At a time when the CPI-M in Kerala is yet to decide on who will be its chief ministerial candidate between V.S. Achuthanandan and Pinarayi Vijayan, the widow of a former chief minister from the party has thrown her weight behind Vijayan....
Amid sweltering heat and allegations of electoral malpractice, over 67 percent of the more than 1.08 crore voters on Monday exercised their right to franchise across 49 constituencies bordering Kolkata in the fourth phase of the West Bengal assembly elections....
Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa and former chief minister M. Karunanidhi were among those who filed their nominations on Monday for the May assembly elections in Tamil Nadu....
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the plea of Congress leader Jairam Ramesh who has challenged the propriety of the government introducing the Aadhaar law as a money bill, and asked Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi to address the court on the issue. The apex court bench of Chief Justice T.S. Thakur, Justice R. Banumathi and Justice Uday Umes...
Nine newly-elected members, of them five from the Congress, were administered their oath of membership of the Rajya Sabha on Monday. The members from Congress include Anand Sharma, who won his seat from Himachal Pradesh, Ranee Narah and Ripun Bora from Assam, and Pratap Singh Bajwa and Shamsher Singh Dullo from Punjab. Two members were from the Communist ...
After a period of uncertainty, India and Pakistan are to hold talks again when their foreign secretaries meet here on Tuesday on the sidelines of the Heart of Asia conference. ...
Indian liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who owes Rs. 9,000 crores to various banks in the country, has been living at a $15 million mansion in England's Hertfordshire county, The Sunday Times reported. ...
The Rajya Sabha was disrupted on Monday as Congress members raised the imposition of President's Rule in Uttarakhand, raising slogans against the Narendra Modi government. ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed hope that the parliament session beginning on Monday will transact its business smoothly. ...
US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended a free trade agreement under negotiations between the US and European Union on Sunday, saying the agreement will benefit the economy on both sides of the Atlantic....
