As Uttar Pradesh headed towards a hung Assembly, Samajwadi Party on Tuesday said it was too early to say whether it would approach Congress for support in the formation of the next government. "It all depends upon what numbers we get.
Police picked up top Jat leaders seeking an OBC quota for their community in government jobs and rounded up protesters squatting near the railway track at Ramayan village in Haryana early on Tuesday morning. The president of the All India
The murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood appears to be a "crime of passion" and whether it was part of any larger conspiracy is still a matter of investigation, CBI officials said on Tuesday. "Investigations so far indicate
Congress appeared to be retaining power in Manipur with the party leading in 17 seats and winning in one seat in the 60-member Assembly. The Congress candidate in Tipaimukh constituency Dr Chaltonlien Amo won defeating TMC`s Lalumkhum Fimate.
Social activist Medha Patkar has said the expert committee on Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project and People`s Movement Against Neuclear Energy, which is protesting against the project should meet in the presence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayala
Chief Conservator of Forest Abhijit Rabha and Range Officer Ranjan Barua, who were abducted by KPLT militants, have been released near a highway at Bokolia in Assam`s Karbi Anglong district. Police said Rabha and Barua were released by the
The BJP-MGP combine was leading in nine seats in Goa while ruling Congress bagged one seat and was leading in another in the 40-member Assembly. BJP was leading in eight seats while its alliance partner MGP was ahead in one. Congres
With the party relegated to the fourth position in Uttar Pradesh, Congress on Tuesday accepted the verdict of the people which was "against our expectations". Party spokesman Rashid Alvi said "whatever verdict has been given
Samajwadi Party, on Tuesday morning, was surging ahead in Uttar Pradesh with leads in 155 seats in the 403-member assembly while Akali Dal-BJP combine appeared set to retain power in Punjab as it was leading in 71 of the 117-member House.
A year after the central information commission (CIC) passed an order on public disclosure of the spending of the councilors’ fund, an audit by a NGO reveals that most councilors have failed compliance. Satark Nagrik Sanghthan (SNS) made its
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi urged prime minister Manmohan Singh to revoke the ban imposed on exports of cotton on Monday. In a letter to the prime minister, Modi said the ban will dampen India’s prospects in the world markets and co
The new guidlines issued by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Monday says schools should constitute special monitoring cells to take prompt action in cases of physical punishment or harassment of children. It also s
The IOA on Monday came down heavily on the government for adopting double standards on Dow Chemicals` sponsorship of the London Games and said the Sport Ministry`s plans of selective boycott of the London Olympics will have "serious repercuss
BJP`s Tamil Nadu unit on Monday urged the Centre and Tamil Nadu governments to take immediate and stringent action against those `foreign hands` behind the anti-Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant agitation. Commissioning of the nuclear power
Congress on Monday claimed it will play a crucial role in formation of the next government in Uttar Pradesh and dismissed as personal views Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma`s suggestions for a tie-up with BSP. "We will cross th
Reacting sharply to reports that he had deployed interceptors for clandestinely listening to important phone conversations, Army chief General V K Singh on Monday dismissed them as "fiction" and hit out at the media. "Fictio
Tenzin Choezin, an 18-year-old Buddhist nun, set herself on fire in a town square in western China on February 11. Choezin became the latest martyr to the cause of Tibet’s freedom from Chinese occupation. Over the last one year, many others
If you wonder why our premier technical intelligence gathering agency, the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), which was set up after the Kargil fiasco, has failed to take off and is in the news for all the wrong reasons – tappi
A Delhi court on Monday dismissed a case against internet giant Yahoo for allegedly hosting objectionable content on its site and penalised the petitioner for dragging it in the litigation along with other social networking sites. Administ
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, who had gone abroad for a "routine check up" on Februrary 27 following a surgery six months back, returned here on Monday. Gandhi returned a day before the counting of votes in the elections to five s
