March 7 (IANS) A senior official of the Tibet region on Monday expressed his firm opposition to Dalai Lama’s expected visit to Taiwan. “We strongly oppose anyone who is in power (in Taiwan) to…
AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. (File Photo: IANS) Chennai, March 7 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene personally and secure the…
By Mohit Dubey Lucknow, March 7 (IANS) On Sunday, as the results of the legislative council elections through local bodies were being announced, there was a mad scamper by the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) to…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 (IANS) Congress leader A.K. Antony and M.P. Veerendra Kumar of the JD(U) will file their nominations for the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, United Democratic Front (UDF) convener P.P. Thankachen said on Monday….
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the central government of muzzling the voice of the poor, tribals and the underprivileged. “Tribals from Bastar and other areas of Chhattisgarh…
By Amitava Mukherjee Ahead of the elections to the Assam assembly, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has strengthened its position by striking an alliance with the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP). Although the Assam Pradesh Congress…