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  Arun Jaitley attacks Rahul for sympathising with those who want to "break India"

  March 06, 2016 16:25 IST

  Vrindavan: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today launched a stinging attack on Rahul Gandhi for voicing "sympathies" for "those who raised slogans for breaking up India" and said it was the Congress vice president's "ideological hollowness"

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  Will reward Rs 10 lakh for killing corrupt officials: Pappu Yadav

  March 06, 2016 14:17 IST

  New Delhi: Jan Adhikar Party leader and Lok Sabha MP from Madhepura, Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, today announced that he will reward those who beat the corrupt officials to death in public.He also asked

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  Manohar Parrikar casts vote in Panaji civic polls, walks into restaurant as commoner

  March 06, 2016 12:56 IST

  Panaji: Locals in city's Masson de Amorin area were taken for a surprise on Sunday after Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar walked into a restaurant to enjoy the Sunday morning tea.Taking out time from his busy

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  Babus to get awards for implementation of PM Modi's pet schemes

  March 06, 2016 12:21 IST

  New Delhi: Bureaucrats from both the Centre and states will be conferred Prime Minister's award for excellence in implementing NDA government's priority programmes like 'Swachh Bharat Mission' and 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana'.The awards will

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  Opposition marketing tolerance as they lack issues: Anupam Kher

  March 07, 2016 9:57 IST

  Kolkata: Bollywood actor Anupam Kher has accused the opposition of ‘marketing' the tolerance-intolerance debate as they lacked issues and were unable to stomach their defeat in the Lok Sabha polls."This is a no debate. The

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  Mehbooba Mufti wants 'decisive' measures from Centre for government formation in J&K

  March 06, 2016 8:33 IST

  Vijaypur: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, who is keeping ally BJP guessing over government formation, has said that the Narendra Modi government should take "decisive confidence-building measures" to create an environment wherein effective governance could be

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  Rahul claims to be youth leader but is close to 50: Smirti Irani

  March 06, 2016 7:24 IST

  Vrindavan: Without naming Rahul Gandhi, HRD Minister Smriti Irani on saturday attacked him saying he goes around claiming to be a youth leader while being close to 50 years of age.  "There is a leader

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  BJP chief Amit Shah to address public meeting in Andhra Pradesh today

  March 06, 2016 7:02 IST

  Rajamahendravaram: Bharatiya Janata Party's national president Amit Shah will address a public meeting on the grounds of Government Arts College in Rajamahendravaram today.After the formation of the new Andhra Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

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  AAP demands action over posters seeking Kanhaiya's elimination

  March 05, 2016 23:18 IST

  New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party today demanded immediate arrest and strict action in connection with the posters announcing a cash reward for anyone who "shoots down" JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar. The party said these posters can "disturb" the law and

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  Mayawati a merchant of Dalit votes: Ramshankar Katheria

  March 05, 2016 21:46 IST

  Agra: Union Minister Ramshankar Katheria today alleged Mayawati has brought to end legcay of social consciousness of Dalit leaders B R Ambedkar and Kanshi Ram as he called the BSP supremo "a merchant of Dalit votes". Speaking to reporters here, he accused

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  Modi government dismantling institutions of accountability, says Prashant Bhushan

  March 05, 2016 21:38 IST

  Jaipur: Lawyer and activist Prashant Bhushan today accused the NDA government at the Centre of "dismantling" institutions of accountability and "promoting fascism"."Modi government is leaving no stone unturned to dismantle all institutions of accountability, be it

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  BJP can't be allowed to play with JNU students' future: Rahul Gandhi

  March 05, 2016 21:27 IST

  Borghat (Assam): Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi today said BJP cannot be allowed to play with the future of 8000 students of JNU and his party is with them.  "There are eight thousand students in JNU

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  Rohith Vemula had organised meeting for Yakub Memon: VK Singh

  March 05, 2016 21:07 IST

  Vrindavan: Union minister VK Singh targeted JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar on Saturday for calling Rohith Vemula his inspiration, alleging that the Dalit scholar had organised a meeting in support of Mumbai blasts convict

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  Arvind Kejriwal accepts Karachi Literature Festival 2017 invite

  March 05, 2016 21:03 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal here on Saturday accepted an invitation to attend the Karachi Literature Festival 2017.During an event 'The Coalition Conference' held here at the Talkatora Stadium when Karachi Literature Festival

