School-children tied rakhis on wrists of President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Raksha Bandhan as the festival marking affection between brothers and sisters was celebrated across the country with traditional enthusiasm and gaiety....
Social activist Medha Patkar was on Monday forcibly removed by Madhya Pradesh Police from the site, where she was on the 12 day of her indefinite fast to protest against closing of the gates of the Sardar Sarovar dam in neighbouring Gujarat....
Veteran Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Monday expressed confidence of winning Tuesday's Rajya Sabha election despite accusing the Gujarat's ruling BJP of hatching a conspiracy against him....
Already under attack over the incident of stalking involving Haryana BJP president Subhash Barala's son, the state's ruling BJP found itself on the defensive on another matter on Monday with a senior party leader being accused of stopping an ambulance over a minor accident which led to the death of a heart patient....
Pakistan-origin woman Qamar Mohsin Shaikh, who has been living in India for the past 35 years, is in awe of her 'rakhi' brother Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She credits him for everything she is today....
Every time the law is violated, there is one set of rules for the common man and another for the privileged class and their spoilt brats. The incident in which the daughter of a senior Haryana IAS officer was stalked, wrongly restrained, intimidated and almost abducted - all in 25 minutes on the streets of Chandigarh by the son o...
New Delhi, Aug 7 Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Bimal Jalan says anti-defection law should be amended to reduce the built-in incentive for the fragmentation of parties and to improve governance by making members to seek re-election if they switch sides. He also feels it is of utmost importance that the anti-defection law be m...
New Delhi/Chandigarh, Aug 7 BJP Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy on Monday said that he is going to file a public interest litigation (PIL) in the case of "attempted abduction of a IAS officer's daughter by two drunk goons" in Chandigarh. "Police did a u-turn in the case. They booked the accused under a bailable offence and then let t...
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi on Monday tied rakhis to trees here and urged people to protect the state's green cover. Clad in his usual white cotton kurta-pyjama, Nitish Kumar said: "It is a symbolism to protect trees to increase the green cover. It is important for the environment." He said from 2001 he has been ty...
Women and girls from across Punjab converged at the Attari check post along the international border between India and Pakistan on Monday to tie 'rakhis' on BSF personnel. Marking the Raksha Bandhan festival, dressed in traditional and colourful attires, the women and children tied 'rakhis' to the Border Security Force officers and troopers. "We hav...
