Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki met Governor Tathagata Roy on Friday and sought ten days time to prove his majority in the house but a Raj Bhavan statement later made it clear that the floor test has to be held on Saturday only as slated....
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday chaired a cabinet meeting in which top government officials condemned the labelling of slain Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani as a terrorist by the Indian government....
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is acting like a dictator and his attitude to Right to Information rules proves this, Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala said on Friday....
Pakistan's blatant attempt to internationalise the sensitive situation in Jammu and Kashmir, one where they have been an agent provocateur for over two decades, needs to be condemned in the strongest terms possible," Congress spokesman Manish Tewari told reporters here....
An Uttar Pradesh court's order to file an FIR against the family of the slain Mohammed Akhlaq on charges of cow slaughter "is a gross travesty of justice", the CPI-M said on Friday. The petition was filed before the court "by those involved in the brutal murder and lynching of Akhlaq and who have been pressurizing the family to withdraw the case", th...
The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that the chargesheet in the AgustaWestland helicopter deal will be filed this year and the matter is being investigated by an SIT. Stating that the petition has become infructuous in view of the steps taken by the government, Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar told a bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Ju...
Mizoram and Tripura government have asked the security forces to maintain a maximum vigil along the Bangladesh border to foil any attempt of intrusion and illegal cross-border movement, officials said here on Friday. An official of the Mizoram home department said the Mizoram government has instructed the police, Central Para-Military Forces (CPMF), ...
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was on Friday all set to remind Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the central government has failed to accord 'special' category status and package to Bihar, an official here said. The Chief Minister will raise the issue at the Inter-State Council meeting in Delhi on Saturday, the official said. "...
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said the national mourning would be observed from Saturday, July 16-18. Flags on government buildings will fly at half-mast....
Claiming that his statements were "doctored and tampered out of context", controversial NRI televangelist Zakir Naik on Friday asserted that he was a "messenger of peace" and unequivocally condemned all terror and terrorist activities. He also revealed that he was a "Non-Resident Indian", enjoying residential status in Dubai, Saudi Arab...
