Atleast 15 CRPF personnel were killed in a landmine blast trigerred by suspected Naxalites in Pushtola district of Maharashtra on Tuesday. The troops were reportedly travelling in a bus and were going from Pushtola to Gatta for an o
After a marathon hearing spanning over a month, the Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a bunch of petitions challenging the Delhi High Court verdict decriminalising gay sex among consenting adults in private. A bench of justi
Eminent economist Madhura Swaminathan on Tuesday said the UPA government`s flagship `Food Security Bill` should have a universal appeal as any targeted selection would lead to complications in picking beneficiaries in a big country like India.
The Congress Party is sinking. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should make way for Rahul Gandhi, says Congress MP from Gurudaspur, Sardar Partap Singh Bajwa. "This is stunning. How can the Indian army chief speak like this? Is t
The Odisha government is examining the demands made by abductors of ruling BJD MLA Jhina Hikakaka, which includes release of jailed ultras, amid indication that talks with Maoist mediators for release of the second Italian will soon yield positive
With the Army chief`s allegation of bribe offer kicking up a storm, Defence Minister A K Antony on Tuesday said he had asked General V K Singh to take action but he did not want to pursue the matter for unknown reasons. Making a suo motu s
The condition of five persons including S P Udhayakumar, who are fasting for the last eight days as part the Kudankulam agitation, worsened on Tuesday with doctors advising shifting them to a hospital, officials said today. The anti
The issue of separate Telangana and the derogatory remarks by Team Anna against MPs created uproar in the Lok Sabha for the second day on Tuesday with several members raising the issues forcefully. Amid uproar, Speaker Meira Kumar a
For the second day in a row, the Telangana statehood issue rocked the Andhra Pradesh Assembly leading to two adjournments on Tuesday morning. When the House began at 9 am, TDP and TRS legislators from the region stormed the Speaker`s podiu
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has directed officials concerned to prepare a new policy for promotion of IT and electronic industries in the state. At a review meeting of the IT and electronics department here on Monday
The Delhi High Court sought the CBI`s reply to a plea by Bollywood filmmaker Karim Morani, an accused in 2G spectrum allocation scam case, for quashing of charges framed against him by the trial court. A bench of Justice M L Mehta i
Hitting out at the government, key UPA constituent Trinamool Congress criticised its general budget for containing no bailout package for West Bengal and bluntly told it that the party was not supposed to be moving around with a "begging bowl
Congress virtually disapproved of attempts by the Punjab Government and the SGPC to seek clemency for Balwant Singh Rajoana who has been sentenced to death in the assassination of late Chief Minister Beant Singh. "There is no role giv
Jharkhand government announced that one hundred villages would be made model villages with a special effort to help each family increase its monthly income. In the first phase of the project, at least one village from each of the 81 consti
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday filed a charge sheet against former Jharhand minister Kamlesh Singh for possessing assets disproportionate to his source of income in the special court of CBI in Ranchi. The probe agency has also booke
Congress on Monday came with a guarded response on the controversy over Army chief Gen V K Singh`s allegation that he was offered a bribe of Rs 14 crore to swing a defence deal and the Defence Minister`s ordering a CBI inquiry into it.
Little knowing that he would be abducted by Maoists in a shortwhile, ruling BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka had urged one of the Maoist-nominated mediators to ensure safe release of two Italian hostages from ultras. This was stated by Dandapan
Having reached a truce with rebel Congress MLAs, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Monday won the first test of strength with party nominee Govind Singh Kunjwal, a loyalist of Harish Rawat, defeating the BJP candidate for the post of Assembly Speak
Talks resumed on Monday between the Odisha government and Maoist-appointed mediators for the release of the second Italian even as another rebel group holding captive a ruling BJD MLA demanded immediate halt to combing operation and release of jai
Objecting to the Defence Minister announcing a CBI probe into Army Chief`s bribery allegation outside Parliament, the BJP on Monday said it is a privilege issue as the government did not take the House into confidence. "Governm