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  Andhra minister's son booked for harassing woman

  March 05, 2016 20:15 IST

  Hyderabad: Hyderabad police on Saturday booked an Andhra Pradesh minister's son and his driver for misbehaving with a woman.Ravela Sushil -- son of Andhra Pradesh Minister for Social and Tribal Welfare Ravela Kishore Babu -- and

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  Narendra Modi works for industrialists, taxes salaried class: Rahul Gandhi

  March 05, 2016 17:44 IST

  Borghat (Assam): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of promoting the interest of a few select industrialists and "those with black money", while imposing tax on life-long savings of the

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  Pak should mend its ways: BJP

  March 05, 2016 17:25 IST

  Jammu: Expressing concern over discovery of a cross-border tunnel along the international border in R S Pura sector of Jammu district, BJP today said Pakistan should "mend its ways and stop support to terrorism"."There is serious

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  Congress should be ashamed of Rahul's JNU visit: Amit Shah

  March 06, 2016 10:17 IST

  Mathura: BJP president Amit Shah today launched a scathing attack on Congress and its vice President Rahul Gandhi over JNU row and said that the party should be ashamed its vice-president's visit to the university.Shah asked

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  Delhi Police asks JNU to keep it informed about Kanhaiya's movement

  March 05, 2016 14:49 IST

  New Delhi: As part of efforts to provide foolproof security to JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, Delhi Police has asked University authorities to inform them about the student leader's movements outside the campus and nature of

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  We will not allow another Jinnah in educational institutions: Yogi Adityanath

  March 05, 2016 14:40 IST

  New Delhi: Fiery BJP MP Yogi Adityanath has asserted that he will not allow another Jinnah to take birth in India's educational institutions.  The Gorakhpur MP said we would not allow educational institution to produce

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  BJP expels youth leader for offering Rs 5 lakh to cut Kanhaiya's tongue

  March 06, 2016 8:10 IST

  New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party today expelled its Yuva Morcha leader for offering Rs 5 lakh to anyone who cut off JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar's tongue.The president of district unit of BJP, Harish Shakya,

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  Mamata Banerjee accuses BJP of harassing her confidante Mukul Roy

  March 05, 2016 13:00 IST

  Kolkata:  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed her lieutenant Mukul Roy had temporarily distanced him from her due to "pressure" and "harassment" from the BJP.For long considered the second-in-command of Banerjee's Trinamool and credited

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  PA Sangma: A Gandhi-family loyalist whose rebellion against Sonia caught Congress off guard

  March 05, 2016 12:48 IST

  New Delhi: Former Lok Sabha speaker Purno Agitok Sangma died of a heart attack here on Friday at the age of 68.In a career spanning over 45 years, Sangma had held positions that made him

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  Happy over Kanhaiya's release, wish he proves himself right: Shatrughan Sinha

  March 05, 2016 15:53 IST

  New Delhi: BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha has expressed happiness over the release of JUNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar who was arrested on charges of sedition for allegedly raising anti-national slogans.In a series of tweets today ,

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  WB Polls: Baichung Bhutia, Jagmohan Dalmiya's daughter in TMC list of candidates

  March 05, 2016 10:23 IST

  Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) has announced some of the prominent names in its list of candidates for next month's Assembly election in West Bengal.The TMC list included former Bengal cricket captain Lakshim Ratan Shukla, daughter

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  Mehbooba says not afraid of criticism for going ahead with BJP, meets Governor

  March 04, 2016 23:16 IST

  Jammu: After suspense of two months, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti today hinted at going ahead with forming government with BJP, saying she was "not afraid" of criticism over it but wanted the Centre to send

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  LDF in Kerala, TMC in Bengal; AIADMK, BJP in TN, Assam: Poll

  March 05, 2016 14:30 IST

  New Delhi : The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front may stage a comeback in the forthcoming Kerala assembly polls, while Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress may retain power in West Bengal, says an opinion poll conducted by

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  Arvind Kejriwal slams Modi govt in Kanhaiya style, demands Azaadi

  March 04, 2016 19:34 IST

  New Delhi: A day after JNUSU president launched a fierce attack on the ruling government after being released from prison, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today latched on to ‘azaadi' -- a slogan that has