Bengaluru rape: Scuffle between police, protestors outside school where minor...
Scuffle between police, protestors outside the school where a minor girl was sexually assaulted in Bengaluru. (Photo: ANI)An ugly scuffle broke out between protesters and police on Monday outside the...
View ArticleFormer SC judge Markandey Katju alleges 3 former CJIs made 'improper...
Press Council Chairman and former Supreme Court justice Markandey Katju. Photo: TwitterKatju made the charge while alleging how the three former CJIs--Justices R C Lahoti, Y K Sabharwal and K G...
View ArticleNo change in India's policy on Palestine: Sushma Swaraj
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Photo: PTIExternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said the House should not be divided but send out a joint message that wherever there is violence. Asserting...
View ArticleNarayan Rane quits government, attacks Prithviraj Chavan
Narayan Rane quits government, attacks Prithviraj ChavanTargeting Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan for being a slow administrator, industries minister Narayan Rane handed in his resignation...
View ArticleTarun Gogoi expresses surprise, rebuts reshuffle charge
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Monday expressed surprise over the move of his health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, clarifying that he met him on Sunday and promised to come for a discussion...
View ArticleAssam minister, 27 MLAs to play Opposition role
Himanta Biswa Sarma (centre), along with other dissident MLAs of the Congress, addresses the media after meeting governor. PTIAssam health and education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma here on Monday...
View ArticleGovernment rejects Opposition bid for Gaza resolution
Refusing to take sides in the conflict raging in Gaza, the government told Parliament Monday India’s Palestine policy remained unchanged, and it urged both Israel and the Palestinians to hold peace...
View ArticleBengaluru top cops shifted after rape uproar
After the recent spurt in heinous crimes against women and children that set off a wave of public anger for its failure to act swiftly to bring the culprits to book, the Karnataka government on Monday...
View ArticleDisqualify leaders who face charges, advises law panel
The Law Commission, claiming existing rules that bar convicted legislators are “incapable” of keeping criminals away from electoral politics, has recommended that disqualification should take place...
View ArticleCBI quizzes ex-PM secretary T.K.A. Nair on Coalgate
CBI quizzes ex-PM secretary T.K.A. Nair on CoalgateThe CBI has recently examined T.K.A. Nair, adviser to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, over its probe into the allocation of captive coal blocks...
View ArticleRevolt grows in Congress Party
After its rout in the Lok Sabha elections in April-May this year, the Congress Party faces a revolt in states like Maharashtra and Assam, which may now spread to Haryana in the coming days. This is...
View ArticleStorm in Parliament over Markandey Katju’s charges
Storm in Parliament over Markandey Katju’s chargesStorm in Parliament over Markandey Katju’s chargesEx-judge claimed ‘regional party’ put pressure on UPA over high court judge Justice Markandey Katju’s...
View ArticleCorrupt judge charge: Katju poses 6 questions to former Chief Justice of India
Press Council Chairman and former Supreme Court justice Markandey Katju. Photo: PTIFormer Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju on Tuesday posed six questions to former Chief Justice of India R C Lahot....
View ArticleTalks of advancing Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Haryana polls
Speculation of advancing Assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and perhaps Jharkhand is rife in the political circles with the non-NDA parties viewing that the BJP wants to get an electoral...
View ArticleMaharashtra Sadan only for Maharashtrians?
Maharashtra is only for Maharashtrians, including the Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi, was the repeated message and threat of the 11 Shiv Sena MPs who ransacked the sadan on July 17 before they turned...
View ArticleNarendra Modi skips President iftar, may not host such banquets
Not only did Prime Minister Narendra Modi skip the iftar party hosted by President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday, sufficient hints have come from his office that the PM may choose...
View ArticleBJP quiet on Maharashtra Sadan outrage
NCP activists protest outside Shiv Sena MP Rajan Vichare’s house in Thane by breaking their Ramzan fast. — Deepak KurkundeHafiz Muhammad Saeed fans communal sentiment; L.K. Advani says Sena MP action...
View Article‘Factionalism will go if BJP seniors out’
The sidelining of senior leaders, party strategists feel, will also curb factionalism in the state unit of the BJP. In the past one and a half decade, factionalism has dominated the UP BJP and none of...
View ArticleCBI chargesheet in Dayanidhi Maran case soon
The CBI, armed with attorney-general Mukul Rohatgi’s opinion that it has “enough prosecutable” evidence to file a chargesheet against former communications minister Dayanidhi Maran in the Aircel-Maxis...
View ArticleGot an innovative idea? Just write to Narendra Modi
New website to let citizens offer ideas; if PM says yes, government will fund. The Narendra Modi government is working on an ambitious plan in which all those working on innovative ideas and offering...
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