R.R. Patil apologises after gaffe over rape
Former Maharashtra home minister R.R. Patil sparked a controversy on Friday night by making a comment that trivialised rape while speaking at a campaign rally in Sangli. Mr Patil was criticising MNS...
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Lalit Modi ‘ousted’ as RCA chief in coup
Lalit Modi ‘ousted’ as RCA chief in coupIn an apparent bid to end the standoff with the BCCI, the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) has “removed” former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi as its...
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PM Modi, Sonia Gandhi pull no punches on poll eve
PM Modi, Sonia Gandhi pull no punches on poll eveWith three days to go for the Haryana polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a series of rallies in the state on Saturday, played his...
View ArticlePakistan had deadly Dussehra plan
The Pakistani forces had a deadly plan to kill a large number of Indian civilians living in villages along the international border on Dussehra day on October 3 during the ongoing ceasefire violation...
View ArticleSilence lasts only 40 hours
After a brief lull of about 40 hours, Pakistan on Saturday violated ceasefire twice along the international border (IB) and the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch and Jammu districts, drawing strong...
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PM Narendra Modi chairs meeting to review readiness
PM Narendra Modi chairs meeting to review readinessWith Cyclone Hudhud set to cross the Andhra Pradesh coastline in the next 48 hours, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the situation arising out of...
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Andhra Pradesh, Orissa brace for Hudhud
A boy is pictured on Saturday in the surf as large waves hit the beach ahead of Cyclone Hudhud making expected landfall— AFPLakhs evacuated, flights, buses, trains cancelled The authorities evacuated...
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Relief as Hudhud brushes past Orissa
A view of strong tidal waves at Konapapapeta village beach in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday. PTIThree casualties reported, flood looms large due to heavy rains, evacuated persons...
View Article62 trains cancelled, 51 diverted
South Central Railway continues to be on a state of high alert to handle the situation in the aftermath of Cyclone Hudhud. Railway coaches, community halls and station buildings have been opened to the...
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‘Voters gave us India, now we want Maharashtra’
Rajnath SinghIt’s a “mahaparivartan” that the BJP is promising in Maharashtra. While promising good governance and development, the BJP is also citing opinion polls, most of which have predicted it...
View ArticleVote without fear, Sushma Swaraj tells Haryana
Union minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday asked the people of Haryana to vote “without fear” and bring the BJP to power to shut the door on those who had let loose a reign of terror in the state...
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‘CBI was misused against Chautala’
Om Prakash ChautalaIn a veiled attack on the BJP, the NDA constituent Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday alleged that the CBI was “misused” for political benefit to stop INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala...
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Om Parkash Chautala exploiting system for campaigning: Meenakshi Lekhi
Meenakshi LekhiHitting out at Om Parkash Chautala, the BJP on Sunday accused the INLD supremo of exploiting the system yet again by misusing bail secured on health grounds to campaign for the Assembly...
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Maharashtra ahead of Gujarat, says Rahul Gandhi
Rahul GandhiMaharashtra is ahead of Gujarat on development front, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Sunday, dismissing claims made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders.“Maharashtra...
View ArticleBid to revive old Janata Parivar
It was a fantastic political premiere in Meerut Sunday as a majority of the erstwhile Janata Parivar’s splinter groups came together on one platform. While it was ostensibly to demand a memorial for...
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Hudhud batters Visakhapatnam
International sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik carves a sand sculpture on Cyclone Hudhud in Puri on Saturday. — PTICyclone hits coast at 200 kmph, loses its intensity later and 6 killed, 4 lakh evacuated...
View ArticlePakistan asks United Nations chief for help on Kashmir
India has decided to aggressively counter Pakistan’s two-pronged strategy of simultaneously stepping up the heat on the border by heavy shelling on Indian troops and also by approaching the United...
View ArticleJayalalithaa bail plea in Supreme Court on Friday
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on Friday the bail plea of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa, who is currently lodged in a prison in Bengaluru after being handed out a...
View ArticleKrishna Gopal replaces Suresh Soni as RSS pointsman in BJP
Senior RSS leader Suresh Soni, whose continuation as the Sangh’s pointsman in the BJP was apparently opposed by BJP veteran L.K. Advani, has been replaced by RSS joint general secretary Krishna Gopal....
View ArticlePolitical realignment begins in UP for Rajya Sabha polls
Political realignments have started taking place in Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, scheduled to be held in November. Of the 10 Rajya Sabha members, whose term...
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