CPI-M candidate P. Sreeramakrishnan on Friday was elected the speaker of the 14th Kerala assembly, an entirely expected outcome except that he got not only a BJP vote but also a vote of the main opposition UDF. Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala acknowledged the "leak" of one vote. "We don't think that this was a deliberate attempt, b...
The BJP on Friday accused the ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh of patronising goons and demanded a judicial inquiry into the Mathura violence that has left 24 persons dead including police officials. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament from Mathura Hema Malini favoured a CBI inquiry into the incident. BJP secretary Shrikant S...
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Washington next week, a senior US administration official has described the US-India relationship as of incredible significance to the world. "The US-Indian relationship is of incredible significance, not only to the region but to the world," US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Mark Toner sai...
The toll in the Mathura violence rose to 20 on Friday as Superintendent of Police Mukul Dwivedi and others injured in Thursday's clash between police and encroachers during an anti-encroachment drive, succumbed to their injuries, officials said. While 250 people have been detained for their involvement in the incident, the city continues to be tense even as he...
Goans who have opted for Portuguese citizenship under a unique provision in Portuguese nationality laws and have not surrendered their Indian citizenship will now have to make a choice between the two, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said on Thursday....
The central government on Thursday set a deadline of one year to completely seal the 223.7 km Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam and hoped the entire exercise will be completed by June 2017....
While it is already raining in most parts of Kerala, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that the monsoon will hit the southern state in the next four to five days....
Zakia Jafri, the widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, on Thursday said she was not satisfied with the verdict in the Gulberg Society massacre case and that many of the people acquitted by the special court had been involved in the 2002 rioting....
India on Thursday dismissed US Senator Ben Cardin's statement that India's federal system was challenging good governance, and hoped he would have developed a "better understanding and appreciation" of India after his first visit to the country....
The new Left government in Kerala will appoint an expert committee to review present policies and suggest remedial measures to take the industries to a new level, said state Industries Minister E. P. Jayarajan....
