"The true colours of Congress are in the open now and its strategy of trying to project YSR as a corrupt leader will boomerang and the Congress will be swept away in the ensuing bypolls which will pave way for mid-term poll," YSR Congres
Terming the movement of two Army units towards Delhi in mid-January as a routine drill, Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma on Monday said no permission was required for the same from the Government. Appearing before the Parliament
Though the Maoists had on Sunday demanded release of five more persons in addition to the 23 agreed by the state government, two more names were added. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had earlier said that the government was examining
Kahlil Gibran said, “All work is empty save when there is love.” The argument has also an antithesis. Too much love is a spoiler. Press Council of India chief Justice Markandey Katju suffers from this. He has made a habit out of his pr
The tenure of secretaries at all levels in the CPI(M) has been limited to three terms, implying this could be the last term for incumbent General Secretary Prakash Karat. The significant amendment restricting the tenure was unanimo
Eighty-year-old ailing Pakistani microbiologist Mohammed Khaleel Chishty, serving life term in an Ajmer jail in Rajasthan in a murder case of 1992, was today granted bail by the Supreme Court. A bench of justices P Sathasivam and J Chelame
The situation in trouble-hit parts of the old city here, remained peaceful on Monday even as indefinite curfew continued for the second day in the communally sensitive Madannapet and Saidabad areas. "The situation is totally peaceful
Members of the Tamil Nadu assembly have been banned from carrying mobile phones inside the house following a directive from the Speaker D Jayakumar. The Speaker informed the assembly that usage of cellphones is being banned for all, includ
Uttar Pradesh government has transferred Superintendent of Police, Gonda, and attached him to the DGP office, official sources said on Monday. SP Gonda Upendra Kumar Agarwal has been attached to the DGP office in Lucknow in the same
CBI on Thursday arrested former Rajasthan Minister and BJP MLA Rajendra Rathore for his alleged involvement in the fake encounter case of local liquor smuggler Dara Singh in 2006. Dara Singh, a resident of a village in Churu district of R
If it wasn’t so comical, it would be grand tragedy. Except for embarrassing 1.2 billion Indians and providing gales of mocking laughter for India’s detractors and enemies, real and imagined, the report on the ‘coup’ attempt
Ruling out any move for a third front at the national level, CPI-M on Thursday said it was attempting to forge a combine comprising Left, democratic parties and secular forces for joint action on people`s issues. "There is no d
That there was some talk about the mid-January movement of two elite Army units towards the capital which had exercised Army Chief Gen V K Singh`s mind is evident in an interview he had given to an English magazine in middle of March. &quo
After almost two years of painstaking efforts, the CRPF has successful used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to pick up ground conversation and movement of Maoist cadres in terrains of Chhattisgarh. A special squad of the anti-Naxal force r
The Gujarat Police has approached a Delhi court seeking custody of Naxal leader Kobad Ghandy to interrogate him for his alleged role in guiding Maoist activities in the state before he was caught by city police. The Gujarat police has move
"Lokpal lao nahi to jao" will be the refrain for the next phase of social activist Anna Hazare`s agitation for the Jan Lokpal Bill, till the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. "We will wait for the passing of the bill till the cur
For the second time, the Department of Space has declined to give details on why punitive action was taken against former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair in connection with the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, evoking a sharp reaction from the scientis
S Narsing Rao will be the new chairman and managing director of Coal India Limited. Afte
The Government on Thursday said it will "very soon" take a decision on the issue of allowing foreign airlines to pick up stake in the Indian carriers. "This has been discussed with the Finance Minister, Civil Aviation
Former BJP leader B Sreeramulu in Thursday flayed the tour undertaken by former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in drought hit district of the state and termed it as another "drama" to regain power. "Chief Minister
