Former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha says the BSP and Samajwadi Party opposition unity against the BJP in the coming Lok Sabha elections is a "work in progress" but feels that the two parties should have included Congress in the alliance in Uttar Pradesh that would have "finished the game". ...
At least seven people were killed and 27 others injured when 11 coaches of the Delhi-bound Seemanchal Express derailed on Sunday in Bihar's Vaishali district, officials said....
The reason is that the next general election is expected to produce a "hung" Parliament, where neither of the two major contenders - the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its opponents - will be able to secure a majority....
India has issued a demarche to the US asking it to release at the earliest Indian students detained in connection with their enrolment in a fraudulent university and not to deport them against their will. ...
Andhra Pradesh police suspect Florida-based Non-Resident Indian and Coastal Bank director Chigurupati Jayaram, who was found dead in his car in Krishna district on Friday, was murdered by someone close to him over some financial dispute....
In a blow to the Congress in North Gujarat, Unjha MLA Ashaben Patel here on Saturday tendered her resignation from all the posts, claiming the state leadership was ignoring her and unable to contain groupism. ...
Launching an all-out attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said the time for his exit has come, with only a month to go for the announcement of fresh Lok Sabha polls, but he was not "mentally ready" to go....
Karnataka's wanted underworld don Ravi Suliya Pujari was traced and arrested at Dakar in West Africa's Senegal recently, said the state government in a statement on Saturday. ...
Taking a swipe at the proposed alliance of opposition parties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said those who facing charges of corruption against them and their relatives are coming together as they are scared of his nationwide drive against corruption and black money. ...
In a huge embarrassment for Maharashtra government, a Pune Special Court on Saturday slammed the city police Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) for what it termed as "illegal arrest" of Dalit intellectual Prof Anand Teltumbde, and ordered his immediate release -- barely 12 hours after he was arrested at Mumbai airport. ...
