In his latest blog entitled "BJP: A hub of hope," party patriarch Lal Krishna Advani has for the first time publicly shared his anguish over the people becoming disappointed with the party. He penned the views he had shared at a
Slamming the government for causing "hardships" to people by increasing the price of petrol, NDA Convenor and JD(U) president Sharad Yadav on Thursday asked the Manmohan Singh government to resign and seek a fresh mandate.
The Cabinet on Thursday approved a new telecom policy that proposes to abolish roaming charges on mobile phones and allow users to retain the same number across the country. The Cabinet approved the National Telecom Policy (NTP) 201
The dawn-to-dusk bandh called by NDA and its allied partners on Thursday protesting hike in petrol prices, affect normal life in Arunachal Pradesh including the state capital Itanagar. All business establishments, educational inst
Hanging up his boots after a controversial tenure, outgoing army chief general V K Singh on Thursday said the internal health of the force has improved during his 26 months in office. Interacting with reporters after his farewell guard o
Gen Bikram Singh, a veteran infantry officer, on Thursday took over as the 25th chief of the Indian Army succeeding Gen VK Singh whose 26-month tenure was mired by controversies. 59-year-old Gen Bikram Singh will have a tenure of two years
Markets were closed in major cities of Rajasthan and private buses off the road as the bandh called by the NDA against petrol price hike began on Thursday. With trade associations extending support to the bandh called by BJP, markets in
NDA convener and JD-U national president Sharad Yadav and BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain were among 800 activists taken into custody while enforcing the NDA sponsored "bharat bandh" in Bihar to protest the petrol price hike. Yad
The bandh called by NDA and left parties to protest the steep hike in petrol prices on Thursday disrupted normal life in parts of BJP-ruled Karnataka where bandh supporters set on fire three buses and stoned about a dozen others forcing authori
As the country observes `World No Tobacco Day` on Thursday, moves to make cancer a notifiable disease are making progress with two states Kerala and Punjab agreeing to such a proposal. A meeting of various states will be held in the
BEST buses were pelted with stones in suburban Mulund and Dadar here as the bharat bandh called by the NDA to protest the petrol price hike began on Thursday. BJP activists staged noisy protests outside Borivali station, at S V Road in Ka
Following the footsteps of his grandfather Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday chaired a cabinet meeting at Tangdhar village near the line of control as part of his efforts to reach out to the r
Union home minister P Chidambaram has perfected the art of acting first and thinking later in his dealings with the state governments. It happened in the case of national counter terrorism centre (NCTC). A loud protest from close to a dozen states
A CBI court on Wednesday dismissed the bail pleas of former Karnataka minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy, his personal assistant Mehfuz Ali Khjan and three others arrested in connection with an illegal mining case involving Associated
Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday led a party delegation to president Pratibha Patil, demanding removal of Gujarat governor Kamla Beniwal in view of her alleged involvement in a massive land grab scam in Jaipur.
With prime minister Manmohan Singh declaring that he will quit public life if corruption allegations are proved against him, team Anna on Wednesday demanded an independent probe into the charges, saying they will be most happy if these are prov
BJP on Wednesday dared the UPA allies to withdraw their support from the ruling alliance rather than just making public statements against the policies of the Congress-led government. "If they (allies) are supporting the UPA governm
Farah Naqvi, member, National Advisory Council (NAC) Working Group on Gender and Sex Ratio said that gender equity and gender service is not the responsibility of Women and child ministry or the health ministry alone but should include the involve
DMK leader TR Baalu met the prime minister today morning and expressed his party`s concern on the petrol price hike. He requested a roll-back as it has affected all sections of people including the salaried class and farmers. Baalu explained to th
Forget about Jagan. There are many other reasons that could cause the ruling Congress` rout in the June 12 by-elections in one lok sabha and 18 assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh. The shock that the government gave to people in th
