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  Even the President can go wrong: Uttarakhand HC on Central rule in state

  April 20, 2016 14:21 IST

  The Uttarakhand High Court today rapped the Centre over imposition of President’s Rule in the hilly state saying ‘even the President can go wrong’.

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  US lawmakers want House Speaker to invite PM Modi to address Congress

  April 20, 2016 12:41 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit United States in the first week of June this year for a bilateral summit with President Barack Obama. This will be his 4th visit to the country after assuming the top office in May 2016. According to re

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  Arvind Kejriwal warns bureaucrats against playing politics

  April 20, 2016 13:09 IST

  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has threatened bureaucrats working with his government not to play politics with elected representatives, saying it hampers the government's functioning and downgrades its credibility.

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  Centre yet to decide on Tamil Nadu govt plea to free Rajiv Gandhi’s killers

  April 20, 2016 13:05 IST

  The Narendra Modi government has turned down Tamil Nadu government’s proposal to free seven killers of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. This is the second time in 2 years that the proposal has been rejected by the Centre.

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  No government will survive if corruption is used to impose President’s Rule: Uttarakhand HC

  April 20, 2016 9:44 IST

  The Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday pulled up the Centred for taking away the powers of an elected government and introducing ‘chaos’ and that floor test ‘cannot be deprived of its sanctity’.

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  Arvind Kejriwal, others delaying defamation proceedings: Arun Jaitley to Delhi High Court

  April 19, 2016 22:58 IST

  Arun Jaitley today claimed in Delhi High Court that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five others were doing "everything possible" to delay the proceedings against them in a civil defamation suit filed by him.

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  West Bengal polls: Can the 'unofficial' CPI (M)-Congress alliance dethrone Mamata Banerjee?

  April 20, 2016 10:28 IST

  Will this ‘Siliguri model’ succeed in getting a thumbs-up from the people of West Bengal ? And will it be strong enough to dethrone Mamata Banerjee from Writers’ Building?

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  Govt considering criminalising marital rape: Maneka Gandhi

  April 19, 2016 17:12 IST

  New Delhi: Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi today said the government is mulling criminalising marital rape, a month after her statement in Parliament that the concept cannot be “suitably applied in the

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  If girls continue to excel like Dipa, males may demand reservation: PM Modi

  April 19, 2016 15:40 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today heaped praise on Dipa Karmakar, who yesterday became the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics, saying ‘if girls continue to excel, males may protest demanding reservation in coming days’.

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  PM Modi to visit Katra today, to inaugurate super speciality hospital, sports complex

  April 19, 2016 8:34 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Katra in Jammu and Kashmir today to address the convocation of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University. He will also inaugurate the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana super speciality Hospital, which has been set up by

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  Ishrat Jahan case: BJP targets Cong over Chidambaram's nod to 1st affidavit

  April 19, 2016 8:25 IST

  New Delhi: Amid fresh revelations that the then Home Minister P. Chidambaram himself had approved the first affidavit that describes Ishrat Jahan as part of a Lashkar module, BJP launched an all out attack on

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  J&K govt making fresh attempts for Pandits' return to Valley: Ram Madhav

  April 19, 2016 7:17 IST

  The BJP-PDP government in Jammu and Kashmir is making a "fresh attempt" to ensure the return of Kashmiri Pandits to the valley, BJP general Secretary Ram Madhav, who played a key role in forging the alliance, said on Monday.

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  BJP ignoring "real" issue of fake encounter killing: P Chidambaram

  April 18, 2016 22:35 IST

  P Chidambaram today hit back at BJP saying the party of ignoring the "real" issue of "fake" encounter in which Ishrat Jehan was killed.

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  Will campaign against alcohol in other states, if invited: Nitish Kumar

  April 18, 2016 20:46 IST

  Buoyed by the success of total prohibition in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said, if invited, he would visit other states to campaign against alcohol.

