Undeterred by the poll debacle in Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on tuesday advised party workers to shun groupism and strengthen the organisation. "You all should shun groupism and work unitedly to
Putting to rest all speculation about his joining politics following his nomination to the Rajya Sabha, Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday said he was not quiting cricket to join politics and will always remain a sportsman. Speaking for the first
Nupur Talwar, an accused in the 2008 double murder of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, will have to spend a second night in jail after a local court on Tuesday reserved till Wednesday its order on her bail plea. Additional di
The supreme court on Tuesday decided to adjudicate itself the pleas of Rajiv Gandhi killers against their death penalty due to the delay of over 11 years in deciding their mercy petitions by the President. A bench headed by Justice G S Sin
Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh on Monday termed as "historic" the agreement reached between the state government and the Maoist-nominated mediators to secure the safe release of Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon within 48
After the government nominated bating maestro Sachin Tendulkar to the Rajya Sabha, former secretary general of the Lok Sabha Subhash Kashyap told Hindustan Times that sports was not a category mentioned in the constitution under which a nomination
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi later this week when the issue of presidential poll candidate may come up for discussion. While Congress sources said the meeting between the two is billed
Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday asked his party MLA Jhina Hikaka to "relax" and questioned why the legislator should quit, as demanded by the Maoists before his releaese on April 26. "The BJD president told me
In order to promote menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls in rural areas, the ministry of health and family welfare has decided to distribute sanitary napkins in villages at nominal rates. This new scheme that has been launched as a par
After Gen V K Singh pointed out critical shortage of tank ammunition in a letter to the Prime Minister, a Parliamentary panel on Monday pulled up the Government saying it was alarmed over the way deficiencies were allowed to continue leading to su
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday said that there was some progress in the talks with Maoists for the release of abducted Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon, with both sides agreeing on some points. The hostage crisis i
Faced with frequent incidents of abduction, the Centre on Monday said if the controversial National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) comes into existence, it would help in the long run to deal with hostage situations in a better way.
The Rajya Sabha today passed two key bills to enable students of Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research get their degrees and give 8 new IITs their status through an Act of Parliament. The Institutes of Technology (Amen
Nupur Talwar was on Monday jailed after a special CBI court rejected her bail application in the case of murder of her 14-year-old daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj in Noida four years ago. Nupur, a dentist by profession, br
To enable RBI to focus on its supervisory function and avoid clash between its regulatory and ownership roles, a bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha to transfer shareholding of the country`s central bank in the National Housing Bank to the Centre
In a development that will boost the fight against black money menace, Switzerland has agreed to provide details of secret bank accounts of individuals sought by India even on the basis of limited information. Under a mutual agreement reac
Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar`s nomination to Rajya Sabha is perfectly valid under the provisions of the Constitution, Home Minister P Chidambaram said today. "That is not our reading of the Constitution provision. I think the Con
Former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan and 13 others have been slapped with a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate(ED) for their alleged involvement in the Adarsh housing scam. "An ECIR (Enforcement Case Inform
There is nothing new in former civil aviation secretary MK Kaw’s twin revelations in his recently released book, “An Outsider Everywhere – Revelations by an Insider” – that it was former civil aviation minister CM Ibr
Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon on Monday as TRS members raised slogans for Telangana statehood, a demand which was endorsed by leader of the opposition Sushma Swaraj who asked the government to list the steps taken by it on the issue. A
