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....
Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday won the hearts of many a grieving and angry fishing folk in Vizhinjam area with her down-to-earth behaviour and compassion when she met them as more than 80 fishermen from the area continue to be missing in the aftermath of Cyclone Ockhi....
Marking a generational shift, Rahul Gandhi is all set to take over as Congress President next week as he was the only candidate to file nominations before deadline expired on Monday for the post amid opposition jibes over dynasty politics in a contest with no one else in the fray....
The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected a plea of T.T.V. Dinakaran to grant the "hat" symbol for the December 21 bye-election to the R.K. Nagar assembly seat in Tamil Nadu and directed the Returning Officer to decide his plea....
