A pre-poll alliance in Uttar Pradesh may take shape on the lines of the grand alliance in Bihar, with UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav-led SP, Congress and the RLD as its constituents, sources in the Congress said on Sunday....
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Sunday called US President-elect Donald Trump's pledge to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as a "provocation"....
Well-known senior TV journalist Barkha Dutt on Sunday decided to quit NDTV after 21 years of service to explore "new opportunities"....
The Narendra Modi government should show decisiveness of the kind that was on display over demonetisation to depoliticise and revamp regulatory bodies in higher education and research like the University Grants Commission (UGC), a noted scientist has said. ...
Former Kerala Chief Minister A.K. Antony on Sunday asked Congress leaders to end their infighting, saying it was eating into their support base....
Warning Pakistan but without naming it, Army chief General Bipin Rawat said on Sunday that India desired peace but will give a befitting reply if peace was disrupted....
Bahrain on Sunday executed three Shia men despite widespread protests in the capital. ...
Terming replacement of Mahatma Gandhi's picture from the 2017 calendar and diary of the Khadi Village Industries Commission (KVIC) with that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photo a "marketing exercise", Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said it was part of the all-out efforts to promote "Brand Modi"....
A court here on Sunday sent to, three days police custody, BJP's West Bengal unit Vice President Jayprakash Majumdar, arrested for allegedly taking money from School Service Commission candidates on the pretext of getting them jobs....
Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday finally joined the Congress after a meeting with its Vice President Rahul Gandhi here. ...
