Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) Union minister Babul Supriyo on Thursday faced angry protests and was heckled allegedly by Trinamool Congress workers outside a polling booth here. Troubled erupted when the singer-turned politician, accompanied by his…
Kolkata: Nuns queue-up to cast their votes at the polling station during the West Bengal Assembly Election in Kolkata on April 21, 2016. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) Amid incidents of violence that…
New Delhi: Actor Aamir Khan and veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar at the Ramnath Goenka Excellence awards ceremony in New Delhi on Nov 23,2015.(Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Former Rajya Sabha MP and…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to the central and Delhi governments on a PIL seeking directions to restrain the AAP government from regularising any unauthorised colony with…
Basirhat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a BJP rally in Basirhat of West Bengal on April 21, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Basirhat/Howrah (West Bengal), April 21 (IANS) Ridiculing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her…
Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) The Congress and the Left Front on Thursday demanded repoll in 15 polling booths of Domkol constituency in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, accusing the ruling Trinamool Congress of indulging in “massive…
Ranchi, April 21 (IANS) Former union minister and BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Thursday demanded an NIA probe into the communal violence in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district during Ram Navami in which four people died. The…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) Ranchi, April 21 (IANS) The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has called for a shutdown on April 24 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address panchayat representatives live from…
Chennai, April 21 (IANS) The BJP on Friday promised the people of Tamil Nadu that it would take steps towards getting the central government to set up a Cauvery Management Board so that the state…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday hailed as a victory of democracy the ruling of the Uttarakhand High Court setting aside the imposition of President’s Rule in the state. “Congress is proud…
Chandigarh, April 21 (IANS) Terming it a burden on the state exchequer, Haryana’s leader of opposition Abhay Chautala on Thursday urged the state government to immediately withdraw cabinet minister-level facilities to former chief ministers. Chautala,…
Guwahati, April 21 (IANS) Seven jihadis affiliated to Bangladesh-based terrorist group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) have been arrested from western Assam’s Chirang district, police said on Thursday. Two of those arrested on Wednesday night are imams…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the 10th Civil Services Day function, in New Delhi on April 21, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Exhorting civil servants to be the agents…
Jammu, April 21 (IANS) The Election Commission on Thursday postponed the May 16 bypoll to Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag assembly constituency on the state government’s request. Announcing postponement of the bye-election, a poll panel statement…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, April 21 (IANS) Six splinter groups of Nepal’s Maoist party are demanding withdrawal of civil war-era cases against UCPN-Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and other leaders from regular courts and…
Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) Dissatisfied by his reply to the show-cause notice, the Election Commission on Thursday ordered a police case against Trinamool Congress candidate Abdur Rezzak Mollah over his “objectionable” remarks about BJP’s actress-turned-poll…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Accused by the ruling AAP of purposefully setting fire to a landfill, the BJP on Thursday hit back at the AAP government saying that its odd-even scheme has failed and…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, April 21 (IANS) Discontent and ego issues seem to have surfaced among leaders of the agitating Madhesi political parties in Nepal after a section forged an alliance with the indigenous Janajati…
Dehradun, April 21 (IANS) In a major blow to the BJP-led central government, the Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday set aside President’s Rule in the state, restoring Congress leader Harish Rawat as the chief minister,…
Cape Town, April 21 (IANS) South African President Jacob Zuma will lead a high-level delegation on a state visit to Iran to cement bilateral ties, the Presidency said on Thursday. The visit, scheduled for April…