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  Redress a grievance in 60 days, PM Modi tells top officials

  March 24, 2016 9:33 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the top officials in the Central Ministries to ensure that public grievances are disposed off within 60 days barring exceptions. Chairing his eleventh interaction through PRAGATI

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  Need to use resources gained from higher growth rates for uplift of Muslims: Arun Jaitley

  March 24, 2016 9:05 IST

  New Delhi: There is a need to use resources gained from higher growth rates for uplift of minorities and "Muslims in particular" and the government is working on bringing uniformity to the growth of all

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  BJP wants to unite people: Subramanian Swamy

  March 24, 2016 7:35 IST

  Chennai:Stating that BJP wants to unite the people, party leader Subramanian Swamy said Indians across the country have the "same DNA" and his genes and that of Muslims are identical. Blaming the British colonialists

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  CPI(M) pursuing 'politics of violence': Amit Shah

  March 24, 2016 7:06 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Slamming CPI(M) in Kerala, BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday alleged that the Left party was promoting "politics of violence" to ensure its existence. While visiting a private hospital where three BJP workers are

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  Vijender Singh meets PM Modi, discusses state of Indian boxing

  March 24, 2016 6:56 IST

  New Delhi: He is no longer a part the amateur boxing circuit but concerned about the shambolic state of its administration in India, professional star Vijender Singh today took up the issue with Prime Minister

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  Amend law to make everyone say 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai': Ramdev

  March 24, 2016 6:45 IST

  Vadodara: In the wake of the row kicked up by AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi with the remark that he would not say 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai', yoga guru Ramdev on Wednesday suggested that the Centre

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  No new conditions from PDP accepted: BJP

  March 23, 2016 17:27 IST

  No new conditions from PDP accepted: BJP

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  Tamil Nadu Polls: DMDK joins PWF alliance, Vijayakanth to be CM candidate

  March 23, 2016 13:40 IST

  Chennai: In a major development ahead of Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections, DMDK president Vijayakanth has announced his party — the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) — would join the People’s Welfare Party alliance constituting the

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  Haryana CM Manohar Lal drops ‘Khattar’ off his name

  March 23, 2016 13:17 IST

  Chandigarh: Deeply saddened by the recent Jat agitation, the Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday announced that he won’t be using ‘Khattar’ with his name anymore. "I was a (RSS) pracharak till

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  ‘PDP leadership hurting sentiments of Jammu and Kashmir’

  March 23, 2016 10:45 IST

  Srinagar: Independent legislator Sheikh Abdul Rashid today accused PDP leadership of "hurting" the sentiments of people of Jammu and Kashmir by "sacrificing its self-respect to grab power". "Kashmiris are neither beggars nor want meager

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  Women should be allowed to enter all temples: Farooq Abdullah

  March 23, 2016 10:37 IST

  Jammu: Hailing the celebration of Holi by widows in Vrindavan, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said all temples must be opened for women to enter. "I think this is

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  Indira Gandhi most powerful PM of India: Suresh Prabhu

  March 22, 2016 23:26 IST

  Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Tuesday praised former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as "most powerful PM of the country" on the occasion of International Women's Day celebration.

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  'Picture abhi baki hai dost': Omar Abdullah on PDP-BJP alliance

  March 22, 2016 23:07 IST

  As PDP and BJP attempted to break the deadlock over government formation in Jammu & Kashmir, state's former chief minister Omar Abdullah today appeared to doubt the possibility of revival of the alliance, quipping "picture abhi baki hai dost".

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  Aam Aadmi canteens to be set up in Delhi this year: Najeeb Jung

  March 22, 2016 20:39 IST

  Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung today said "Aam Aadmi Canteens", announced by the AAP government in 2015 for providing nutritious food at affordable rates, will be set up in several parts of the city this year.

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  Modi govt has failed on all fronts: Mulayam Singh Yadav

  March 22, 2016 20:24 IST

  Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Sigh today accused the NDA-led BJP government of "failing" on all fronts.

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  No change in plans for PM Modi's scheduled visit to Brussels on March 30

  March 22, 2016 19:35 IST

  PM Narendra Modi to visit Brussels as part of 3 nation tour from March 30

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  Rajnath Singh rules out withdrawal of Assam Rifles from Indo-Myanmar border

  March 22, 2016 18:29 IST

  Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday ruled out withdrawal of Assam Rifles from Indo-Myanmar border and its replacement with another paramilitary force, saying no such decision has been taken yet.

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  S. Sreesanth likely to contest on BJP ticket in Kerala polls

  March 22, 2016 17:31 IST

  S. Sreesanth likely to contest on BJP ticket in Kerala polls

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  Kanhaiya Kumar meets Rahul Gandhi after support over JNU sedition row

  March 22, 2016 13:17 IST

  New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University student’s union president Kanhaiya Kumar met Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhiat later's residence on Tuesday. Accompanied by delegations from the JNUSU and the All India Students’ Federation (AISF), Kanhaiya

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  Mehbooba terms meeting with PM as positive but makes no announcement

  March 22, 2016 17:30 IST

  New Delhi: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti today met PM Narendra Modi in a bid to bring an end to the impasse over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir. Terming her meet with PM as good

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  Direct queries on quota to Mohan Bhagwat, Congress tells Modi

  March 22, 2016 9:41 IST

  New Delhi: The Congress on Monday advised Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct questions on "revisiting reservation" to his ideological mentor, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. "The prime minister today, while speaking with regard to Dr.

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  Mehbooba Mufti has to make up her mind: Jaitley on J&K govt formation

  March 22, 2016 8:50 IST

  New Delhi: Even as confusion shrouds over formation of government in J&K,Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has asked PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti to make up her mind. Responding to a question at a media event in

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  BJP leader arrested in Agra for provocative remarks

  March 22, 2016 8:03 IST

  Agra:BJP leader Kundanika Sharma was today arrested for allegedly making a provocative speech at the condolence meeting of VHP leader Arun Mahaur. After her medical examination, Sharma was presented before the judicial magistrate at

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  ED attaches Chhagan Bhujbal's sugar mill, land in Nashik

  March 22, 2016 8:22 IST

  New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday attached a sugar mill and 290 acres of land in Nashik worth Rs.55 crore in connection with the money laundering cases filed against NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal,

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  Trinamool stung again, new videos of sting operation out

  March 21, 2016 23:41 IST

  Narada News on Monday published a new set of videos of its sting operation in which two prominent leaders of West Bengal's ruling party were purportedly caught on tape

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  J-K impasse, Mehbooba Mufti in Delhi, likely to meet PM tomorrow

  March 21, 2016 23:25 IST

  PDP President Mehbooba Mufti came to Delhi today and is likely to have a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow after efforts to revive the coaliton with the BJP hit a roadblock last week.

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  Uttarakhand crisis: BJP, Congress trade charges as fight reaches the President

  March 21, 2016 21:39 IST

  The political crisis in Uttarakhand today escalated with both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegations approaching the President over the happenings in the hill-state.

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  Fourth year in a row, the IAS bow out to UP CM Akhilesh Yadav in friendly T20

  March 21, 2016 20:13 IST

  No prizes for guessing but the IAS XI lost to CM Akhilesh Yadav. This was Team Akhilesh’s fourth consecutive win in a row. Not taking anything from the CM’s cricketing genius but the match did have its fair share of humour and never-seen-before momen