Kuala Lumpur, Nov 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra on Saturday sought enhanced cooperation from Asean to fight the scourge of terrorism while saying that India and the southeast Asian regional grouping remained the two bright…
It will be a mistake to see the congregation of various leaders opposed to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s swearing-in ceremony as the beginning of a ‘mahagathbandhan’ or a…
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Accusing the Congress of encouraging “radical” elements to create disturbances in Punjab, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday said that Congress was playing a dangerous game for political…
The morning of May 16, 2015 saw thousands of officials from the state of Telangana busy with sweeping the streets of the state’s capital of Hyderabad as Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao formally launched the…
Raipur, Nov 20 (PTI) Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan has disapproved of the trend of writers and filmmakers returning their awards to protest “growing intolerance in the country” and advised them to instead address the…
Evincing interest in investing in establishing power stations and other gas-based industries in the energy sector, Kuwait’s Al Afroz Group Holdings has come forward to make the investments in Amaravati. The Group’s chairman Saud Al…
Nay Pyi Taw, Nov 20 (IANS) Myanmar’s main opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party, led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, has secured more than three-fourths of parliamentary seats in the November 8…
Patna: Tejashwi Yadav takes oath as a cabinet minister during the swearing-in ceremony of the new JD-U-RJD-Congress coalition government in Patna, on Nov 20, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Patna, Nov 20 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish…
Bengaluru, Nov 20 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the anti-graft watchdog Lokayukta (ombudsman) on Friday arrested Karnataka mining baron and former BJP minister Gali Janardhan Reddy for his alleged involvement in the illegal…
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Veteran actor Shabana Azmi on Friday expressed support to those raising issues of intolerance in the country. She said, “the growing intolerance is worrying” and that the fringe elements need…
Patna, Nov 20 (IANS) He studied to be an engineer but ended up embracing politics. And in a state where many politicians are detested, Nitish Kumar – who took oath on Friday as Bihar’s chief…
Lucknow, Nov 20 (IANS) Raking up another controversy, Uttar Pradesh minister Mohammed Azam Khan has told a rape victim not to try and find “popularity in such a thing of infamy and shame”. The incident…
Gandhinagar, Nov 20 (IANS) Former Gujarat Police chief R.B. Sreekumar, who had locked horns with then chief minister Narendra Modi over the 2002 riots, has asked the Anandiben Patel government to make public the inquiry…
Patna: Nitish Kumar takes oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar in Patna, on Nov 20, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Patna, Nov 20 (IANS) Cheered by one lakh supporters and watched by leaders of a dozen…
Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) US House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would block Syrian and Iraqi refugees from entering the US unless they pass strict background checks. (151029) — WASHINGTON D.C.,…
The Andhra Pradesh government today inked a pact with 16 companies, including Mahindra & Mahindra and ITC, to market products under the DWCRA scheme in the international market. Launched in 1982, Development of Women and…
Andhra Pradesh: An aerial view of the flood affected areas of the Andhra Pradesh on Nov 18, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad, Nov 19 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh has sought an immediate financial assistance of Rs.1,000 crore…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday accused the Narendra Modi government of pursuing “communal and divisive politics” and said it was “systematically working to dismantle the Congress legacy and rewrite…
Jaipur, Nov 19 (IANS) Describing the recent incidents of intolerance as “stray” and “blown out of proportion”, union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said India is the “most tolerant country in the world”….