The acquittal of DMK leaders Kanimozhi, daughter of party President M. Karunanidhi, and former Union Telecom Minister A. Raja, and others by a court in the 2G spectrum case has come as a big boost for the party and could lead to a political realignment in Tamil Nadu, especially with the ruling AIADMK a divided house, politic...
Two-time former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and suave Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor are likely to make it to the Congress Working Committee (CWC), either as permanent or special invitees to the party's highest decision-making body, according to the buzz in Congress circles in Kerala. Rahul Gandhi, who has taken over as party Pre...
The UN Security Council is expected to vote on a new draft resolution that would tighten sanctions against North Korea in response to its ballistic missile launch last month. A Security Council meeting has been scheduled for Friday at 1.00 p.m. EST (1800 GMT). The US-drafted resolution was circulated among council members on Thursday, Xinhua news...
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till Wednesday after the opposition, led by the Congress, on Friday sought a "solution" to the ongoing impasse over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks against his predecessor Manmohan Singh before conducting any business. Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu, rejecting the opposition's demand, initially adjourned the House till 2 p.m. ...
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights who has openly criticised powerful governments, including the Trump administration, has said he will not seek a second four-year term as it "might involve bending a knee in supplication". The decision by Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, a Jordanian prince and former diplomat, was conveyed in a short statement that was emai...
The Bombay High Court on Friday struck down the sanction accorded by Maharashtra Governor C.V. Rao to prosecute former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh Society scam. The main ground for the court's decision was that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) failed to present any fresh evidence against Chav...
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Friday she was proud of India's decision to vote in the UN against the US recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. "Very proud to see that India joined over 100 countries at the UN to vote against recognising Jerusalem as the official capital of Israel. This vote further reaff...
The Supreme Court will hear on Friday a plea against a Karnataka High Court order reducing the pictorial warning on cigarette packets and on packaging of other tobacco products. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said it would hear the twin pleas by the Allahabad-based senior lawyer Umesh Narain and NGO Health for Millions at 3.30...
In a rebuff to the US, the UN General Assembly on Thursday, passed by two-thirds majority, a resolution criticising President Donald Trump's decision to unilaterally declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel and move Washington's embassy there....
Fresh from electoral victories in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, BJP leader and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday called upon the people of Karnataka to uproot the Congress from the southern state in the ensuing assembly election, due in early 2018....
