Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting the major Opposition parties and NDA leaders, in New Delhi on February 16, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday told the…
Chennai, Feb 16 (IANS) Sparing the common man any new taxes despite the state experiencing fall in revenue, Tamil Nadu Finance Minister O.Panneerselvam on Tuesday presented a Rs.9,154.78 crore deficit interim budget for 2016-17. The…
Sonitpur: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi addresses during party`s booth management committee meeting at Gohpur in Sonitpur district of Assam on Feb 15, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Sivasagar (Assam), Feb 16 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul…
By Shamshad Ali New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir needs a coalition of regional parties to keep out the BJP, the CPI-M’s lone legislator in the state says, however adding that he doesn’t…
New Delhi: JNU students stage a demonstration at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Feb 16, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Islamabad, Feb 16 (IANS) The “new, ugly face of Modi’s India” can be seen in the…
Patna, Feb 16 (IANS) The opposition Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) on Tuesday won Bihar’s Harlakhi legislative assembly by-election, officials here said. Sudhansu Sekhar won the seat, defeating Congress candidate Mohammad Shabbir by over 18,000…
Chandigarh, Feb 16 (IANS) The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal on Tuesday convincingly won the Khadoor Sahib assembly by-election in Punjab. Akali Dal candidate Ravinder Singh Brahmpura defeated his nearest rival by a margin of 65,664…
Kannur (Kerala), Feb 16 (IANS) Eight people who are activists of the CPI-M were on Tuesday taken into custody for the gruesome murder of an RSS activist near here on Monday, police said. “The arrested…
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. (File Photo: IANS) Lucknow, Feb 16 (IANS) In a setback to the ruling Samajwadi Party, the BJP and the Congress on Tuesday snatched from it a seat each of…
Ghaziabad, Feb 16 (IANS) The BJP on Tuesday won the mayoral by-election in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, officials said. Bharatiya Janata Party’s Ashu Verma defeated Samajwadi Party’s Sudan Rawal by 45,228 votes There were 12…
Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal (Photo: IANS/PIB) Mumbai, Feb 16 (IANS) Punjab has proven that foreign equity in food retail with 100 percent local sourcing can be a win-win formula for…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers Association on Tuesday questioned Vice Chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar over permission to Delhi Police to carry out searches on the campus and arrest students and…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Congress and BJP war of words continued on Tuesday with the former accusing the ruling BJP of suppressing dissent. Speaking to the media after an all-party meeting convened here…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The BJP on Tuesday won four seats and the Congress two as the ruling NDA bettered the opposition in by-elections for 12 seats held across eight states three days ago….
Bengaluru, Feb 16 (IANS) The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday won two seats and the ruling Congress one seat in the by-elections held to the state assembly in Karnataka. The BJP’s Y.A. Narayanaswamy won…
Hyderabad, Feb 16 (IANS) Continuing with its winning streak, Telangana’s ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Tuesday bagged Narayankhed assembly seat in the by-elections with a huge margin, wresting it from main opposition Congress party….
Agartala, Feb 16 (IANS) Tripura’s ruling CPI-M on Tuesday retained by a huge margin the Amarpur assembly seat where voting took place in a bypoll on Saturday. The BJP edged out the main opposition Congress…
Washington, Feb 16 (IANS) Hillary Clinton barked like a dog, Donald Trump called Ted Cruz “unstable,” and Jeb Bush brought his big brother George to vouch for him as the US presidential race heated up…
Kolkata: Left Front Chairman Biman Bose, CPI-M State secretary Surja Kanta Mishra, General Secretary of the (CPIM) Communist Party of India (Marxist), Sitaram Yechury, leader Prakash Karat during CPI(M) state committee meeting in Kolkata, on…
Islamabad, Feb 16 (IANS) A member from Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) was elected as the first-ever mayor of capital city Islamabad, the media reported on Tuesday. The elections for electing a mayor were…