A number of eminent people representing a cross section of society on Tuesday advocated a criteria-based and transparent process in selecting judges for higher judiciary in which civil society too should have a presence. ...
As many as 142 -- or 58 percent -- of the newly-elected 243 Bihar legislators have criminal cases registered against them, a study said....
Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has said her party will secure enough votes in Myanmar's historic national elections to take control of parliament from the country's military-backed rulers. ...
Short coverings on the back of negative cues subdued investor sentiment and led a barometer index of the Indian equity markets to provisionally close 392 points down on Tuesday....
Bihar's electorate has sent Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a message: "Put an end to hatemongering", said the influential New York Times on Tuesday. ...
Military veterans returned their war and other medals at various places in Haryana and Punjab on Tuesday to register their protest against the "diluted" notification of the One Rank One Pension scheme. ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat cannot be blamed for the BJP's defeat in the Bihar assembly elections, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday, dismissing the view that the party had become arrogant. ...
BJP candidates were defeated in most of the assembly seats in Bihar where Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed election rallies. ...
A 50-year-old man died of injuries sustained in a clash while protesting the Karnataka government's Tipu Sultan Jayanthi celebrations in Madikeri town of Kodagu district on Tuesday, authorities said. ...
Kerala ruling front's estranged legislator P.C. George announced his resignation on Tuesday that would be handed over to state assembly speaker N. Sakthan on Thursday....