Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, the BJP’s Hindutva and development poster boy, is unlikely to campaign for the party in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh election. In fact, there is a good chance that he will not campaign for the BJP in any o
CBI on Monday opposed former CWG organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi`s plea for bail on the ground of delay in trial in a commonwealth games-related graft case against him saying the trial is to begin soon on a day-to-day basis. Appe
Bhartiya Janata Party leader and former president of Yuva Morcha Ramashish Rai on Monday alleged a deal was struck between some leaders of the party and former BSP leader Babu Singh Kushwaha for his induction in BJP. "The former minis
Chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi on Monday dismissed criticism against its decision to drape the statues of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati and BSP symbol elephant on public property, calling it "ill-informed". &quo
A Delhi court, hearing the 2G spectrum allocation case, on Monday rejected a CBI plea to declare a prosecution witness hostile as he allegedly resiled from one of his statements given to the agency during investigation. The agency alleged
Wading into the debate over appearance of Sunny Leone on reality show Big Boss, Press Council of India Chairperson Justice Markandey Katju today said the American porn star`s past should not be held against her if her behaviour in India is "s
Former Gujarat home minister Amit Shah, considered a close aide of chief minister Narendra Modi, has been called to Delhi for questioning by the CBI in connection with the 2006 fake encounter of Tulsiram Prajapati, a key witness to the killing of
Giving a breather to dentist Rajesh Talwar, the supreme court on Monday directed that he will remain on bail and not be arrested till February 4 when he will appear before a Ghaziabad court to face trial along with his wife, Nupur, in the twin mur
The election commission’s order to have all statues of UP chief minister Mayawati and that of her party symbol, the elephant, covered ahead of the polls in the state may have brought cheers to the opposition parties. After all, they
Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who is seriously ill for the past two years, and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, who did not canvas in the Bihar polls due to objections from ally JD(U), figure in the BJP`s list of election campai
Using the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas platform to attack the centre, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today suggested that states ruled by opposition parties do not have its "blessings" and said whatever his state has achieved on the dev
The supreme court on Monday granted interim bail to former union minister Sukh Ram, who surrendered before a trial court on Saturday to serve his three year sentence in the 1993 telecom scam case. Former bureaucrat Runu Ghosh and Hyderabad
The Central Information Commission has directed the President`s secretariat to disclose details of correspondence among various ministries and Delhi Police related to black money. The order came following an appeal by an RTI applicant who
Accusing the centre of being insensitive to the separate Telangana demand, TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday said the statehood agitation would be intensified after `Sankranti` festival this month. "It is unfortunate that th
The Delhi high court on Monday issued notice to CBI seeking its response by March 13 on the plea of Sanjay Chandra, MD of Unitech Ltd and an accused in 2G case, for quashing of charges framed against him by the trial court. "Issue not
CPI(M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury on Sunday alleged that prime minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P Chidambaram are `diverting` people`s attention from real issues by claiming that India is on the path of development on par with the U
Amid "confusion" on how to take the movement forward, Team Anna`s core committee met in Ghaziabad on Monday sans ailing Anna Hazare to decide on their future strategy. This is the first meeting of the Team after Hazare called off
With no seat adjustment with Congress yet for next month`s municipal polls in the city, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday asked the senior coalition partner to speed up the seat-sharing talks. "In the last BMC polls also, there were se
Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the country was passing through difficult times and the economic growth in the current fiscal would be 7 per cent, down from 8.5 per cent a year ago. "Our country is going through di
A day after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee`s attack, Congress on Sunday reached out to its ally saying there was need for "better communication" with Trinamool Congress and the two could re-build trust by ironing out "di
