Sonia and Rahul Gandhi on 2-day J&K from today
Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi will reach out to the people in the flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir during their two-day visit starting on Monday. “Sonia and Rahul are...
View Article‘I will sit as a common man on the Bench’
Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu was on Sunday sworn in as the 42nd Chief Justice of India by President Pranab Mukherjee.Sixty-three-year-old Justice Dattu took oath at a brief ceremony held...
View Article‘Paid news must be an offence’
Paid news should be made an electoral offence that attracts disqualification so that it acts as a deterrent, Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath on Sunday suggested, and said inadequacies in the...
View ArticleKiren Rijiju took 55 min in flood-hit Assam areas
In what has raised many eyebrows, the Union minister of state for home affairs Kiren Rijiju spent 55 minutes in flood-hit areas of Goalpara to study misery of over three lakh flood-hit population of...
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Rajnath Singh: Centre J&K policy soon
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh being greeted by Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren in Ranchi on Tuesday. PTIA comprehensive policy on Kashmir is in the works by the Central government, home minister Rajnath...
View ArticleEx-Orissa advocate-general presents self before CBI
Former Orissa advocate-general Ashok Mohanty on Sunday presented himself before the CBI team inquiring into the mega chit fund scam in the state and surrendered his passport. This was in accordance...
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Kolkata goes green with organic festival
Some items on display at the Green Puja Bazaar in Kolkata.Given the growing concern over climate change and global warming, more and more green initiatives are being undertaken by different...
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Lotus effect must be felt in Italy, says Amit Shah
BJP president Amit Shah with party workers at a public meeting at Tohana in Haryana on Monday. — PTI Launching the BJP’s campaign for the Haryana Assembly polls, party president Amit Shah on Monday...
View ArticleCongress manifesto likely October 1
The Congress’ manifesto for the Haryana Assembly polls next month is likely to be released on October 1 while party chief Sonia Gandhi will launch the campaign on October 4 from Meham. While the party...
View ArticleNo demand for L.K. Advani and M.M. Joshi?
After being dropped from the BJP’s highest decision-making body, the parliamentary board, and accommodated in a new body called “margdarshak mandal (guiding group)”, party veterans L.K. Advani and M.M....
View ArticleWas Amma humiliated by police?
Was Jayalalithaa treated shabbily by the Karnataka police personnel handling her security at the special court at Parappana Agrahara in Bengaluru? Some eyewitnesses have alleged so.An informed source...
View ArticleJayalalithaa moves High Court for bail
Two days after they were convicted in a disproportionate assets case and housed in the Central Prison in Parappana Agrahara, former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa and three of her close...
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New Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu sworn in amidst tears
O. Panneerselvam after taking the oath as CM of Tamil Nadu on Monday. — PTI Taking a portrait of his party supremo J. Jayalalithaa from his pocket, he placed it on the lectern before taking his oath in...
View ArticleNIA unit to tackle ISIS and Al Qaeda
In an attempt to counter the increasing threat from ISIS and Al Qaeda, the National Investigation Agency plans to set up a specialised unit to tackle these dreaded outfits. There are intelligence...
View ArticleJayalalithaa keeps to herself in jail, says no to visitors
Ex-Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa in ordinary cell, with broken TV Former Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa, who is sharing the cell in the women’s prison at Parapannna...
View ArticlePM Modi: Will move forward, and ‘clean up’ past
Top US CEOs upbeat as Modi vows to bring change Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that he wants to convert the recent Supreme Court ruling on coal allocations into an “opportunity to move...
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Modi, Obama proclaim 'Chalein saath saath: Forward together we go', rare...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama (Photo: MEA Twitter)Author Image: modi-obama.jpgAs Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached the White House for the private dinner hosted by...
View ArticlePM Modi’s US visit may shift youth, urban votes
Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US influence young and urban voters in Maharashtra and Haryana? The opponents of the BJP are assessing this factor as the two states are all set to...
View ArticleNanavati panel gets extension till October 31
The Gujarat government on Tuesday granted yet another extension of one month till October 31 to the Justice Nanavati Commission, the 24th since it was set up, probing the 2002 post-Godhra riots.“The...
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Congress, NCP trade barbs over split
Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi interact with flood victims in Jammu on Tuesday. — PTIIs the NCP, and not the BJP or the Shiv Sena, now the Congress’ main opponent...
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