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  Rajnath Singh slams Mamata Banerjee, holds Trinamool Congress responsible for law and order failure

  April 18, 2016 23:35 IST

  Home Minister Rajnath Singh today attacked Mamta Banerjee’s West Bengal government, saying that Trinamool Congress is responsible for complete failure of law and order in the state.

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  Delhi government to give more ads on odd-even scheme: Gopal Rai

  April 18, 2016 20:04 IST

  New Delhi: The Delhi government will give “more” advertisements on the odd-even scheme, Transport Minister Gopal Rai said today, noting that all the money required for the road rationing programme will be spent as it

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  Selfie-row: Was only taking pictures of water at a dry place, clarifies Pankaja Munde

  February 21, 2023 18:12 IST

  New Delhi: Facing flak over selfies she clicked in drought-hit Latur region, Maharashtra Water Conservation Minister Pankaja Munde today clarified that she was really happy to have found water in such a dry place and

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  Tamil Nadu polls: Vijayakanth shifts constituency, to fight from Ullundurpet

  April 18, 2016 18:49 IST

  Vijayakanth will contest from Ullundurpet, shifting from Rishivandiyam constituency where he successfully contested the 2011 Assembly election as an AIADMK ally

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  JD-U will act against its MP for fraud: Nitish Kumar

  April 18, 2016 18:04 IST

  Nitish Kumar said that the party will take action against its Rajya Sabha member Anil Sahani over alleged fraud in leave travel concession

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  RSS ideology not good for country: Nitish Kumar

  April 18, 2016 17:55 IST

  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said the RSS ideology was not good for the country and again urged all non-BJP parties to unite against the BJP.

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  Double standards on terrorism will have serious consequences: Sushma Swaraj

  April 18, 2016 17:51 IST

  Terrorism poses the biggest challenge to international security and nations cannot afford to adopt double standards in the fight against it, said Sushma Swaraj

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  In Uttar Pradesh, BJP to bank on Ram, Modi and Mayawati model

  April 18, 2016 16:34 IST

  BJP is trying to emulate the model to regain lost glory in the country's most populous and politically critical state.

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  Pankaja Munde clicks ‘drought-selfie’ in Latur, draws flak

  April 18, 2016 14:52 IST

  Maharashtra's Rural Development and Water Conservation Minister Pankaja Munde landed herself in a controversy when she clicked selfies during her visit to drought-hit Latur district on Sunday.

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  Vijay Goel fined for breaking Odd-Even rule, Gopal Rai offers him 'rose'

  April 18, 2016 20:56 IST

  New Delhi: On a day when AAP led Delhi government is facing the real test of its ambitious odd-even plan,BJP leader Vijay Goel was fined for flouting Traffic norms. The Rajya Sabha member was fined

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  Modi govt mulls granting citizenship to Pakistani Hindu migrants

  April 18, 2016 12:28 IST

  The Narendra Modi government has proposed to roll out special facilities for people belonging to minority communities of Pakistan, staying in India on a Long Term Visa (LTV).

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  Muslims should relocate to countries where the Shariat law is in force: Yogi Adityanath

  April 18, 2016 8:21 IST

  Yogi Adityanath has said Muslims should "relocate" to the countries where the Shariat law is in force as he asserted that India will not be run according to that system, comments that came in wake of the AIMPLB claiming that attempts are being made t

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  RSS and Jinnah's Muslim League two sides of same coin: Congress MP Mohsina Kidwai

  April 18, 2016 8:06 IST

  Lucknow: Rajya Sabha MP and Senior Congress leader Mohsina Kidwai on Sunday equated Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh with the Jinnah-led Muslim League and accused the outfit of spreading communal hatred. "The Muslim League at the

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  Subramanian Swamy hails Rajiv Gandhi for 'noble efforts' to resolve Ayodhya tangle

  April 17, 2016 23:12 IST

  Mumbai: He is a fierce critic of the Nehru-Gandhi family and the man behind their legal troubles, but BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today hailed Rajiv Gandhi for his “noble efforts” to resolve the Ayodhya dispute