Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s isolation in BJP grows
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s isolation in BJP growsVasundhara Raje, Raman Raman too in the line of fire Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who was saffron...
View ArticleSmriti Irani, UGC have their way: DU scraps FYUP
ABVP activists celebrate after DU scrapped the controversial four-year undergraduate programme. PTIUnion Human Resources Development minister Smriti Irani finally had her way as Delhi University on...
View ArticleCBI quizzes M.K. Narayanan over Agusta
The CBI on Friday questioned West Bengal governor M.K. Narayanan as a “witness” in the Rs 3,600-crore Agusta-Westland helicopter deal case. This is for the first time that a serving governor has been...
View ArticleAntony remarks may spark Congress debate
Senior Congress leader A.K. Antony’s remark that some sections of society have the impression that the party is inclined towards minority communities could start a debate in the party as a general...
View ArticlePrithviraj Chavan under attack at meet
Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Saturday came under scathing attack at a meeting of the AICC committee headed by senior leader A.K. Antony, with some state leaders telling the high...
View ArticleGive Bharat Ratna to P.V. Narasimha Rao, urges Chandrasekhar Rao
Telangana chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao garlands a portrait of the late Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao. PTILong ignored by the Congress leadership, the late Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao...
View ArticleLife or death: MHA says President is the final word
The Narendra Modi government has toughened its stand on capital punishment for death row convicts, particularly those sentenced in terror-related cases or in cases involving heinous crimes that fall in...
View ArticleAdmissions to Delhi University to begin July 1
Students seeking admission to Delhi University can breathe a sigh in relief. DU on Saturday formally scrapped its four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) and decided to begin admissions under the...
View ArticleRahul lacks temperament of a ruler: Digvijay Singh
Rahul lacks temperament of a ruler:Digvijay SinghA controversy erupted on Saturday as Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said party vice-president Rahul Gandhi does not have the temperament of a...
View ArticleChina studying rail link via Pakistan-occupied Kashmir?
China has reportedly commissioned a “preliminary research study” to build an international rail link connecting its border province of Xinjiang to Pakistan, a contentious project from India’s...
View ArticlePM Narendra Modi wants more Gujarat NCC units
It is believed that the move is aimed at bolstering the coastal security of states like Gujarat Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants 10 more units of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) to be raised in...
View ArticleWarships near Iraq, camp offices set up
An Iraqi Shia fighter in the central holy city of Najaf on a road leading to the restive Anbar province on Saturday. — AFPWhile India is seriously considering the evacuation of stranded Indians from...
View ArticleNarendra Modi gives advice to MPs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with home minister Rajnath Singh at the workshop for newly-elected BJP MPs at Faridabad. — G.N. JHAPrime Minister tells BJP first-timers to focus on conduct in House &...
View ArticleChinese incursion bid in Ladakh again
After making incursion bids in Ladakh through land route, Chinese troops have made several attempts to enter Indian waters at Pangong lake nestled in the higher reaches of Ladakh with the latest...
View ArticleA million witness Puri rathyatra
Devotees raise their hands as they worship as policemen in blue guard during the rathyatra in Puri, Orissa, on Sunday. — APThe nine-day rathyatra of Lord Jagannath began here on Sunday with nearly a...
View ArticleBond with the people, Lal Krishna Advani tells BJP MPs
He said it is the responsibility of MPs to ‘become spokes-persons of their state’s interest’ Comparing Prime Minister Modi to a cricketer, veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani said “In test cricket we have...
View ArticlePilot error led to crash of C-130J
Error in piloting is understood to have been found as the reason behind the crash of Air Force’s C-130J Super Hercules aircraft in March in which five service personnel, including four officers, were...
View ArticleLok Sabha lauds Antony ‘soul-searching’
Advani said more Cong leaders should honestly introspect like A.K. Antony did Lauding senior Congress leader A.K. Antony’s for admitting that his party’s secularism was slanted in favour of minorities,...
View Article‘Have natural claim for Leader of Opposition'
Congress is set to lock horns with govt over the coveted position of the Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Budget Session Confrontation between the Congress and the government may escalate in the...
View ArticleJ&K cops to step up jawan death probe
The Jammu and Kashmir police is likely to step up investigations into the alleged suicide by a CRPF jawan after his wife accused his seniors of murdering him on his refusing to be part of a nexus under...
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