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  PDP playing petty politics over revocation of AFSPA: Omar Abdullah

  Politics | November 06, 2014 19:42 IST

  Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today lashed out at Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for “playing petty politics” over revocation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), saying the issue became casualty

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  Goa Speaker Rajendra Arlekar tipped to become new CM, Parrikar to move to Centre

  Politics | November 06, 2014 18:24 IST

  Panaji: With outgoing Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar confirming today that he would be moving to the Centre to take over an important portfolio, the power corridor here is abuzz about Goa Assembly Speaker Rajendra

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  Kailash Satyarthi compliments Narendra Modi for Swacch Bharat initiative

  Politics | November 05, 2014 23:48 IST

  New Delhi: Nobel Peace Prize winner and child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi today lent his support to the Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan and complimented Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking up the issue of cleanliness.Satyarthi, at

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  N Chandrababu Naidu to address World Economic Forum meet in Delhi tomorrow

  Politics | November 05, 2014 23:38 IST

  Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will address meeting of the World Economic Forum in New Delhi tomorrow, where he will showcase the state as the best investment destination.The Chief Minister will arrive

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  Narendra Modi ranked 15th in Forbes list of World's most powerful people

  Politics | November 05, 2014 23:00 IST

  New York:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday made his debut among the world's most powerful people, ranked 15th on the Forbes list topped by Russian President Vladimir Putin who pipped his US counterpart Barack

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  Prime Minister reviews infra sectors; New civil aviation policy on anvil

  Politics | November 05, 2014 19:17 IST

  New Delhi:  A new civil aviation policy is under preparation of the government, a high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was told today amid his thrust on inter-linking connectivity-related infrastructure sectors.Reviewing work in

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  Posters flaying Sonia, Rahul appear in Coimbatore

  Politics | November 03, 2014 23:02 IST

  Coimbatore: With the exit of former union minister G K Vasan from Congress, posters appeared in parts of the city, criticising party President Sonia Gandhi and Vice-President Rahul Gandhi for the crisis.The posters blamed Gandhis

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  Inviting Sharif and leaving Modi was unwarranted: Digvijay Singh

  Politics | November 03, 2014 21:58 IST

  Jodhpur:  Congress leader Digvijay Singh today criticised Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari for inviting Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif while leaving out Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the anointment ceremony

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  Ambika Soni defends Robert Vadra

  Politics | November 03, 2014 16:53 IST

  Dehradun:  Defending Robert Vadra over his public spat with a journalist, senior Congress leader Ambika Soni today said he should be left alone.  “The law is equal for everyone... I don't think it is fair

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  BJP announces 1st list for Jharkhand, J-K polls

  Politics | November 02, 2014 23:24 IST

  New Delhi:  Former Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda and former deputy chief minister Raghuvar Das were named in the first list of candidates announced by BJP today for the upcoming Assembly polls in the state

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  Shahnawaz Hussian gets threat calls from Dubai number

  Politics | November 02, 2014 19:44 IST

  New Delhi:  BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussian has received threat calls from a phone number from Dubai telling him to stop praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, police said Sunday.Two calls were received by the Bharatiya Janata

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  J-K polls: Strong wave building for PDP in the state, says Mehbooba Mufti

  Politics | November 02, 2014 19:29 IST

  Srinagar:  Ahead of the Assembly elections this month, opposition PDP president Mehbooba Mufti today said a “strong wave” was building for her party in Jammu and Kashmir given its “pro-people agenda”.  “Jammu and Kashmir is

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  'Unauthorised disclosure on black money can sabotage probe': Arun Jaitley

  Politics | November 02, 2014 19:07 IST

  New Delhi: Lashing out at those, including the Congress party, who want the government to make names of black money holders public, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said unauthorised disclosure of such names can sabotage

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  Birbhum violence: Governor suggests Mamata government should act

  Politics | November 01, 2014 23:06 IST

  Kolkata:  West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi Saturday said he has suggested to the Mamata Banerjee government to take appropriate action to address the plight of people in Makhra village of Birbhum district where a clash

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  BJP leaders submit memorandum to UP Governor

  Politics | November 01, 2014 20:53 IST

  Kanpur:  BJP leaders today submitted a memorandum to Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik drawing his attention to some municipal corporation members who have allegedly insulted the national anthem.   Kanpur BJP district President Surendra Maithani alongwith other

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  Congress releases names of 14 candidates for Jharkhand polls

  Politics | November 01, 2014 21:25 IST

  New Delhi:  Jharkhand Congress chief Sukhdeo Bhagat, who lost the 2009 elections as the sitting MLA, today figured in the first list of 14 party candidates whose names were announced for the upcoming state Assembly

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  Akhilesh launches mission to end malnutrition in UP

  Politics | November 01, 2014 20:35 IST

  Lucknow:  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today launched the State Nutrition Mission and expressed confidence that the project would help end malnutrition among children and women as concerted efforts helped curb polio in the

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  Talks with BJP will continue, says Shiv Sena

  Politics | November 01, 2014 20:26 IST

  Mumbai:  As the uncertainty over whether former ally Shiv Sena would join the BJP government in Maharashtra persists, the Uddhav Thackeray-led party today said it was confident that “the talks between the two parties will

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  All seats equally dear: Omar on not contesting from home turf

  Politics | November 01, 2014 19:30 IST

  Srinagar:  A day after announcing that he will not be fighting assembly polls from family bastion Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said people of all constituencies of the state were equally

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  Telangana chief minister accuses Modi government of bias

  Politics | November 01, 2014 19:13 IST

  Hyderabad:  Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao Saturday charged the Narendra Modi-led central government of bias against the state.The chief minister alleged that the Centre is not cooperating with Telangana in the implementation of the