In a development that might benefit the ruling Congress ahead of the April assembly elections, the BJP and AGP have split over the recent alliance between the two and both the newly-floated parties announced on Wednesday that they will contest the polls....
The BJP on Wednesday announced that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's kin Chandra Kumar Bose will be fielded against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from Bhawanipur assembly constiuency. ...
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday did not stay spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living to hold the World Culture Festival on the Yamuna floodplains but slapped an initial fine of Rs.5 crore on it....
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday relocated the India vs Pakistan group stage World T20 match, to be played on March 19, from Dharamsala to Kolkata citing security reasons....
For the second year in a row, the government faced embarrassing moments in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday as the opposition forced an amendment to the motion of thanks on the president's address....
Clamor grew louder on Wednesday against Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's cultural mega-extravaganza on the ecologically sensitive Yamuna floodplains with the opposition questioning how the government deployed the Indian Army to construct pontoon bridges for the event that has also triggered environmental concerns. ...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya on a plea by a consortium of 17 banks led by the SBI seeking his personal appearance before it alongwith his passport as it was told that Mallya has already left the country. ...
Srinagar, March 9 Security forces had a brief gunfight with separatist guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Wednesday and seized an AK-47 rifle. "An AK-47 rifle was recovered by the security forces after a brief exchange of gunfire with militants in Hadoora (Wanihama) village of Ganderbal district today (Wednesday)," a se...
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) In a rare moment of bonhomie between the treasury and opposition benches in parliament, union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday earned praise from the opposition members in the Lok Sabha. "I want to thank Sushma Swaraj ji. She is doing an exceptionally good job to save our people abroad," Aam ...
Irom Sharmila, who has been on fasts unto death since November 4, 2000, to demand the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, has rejected state Social Welfare Minister Akoijam Mirabai's appeal to call off her hunger strike. Also the Congress government in Manipur is in a damage control mode as Mirabai embarrassed it with her...
