Mogens Lykketoft, who took over Tuesday as the president of the General Assembly, pledged to continue the Security Council reform efforts carried out by his predecessor Sam Kahamba Kutesa, who broke through the first major hurdle by having a negotiating document accepted by the Assembly. ...
BJP legislator from West Bengal Samik Bhattacharya on Tuesday filed a police complaint against former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju for making "abusive remarks" against Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and revolutionary Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose....
European Union countries will slow the flood of refugees if they stop supporting terrorists in Syria, President Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday in an interview with Russian media. ...
The Congress on Tuesday condemned the Centre's decision to discontinue two postal stamps on Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, saying people "will not let the government get away with lowly politics of revenge." ...
The agitation by the ex-servicemen to press for 'One Rank One Pension' completed its 93rd day on Tuesday, and the protest leaders said a mega rally will be held on December 13 if the issue is not resolved by then. ...
The alliance of the JD-U, the RJD and the Congress is finding it difficult to sort out differences over three dozen of the 243 assembly seats in Bihar, but leaders said they were hopeful the issue will be resolved in the next two days. ...
Telangana's ruling TRS on Tuesday alleged that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu influenced a World Bank report, which ranked Telangana 13th in the ease of doing business while placing his state at number two....
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Tuesday announced housing projects for low and middle income groups as well as for government employees....
Intermittent clashes rocked several places in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district on Tuesday, as protestors pelted stones at the security forces over the murder of three youths whose bodies were found in an apple orchard on Monday. ...
A week after a seven-year-old boy died of dengue in the national capital following hospital authorities' callousness, another child died in the city on Sunday after four hospitals his hapless parents approached declined admission....
