Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday demanded that the Centre review the Ganga water sharing treaty with Bangladesh as "gross injustice" has been meted to Bihar in the treaty. "Though it is an international issue, but
Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly speaker has admitted a resolution seeking amnesty for Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. "Of the 39 resolutions received, the speaker has admitted 35 including that of independent MLA Abdul Ra
Who will look after the responsibilities of the prime minister during Dr Manmohan Singh`s one-week absence from India next week to attend the United Nations General Assembly session in New York? He will be flying out on September 21 and will be ba
At least 19 children have died of Japanese Encephalitis and high fever while 37 others are still undergoing treatment in Gaya town during the past 20 days, officials said. The children who were brought here for treatment are from Gaya, Aur
Hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Monday rejected the Truth and Reconciliation Commission proposed by chief minister Omar Abdullah and demanded a UN-fact finding mission to probe the unmarked graves in Jammu and Kashmi
Young pilots of the Indian Air Force will now hone their flying skills on advance simulators which will train them in dealing with all possible operational requirements including stressful conditions. "We look forward to conserving fl
Jammu and Kashmir Police has shot off letters to Anti-Terrorism Squads of various states urging them not to detain any person from the valley without informing it. A top J&K Police officer has written to ATS teams of various states ask
For the first time in the country, Chennai-based diversified business conglomerate MARG Ltd has ventured into the business of fabrication of railway wagons, bagging a Rs 37.66 crore project from Braithwaite and Company LTD. The project inv
In the second such incident in three days, patients at the district hospital here complained of breathing problems after chlorine gas leaked from two cylinders on Monday. Patients complained of breathing problems, itching in the throat and
A Delhi court will tomorrow decide the interim bail plea of rajya sabha MP Amar Singh, who is currently in lodged in Tihar jail following his arrest in the 2008 cash-for-vote case. Special judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal on Monday reserved he
Do regional parliamentarians have a voice in Indian democracy? What is the role of parliamentary committees? What exactly is the ambit of a parliamentarian? Questions like these were pondered upon at “People, Parliament and Per
Granddaughter of a BJP leader was shot dead allegedly by her in-laws for dowry in Aonla area in Bareilly, police said on Monday. According to the police, Anupam, granddaughter of BJP leader Mithilesh Chauhan, was killed on Sunday allegedly
BJP legislator in Goa Rajesh Patnekar on Monday resigned as a member of the legislative assembly to join the Congress party soon. Patnekar, a two time legislator from Bicholim constituency, submitted his resignation to the speaker of the l
A day after sacked IAF flying officer Anjali Gupta allegedly committed suicide, police are clueless about the reasons behind her death and are awaiting the post-mortem report. Gupta, who was the first woman to be court martialled by the IA
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalitha was on Monday asked by the supreme court to appear personally on October 20 before a Karnataka trial court, adjudicating a disproportionate assets case against her. A bench of justices Dalveer Bhanda
Industrial growth projections for the current fiscal will have to be revisited in the wake of "disappointing" pace of expansion in the factory output, which plunged in July to 3.3 per cent, chairman of prime minister`s economic advisory
Janata party president Subramanian Swamy on Monday criticised DMK chief M Karunanidhi for appealing to Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa to commute the death sentence of three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. In a st
Expressing disappointment over the supreme court order in the 2002 Gulburg Society riots case, Zakia Jafri, wife of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri who was killed in the disturbance, said the real culprits are still roaming free. "I st
Congress on Monday said it was wrong to say that the supreme court has give a clean chit to Narendra Modi in the Gulburg society riots case even as BJP welcomed the order, saying hate campaigners against the Gujarat chief minister will not win. &q
Communist Party of India (CPI) leader D Raja on Sunday said there was a strong possibility of the emergence of a third front as both Congress and BJP`s economic beliefs were "contrary to the common man`s interest". "The econ
