P.V. Narasimha Rao instituted several reforms during his tenure as prime minister, but "he did not have a hold over" his Congress party. And when Tarun Gogoi, who was the food minister, wrote to him criticising his handling of the Babri mosque demolition, he failed to get a response. Assam Chief Minister Gogoi, recalls in his book '...
Tipplers in Kerala are stocking up on liquor ahead of five dry days on account of polling on Monday for the assembly elections and counting of votes on Thursday. Long queues have been seen since Friday evening in front of most of the 344 state-owned liquor shops in Kerala. The dry days kick in on Saturday evening and end on Thursday evening, accor...
Four suspects have been detained in connection with the killing of a senior journalist of Hindi daily Hindustan in Bihar's Siwan district, police said on Saturday. Rajdeo Ranjan, the Siwan bureau chief of the Hindi newspaper, which is part of the HT Media, was shot dead at a busy market near the Station Road on Friday night, a district polic...
There may be a lot of anger against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comparison of Kerala with Somalia, but BJP candidates are solidly backing their leader....
Sri Lanka's vibrant Tamil community in Britain has been gently advised to be ready for political compromises if it is serious about constitutional reforms in the island nation. ...
Temer took over the presidency Thursday from Brazil's first female President Dilma Rousseff, who was suspended from office for 180 days over an impeachment trial, Xinhua news agency reported....
The BJP on Friday alleged an "anti-national brigade" is operating in educational institutions of the country and sought a high level enquiry on their activities and source of funding....
The monsoon this year would reach Andaman and Nicobar Islands by May 15. After hitting Kerala around May 28 it would reach central bay of Bengal and then gradually reach the northeastern states, they said....
The Congress on Friday asked the Election Commission to bar Prime Minister Narendra Modi from campaigning in Kerala for the May 16 assembly polls following his remarks comparing the state to Somalia....
Defeating poverty is not just an economic issue but is above all a moral fight that requires social solidarity, Pope Francis said on Friday at the Vatican....
