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  Imran Khan's aide Fawad Chaudhry runs for life as he spots cops outside court building | WATCH

  World | May 17, 2023 6:25 IST

  Chaudhry of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf had been detained under the Maintenance of Public Order regulation in the wake of violent protests by the supporters of his party following Imran Khan's arrest last week, and had filed a petition for acquittal in the Islamabad High Court (IHC).

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  Karnataka: Senior BJP leader Umesh Katti dies due to cardiac arrest

  India | September 07, 2022 8:27 IST

  Umesh Katti passes away: Katti was often in news for his statements demanding statehood for the north Karnataka region and also openly expressing his chief ministerial ambitions.

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  Dominican Republic cabinet minister killed in office

  World | June 07, 2022 0:07 IST

  Authorities said Orlando Jorge Mera was shot by an unknown person. No further details were immediately available.

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  Delhi Police in Jaipur to arrest Rajasthan Minister's son in rape case

  India | May 15, 2022 13:49 IST

  This comes days after a 23-year-old woman from Jaipur has alleged that Rohit Joshi, the son of Rajasthan Minister for Public Health Engineering, raped her on multiple occasions over a year, following which the Delhi Police has registered a zero FIR initially.

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  Will be grateful if India helps Ukraine 'more actively': Ukrainian Minister Tkachenko

  India | April 22, 2022 23:23 IST

  Oleksandr Tkachenko, the Minister for Culture and Information, however, did not elaborate on what exactly he expects from India as Ukraine battles Russia, the country with which New Delhi shares close military ties. Commenting on his expectations from the Western countries, the minister appreciated the support extended by them to Ukraine but appealed to them to do more.

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  Assembly of blunders: Speaker, ministers get their facts wrong in Rajasthan House

  India | March 27, 2022 11:58 IST

  They are seen making inaccurate statements and tabling wrong facts which have to be withdrawn later. Surprisingly, the entire episodes are being telecast live on YouTube and giving them all more eyeballs.

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  'There is no age for study': 10th pass Jharkhand Education Minister to appear for intermediate exam

  India | January 01, 2022 23:41 IST

  The 54-year-old minister is a Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) MLA from Dumri assembly constituency and is just matriculate.

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  Former Nagaland minister T Kikon dies after brief illness

  India | July 25, 2021 21:58 IST

  Kikon was first elected to Nagaland Legislative Assembly from Bhandari constituency in Wokha district on an NNO ticket in 1964.  

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  Puducherry CM submits list of portfolios for Ministers to Lt Governor

  India | July 11, 2021 14:48 IST

  A list containing their portfolios was handed over by Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy to Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan.

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  Kerala Congress (B) chairman R Balakrishna Pillai passes away

  India | May 03, 2021 10:31 IST

  Kerala Congress (B) chairman and former minister R Balakrishna Pillai passed away at a private hospital

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  Political storm after Bihar Minister's brother inaugurates govt event

  India | March 05, 2021 20:44 IST

  Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Bhai Virendra slammed Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) supremo Mukesh Sahani, who had sent his brother on his behalf for attending a government programme and demanded that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar take cognizance of the matter.

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  Madhya Pradesh minister sits on 50-feet swing to get a mobile signal

  India | February 22, 2021 16:34 IST

  Madhya Pradesh's minister of state for health for public health engineering Brajendra Singh Yadav needs to climb up on a 50-feet hammock whenever he wants to talk to officers and fellow ministers.

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  Raghuvansh Prasad Singh's condition worsens, put on ventilator

  India | September 12, 2020 19:56 IST

  Former Union minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, whose recent resignation from the RJD founded and headed by Lalu Prasad has left political waters in Bihar astir, has fallen critically ill and put on a ventilator, a close aide said on Saturday.

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  Former Left Front minister Kshiti Goswami passes away

  India | November 24, 2019 12:52 IST

  Senior Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) leader and former West Bengal minister Kshiti Goswami died at a private hospital in Chennai due to old-age-related illness on Sunday morning.

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  Uttarakhand Minister's social media accounts hacked

  India | November 02, 2019 13:44 IST

  Confirming the development, Uttarakhand Police chief Arun Mohan Joshi told IANS: "A complaint was registered with the police about the minister's Facebook, Twitter, Gmail and Instagram accounts being hacked late on October 30 night. The investigation has been handed over to the Cyber Cell."

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  Two policemen injured in ISIS attack targeting B'desh minister in Dhaka

  World | September 01, 2019 12:26 IST

  The bomb was thrown from the footbridge at the Science Lab intersection Saturday night when the minister was passing through the area, the Daily Star reported, quoting police and eyewitnesses. 

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  Rajasthan Chief Minister, Cabinet ministers, MLAs get salary hike

  India | August 05, 2019 22:57 IST

  Now the Chief Minister's salary has been increased from Rs 55,000 to Rs 75,000 while the Cabinet Minister's salary increased from Rs 45,000 to Rs 65,000, the Assembly Speaker's from Rs 50,000 to Rs 70,000, and state ministers' from Rs 42,000 to 62,000.

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  BJD, stakeholders miffed over no Odisha tourist spot in Centre list

  India | July 09, 2019 19:57 IST

  Odisha Tourism Minister Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi has said he would soon take up with the Centre the absence of the state's tourist spots in the list of 17 sites that would be developed into world-class destinations.

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  NCP workers throw crabs outside residence of Maharashtra water conservation minister | Video

  India | July 09, 2019 15:57 IST

  NCP workers on Tuesday staged protest and threw crabs outside the residence of Maharashtra Water Conservation Minister Tanaji Sawant in Pune. The Minister had said that crabs were responsible for Ratnagiri's Tiware dam breach. Tiware dam located in Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district, breached late night on July 2, killing 18 people.

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  Jharkhand minister terms lynching a 'stray' incident

  India | June 27, 2019 21:38 IST

  Condemning the incident, Saryu Rai said the state government's endeavour would be to address the gaps in the law and order implementation.