Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh twice in April to participate in programmes organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), an official said on Tuesday. Modi will take part in an event on April 14 marking the birth anniversary of Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar. A series of programmes and events have been lined up in April that will start on the b...
Lok Sabha members including from the ruling BJP, the CPI-M and the Congress on Tuesday raised matters concerning a "sting operation" against Trinammol Congress members and demanded a house probe into the allegations. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Mohammad Salim of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said the Lok Sabha...
Myanmar's parliament on Tuesday elected U Htin Kyaw of the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party as the new president, the first civilian to lead the country after over 50 years of military rule. U Htin Kyaw, a 69-year-old academic and long-time aide of NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi, was elected with 360 votes while U Myint Swe from the Union Solid...
A petition was filed in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday seeking action against JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar on a sedition charge for saying that the Indian Army is responsible for rapes of women in Kashmir. Justice Pratibha Rani would hear the case post-lunch on Tuesday. "Indian Army is an integral part of the nation and ...
Pulluvila, a sleepy hamlet located close to the airport here, has earned a place for itself on the global sanitation map -- it boasts of the world’s first eToilet which also uses technology that turns waste into fertiliser, generates power and even makes potable water....
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to start withdrawing the "main part" of its forces in Syria from Tuesday....
Poll-bound West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Monday faced an embarrassment after several of its leaders were allegedly caught on camera accepting bribes. With the opposition coming out all gun blazing, the Trinamool rubbished the claims calling the videos "doctored" and part of a "smear campaign" against it...
In a jolt to the Sharad Pawar-led NCP, its senior leader and former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal was on Monday night arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with corruption cases lodged against him. The NCP claimed Bhujbal was innocent while the ruling BJP welcomed the arrest. ...
In the wake of a sting operation claiming several leaders of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress purportedly accepting bribe, the opposition Left Front on Monday demanded the Election Commission to initiate suitable action in the matter. ...
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