Having been elected to the Lok Sabha, BJP leaders Amit Shah and Ravi Shankar Prasad and DMK leader Kanimozhi ceased to be members of the Upper House of Parliament from May 23, the Rajya Sabha Secretariat said on Wednesday. A circular from the Secretariat, dated May 28, said the three "ceased to be ...
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday wished "speedy recovery and healthy life" to former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley who has decided not to join the union cabinet due to health reasons. "Wish Arun Jaitley speedy recovery and healthy life. I have known him since many ...
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has said the comparison of Tripura with Jammu & Kashmir was unjustified, and his government followed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) traditions of the party governments in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh....
With BJP organisational architect Amit Shah set to join the Cabinet, the decks are being cleared for the baton to be handed over to Health Minister J.P. Nadda as the new President. Nadda is expected to work closely with Shah even after the latter demits office for the election whirligig simply doesn't end. ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit "Sadaiv Atal" and "Rajghat", the 'samadhis' of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Mahatma Gandhi respectively, ahead of his swearing in on Thursday. Modi along with his Council of Ministers will be administered the oath of office ...
Tamil Nadu Congress MLA H. Vasanthakumar on Wednesday resigned from the House following his election to the Lok Sabha, said an official statement. Vasanthakumar, who was elected to the Assembly from Nanguneri in Tirunelveli district, has been elected to Lok Sabha from Kanyakumari defeating BJP leader ...
Post his swearing-in on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a tight schedule from June till August as he will be on foreign tours holding bilaterals back to back beginning Maldives, Bishkek and Osaka and in between even finding time for Budget deliberations in New Delhi....
In a shocking incident, a mentally-challenged minor was tortured by his own relatives who tied a brick from his private parts as a punishment. The incident took place in Shahjahanpur on May 26. The relatives also attacked the boy's sister and other family members when they tried to complain about the ...
More than 50 civilian protesters were injured on Wednesday in clashes with security forces near the site of a gunfight with militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district. As soon as the firing exchanges started between the security forces and the holed-up militants in Tazipora (Mohammadpora) village, dozens of protesters ...
Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to his party to win the trust of minorities, Quran - the holy book of Muslims - has arrived at the library of the BJP's Uttarakhand headquarters here. "I kept two copies of the Quran -- in English and Hindi -- along with the other...
