After reducing the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party to virtual non-players in state as well as national politics, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh is now planning to strike at the base vote of these two parties. At a meeting to discuss the party's membership drive that begins on July 6 and ...
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday visited Baraulia village in Amethi constituency in Uttar Pradesh to pay condolences to the family of a BJP party worker who was shot dead in May, soon after the Lok Sabha polls. Criticising the visit, the Congress in Goa accused Sawant of running away from ...
Separatist Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house arrest on Saturday in Srinagar. A spokesman of the Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat said a police party arrived at the Nigeen residence of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on the city outskirts and informed him that he...
US President Donald Trump has spoken over phone with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud on Iran. The two leaders on Friday discussed issues related to Iran and Saudi Arabia's role in ensuring stability in the Middle East and the global oil market, the ...
Leaders of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in Kerala have assured the widow of Nigeria-based NRI businessman Sajan Parayil that action will be taken against those responsible for her husband's suicide. Sajan Parayil, 49, was found hanging from the roof of his home in Kannur on ...
With Pakistan being asked by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to implement its action plan to stop terror financing by September, India on Saturday said the neighbouring country should take "credible" and "irreversible" steps to address global concerns related to terrorism....
A non-local militant was killed on Saturday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district. An encounter started in morning between militants and the Rashtriya Rifles and special operations group of state police in Boniyar area of Uri sector, police ...
Tamil Nadu's Opposition DMK on Saturday began protests across the state against the AIADMK government's failure to take prompt action to meet the state's water crisis. The ruling party officials, meanwhile, were holding yagnas in temples seeking God's blessings for the rains....
Uttar Pradesh Minister of Minority Affairs and Dairy Development Laxmi Narayan has landed in a controversy after a video of a government employee helping him wear his shoes went viral on the social media. The incident took place in Shahjahanpur where the Minister was participating in...
A 11-year-old girl was raped and murdered in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district. The incident took place on Friday in Safipur police circle. The girl, who was sleeping outside her house, was found missing when her father woke up in the middle of the night. ...
