The Congress on Monday expelled former chief minister Vijay Bahuguna's son Saket Bahuguna and party joint secretary Anil Gupta for six years for “anti-party†activities as the political crisis in the Uttarakhand government deepened. ...
The Kerala government is mulling legal action against the chief electoral officer if the poll panel does not allow the state government to resume supply of drinking water to places reeling under water shortage....
The privileges committee of the Andhra Pradesh assembly has recommended a one year suspension of opposition YSR Congress legislator R.K. Roja from the house....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday tried to bring an end to the debate on reservations for the underprivileged, saying lies are spread over the issue whenever the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comes to power. ...
Stung by the bitter lessons from Madhesi blockade of India trade points that caused acute fuel shortage, Nepal on Monday signed a transit and transportation treaty with China for its third-country commerce -- a move that is likely to end New Delhi's monopoly over the landlocked Himalayan nation's trade through Haldia port in Kolkata....
The BJP-led NDA will announce its candidates for the Kerala assembly polls on March 27, a senior BJP leader said on Monday. ...
Faced with protests against selection of 'celebrities' as the candidates for the Kerala assembly polls, the CPI-M got a setback on Monday when film actress K.P.A.C. Lalitha said she was unwilling to contest the election. ...
South African opposition, The Democratic Alliance (DA), threatened on Sunday to lay criminal charges against an Indian family "for what now amounts to further prima facie evidence of an attempt to improperly benefit from public resources". ...
The Myanmar parliament on Monday approved President-elect U Htin Kyaw's plan of forming a new government with reduced ministries. ...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti's decision to visit New Delhi on Monday fueled hopes in Jammu and Kashmir that channels of communication with the BJP have been once again opened. ...
