Social activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday said the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party government has weakened the anti-graft mechanism by making an amendment to the Lokpal Act. Both the Congress and the BJP were pro-industrialists and were never concerned about farmers' problems, he said while announcing an agitation in the national capita...
It's not right to blame the Indian government alone for the skyrocketing pollution in national capital New Delhi and neighbouring areas but even so, there is too much politics on the issue, the country's only cosmonaut has said. "I think as a people, as a community, we inspire for a better lifestyle...I would ...
Rains driven by Cyclone Ochki lashed most parts of coastal Konkan in Maharashtra, including Mumbai, as the state remained wary of a potential fallout of the stormy weather here on Tuesday. The state government, as a precautionary measure, has declared a holiday for all schools here on Tuesday and in the coastal districts of Palghar, Thane, Raig...
As part of his strategy to put one question daily to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asked if the Bharatiya Janata Party's government will be working only for the rich. In a ditty form, Gandhi flayed the adverse impact of demonetisation, Goods and Services Tax, and inflation. In his tweet, the Congr...
A large number of AIADMK leaders and cadres gathered at late Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa's memorial here on Tuesday and paid homage on her first death anniversary. Chief Minister K. Palaniswami, Deputy Chief Minister O.Panneerselvam, cabinet colleagues and party members took out a procession. They were all clad black shirt and white dhoti. They als...
A court here said on Tuesday it would deliver its verdict on December 21 in the 2G spectrum allocation graft cases involving, among others, former Telecom Minister A. Raja and DMK Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi who are out on bail. CBI Special Judge O.P. Saini has been hearing two separate cases related to 2G spectrum allocation. One is being probed by CBI and...
Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Sharad Yadav on Tuesday vowed to continue fighting against the undemocratic style of functioning to save democracy a day after he was disqualified from the Rajya Sabha. "I am disqualified from the Rajya Sabha as the 'mahagathbandan' which was formed to defeat the NDA in Bihar and after ...
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, who is also the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, on Monday disqualified 'rebel' JD-U members Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar from the upper house of Parliament, a JD-U MP said....
The National Green Tribunal on Monday pulled up the Delhi government for its "lackadaisical" approach over rising pollution levels in the city, a day after bad air quality plaguing the capital for several weeks interrupted play during the ongoing Test match between India and Sri Lanka at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium here...
The war of words between the BJP and the BSP over civic poll results continued on Monday as the latter's supremo Mayawati dared the ruling party to direct all its 14 newly elected Mayors to resign and re-contest through paper ballot voting....
