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  Coal production to double to 1 bn tonne by 2019: Piyush Goyal

  National | November 06, 2014 16:04 IST

  New Delhi: Government is targeting doubling coal production to a billion tonnes in the next five years to meet rising energy demands in the country, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said here today.Referring to coal as

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  Five to six Union ministers may accompany Prime Minister to Varanasi

  National | November 05, 2014 20:03 IST

  Lucknow:  Around five to six Union Ministers may accompany Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his two day visit to his parliamentary constituency Varanasi from November 7.Giving details of security arrangements, IG (law and order) A

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  Bangladeshi Muslims should be pushed back: Praveen Togadia

  India | November 05, 2014 17:06 IST

  Kolkata:  Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) today demanded that Muslims who had come from Bangladesh should be treated as infiltrators and pushed back. “Infiltration should be finished in India,” VHP international working president Praveen Togadia said adding

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  Put an end to human rights violations in Valley: PDP to PM

  National | November 05, 2014 16:58 IST

  Srinagar:  Defending the public outrage over the killing of two innocent youths at Chattergam, Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure that the

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  Mamata Banerjee slams Centre for deregulation of diesel price

  National | November 05, 2014 16:50 IST

  Kolkata:  Deregulation of diesel and fertiliser prices and the issue of FDI in rail and defence today drew fire from West Bengal Chief Mamata Banerjee, who said Trinamool Congress would raise the matter in Parliament.

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  Meghalaya govt aims to make Shillong a digital city: Mukul Sangma

  National | November 05, 2014 16:26 IST

  Shillong:  Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma today said his government aims at making Shillong a ‘digital city' besides being on the job to provide accessible Wi-Fi to all schools.“Shillong will soon be privileged of getting

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  Rahul Gandhi holds another round of consultations on party's future

  National | November 03, 2014 21:11 IST

  New Delhi:  On a day Congress suffered a split in Tamil Nadu, Rahul Gandhi today held confabulations with some senior party leaders, including Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy, on the future course in the wake

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  Relations between UP and Centre must improve: Ram Naik

  National | November 03, 2014 17:27 IST

  Lakhimpur Kheri: Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik today said that relations between the state and Centre must improve for the good of the state.  “Relations between UP and Centre are not like those between India

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  Four disqualified JD(U) MLAs file petition in Patna High Court

  National | November 03, 2014 15:43 IST

  Patna:  The four rebel JD(U) MLAs whose membership had been terminated today filed a petition in the Patna High Court challenging their disqualification from the Assembly by the Speaker.Lawyer S K Mangalam filed the petition

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  Sexual assault in schools:Task Force to be set up in Karnataka, says Siddaramaiah

  National | November 02, 2014 20:50 IST

  Mangaluru: In the wake of recurring incidents of sexual assault on minor girls in schools, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said a task force will be constituted to coordinate between managements and parents.  “A task force

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  Repeated hounding not appropriate: Congress on Robert Vadra media row

  National | November 02, 2014 19:59 IST

  New Delhi:  Backing Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Sonia Gandhi, Congress today said “repeated hounding” of an individual is “not appropriate” and advised the media to avoid “unpleasantness” of shooting questions at private functions, like what

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  Law will take its own course: Haryana CM on Vadra land deals

  National | November 02, 2014 17:04 IST

  Chandigarh:  Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said the law will take its own course on the land deals in the state involving businessman Robert Vadra's company.“Law will take its own course,” he said

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  Next budget should be full of new ideas: PM Modi

  National | November 01, 2014 23:36 IST

  New Delhi:  Giving an idea of the nature of next year's Budget, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said it should be “full of new ideas” with transformational and measurable deliverables.In an interaction with Secretaries of

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  Haryana and Punjab are brothers: Khattar

  National | November 01, 2014 23:18 IST

  Chandigarh:  Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has described Haryana and Punjab as brothers and said that the issue of Chandigarh would be resolved through mutual dialogue.Khattar, who was speaking to media persons after the

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  Devendra Fadnavis to face crucial trust vote Nov 12

  National | November 01, 2014 22:21 IST

  Mumbai:  A special three-day session of the Mahararashtra assembly will begin here Nov 10 in which the first BJP government will face a crucial trust vote Nov 12, a minister said here Saturday. All the 287

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  Bihar: Membership of four rebel JD-U MLAs terminated

  National | November 01, 2014 17:45 IST

  Patna: Bihar Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Choudhary Saturday terminated the membership of four rebel JD-U MLAs Gayanendra Singh Gayanu, Rahul Sharma, Ravinder Rai and Neeraj Bablu. Choudhary told mediapersons here that the decision was taken on

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  Court issues bailable warrant against Digvijay, cancels later

  National | November 01, 2014 16:49 IST

  New Delhi:  A Delhi court today issued a bailable warrant against Congress leader Digvijay Singh for his failure to appear before it in connection with a criminal defamation case filed against him by BJP leader

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  Narendra Modi skips event at Indira Gandhi's memorial

  National | October 31, 2014 14:21 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today skipped the event commemorating the death anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at the Shakti Sthal memorial where President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and top

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  BJP Demands Sheila's Exit, Says PMO Involved

  India | August 05, 2011 19:06 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 5: BJP today demanded Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's head after her reported indictment in the CAG report on Commonwealth Games scam and insisted the Prime Minister should clarify as anomalies of

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  S M Krishna Serves Legal Notice On PTI

  India | August 05, 2011 18:51 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 5: In an extraordinary step, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today served a legal notice on Press Trust of India (PTI) for reporting that he appeared to be absent minded when