The BJP said on Wednesday that the Supreme Court verdict restoring the Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh was not a setback to it. "This is not a setback for the BJP. The crisis (in Arunachal) was due to the internal differences within the Congress in the state," Bharatiya Janata Party leader Srikant Sharma said. "A group within the Congress...
The CPI-M on Wednesday hailed the Supreme Court ruling restoring the Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh and urged the Narendra Modi government to "stop its growing authoritarian tendency of invoking Central rule in states" ruled by non-BJP parties. A five-member Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court overturned the change of government in Aruna...
Defying curfew restrictions on Wednesday, local Muslims risked their lives to rescue the Amarnath Yatra pilgrims injured in a road accident on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway No.1A and carried them to hospitals. The driver of the mini-bus carrying the pilgrims died of injuries after the vehicle met an accident near Bijbehara town in Anantn...
Around 10 lakh bankers across the country are expected to go on a strike on July 29 to oppose the government policies related to the banking industry, a top leader of All India Bank Employees's Association (AIBEA) has said. At the call of United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) consisting of nine unions with an employee membership of around 10 lakh workers and off...
With Japan now a permanent member of the annual Malabar exercise that also involves India and US, an American official said on Tuesday that it was focused on the "Indo-Asia Pacific region" and was an opportunity for the three navies to work together to increase their interoperability....
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two more persons here, taking to seven the number of persons arrested in connection with suspected Islamic State (IS) terror module busted in the city last month....
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Financial Technologies India (FTIL) founder Jignesh Shah under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), an official said here late on Tuesday....
Barring stray protests in rural areas where security forces shot dead a civilian, large parts of curfew-bound Kashmir Valley were calm on Tuesday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti appealed for peace to end days of violence....
Four Dalit youth were severely beaten up and dragged on the road for nearly a kilometre in Gir Somnath district of Gujarat for allegedly possessing cow beef. The crime came to light after a video of the assault went viral on social media....
Minorities Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla and Minister of State for Heavy Industries G.M. Siddeshwara resigned from the Council of Ministers on Tuesday. President Pranab Mukherjee has accepted their resignations....
