Notwithstanding union HRD Minister Smriti Irani's denial about the involvement of any vehicle from her cavalcade in an accident in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, opposition leaders on Tuesday demanded registration of a case against her and compensation to the bereaved family....
Taking a dig at the UPA constituent parties, specially the Congress which leads it, regarding various issues, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said corruption was one issue which did not figure against the Narendra Modi government....
Coinciding with International Women's Day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday officially kicked-off her Trinamool Congress' election campaign for the 2016 Assembly polls with a mammoth rally of its women leaders and supporters....
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said his government will plan a campaign involving people to fight against the menace of foeticide and dowry....
JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar's grandfather on Tuesday moved a court in Bihar against two persons regarding rewards offered for chopping Kanhaiya's tongue or killing him, a government lawyer said....
The Indian Army's decision to make pontoon bridges for the Art of Living Foundation's upcoming World Culture Festival was taken after Delhi Police expressed a fear of stampede at the venue, where around 30 lakh people are expected, a source close to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar told IANS....
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the government was withdrawing one of the much-resisted budget proposals to partially tax withdrawals from the employees' provident fund accounts. "A number of representations have been received from various sections of the society, including members of parliament, suggesting that this change will force p...
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday sought early passage of a bill that seeks to reserve one third of legislative seats in India for women. "The long-awaited Women's Reservation Bill requires the government's attention," Sonia said while speaking in the Lok Sabha as the world celebrated the International Women's Day on Tuesday. Sonia Gand...
Ensuring women's safety in public places will go a long way in giving them equal space in the decision making process, say women MPs cutting across party lines as Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for moving beyond "women development" towards "women-led development". The women legislators also fel...
Nalini Sriharan, one of the convicts serving life term for her role in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, was granted one-day parole on Tuesday by the Madras High Court. She applied for three days' parole to attend to her father's memorial prayer. The court granted her parole for 24 hours to attend her father's memorial prayer on March 9. ...
