Ranchi, Nov 22 (IANS) National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders Sunday demanded an independent probe into the Madhu Koda scam and accused the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) of having a ...

By Nityanand Shukla Ranchi, Nov 22 (IANS) Political parties contesting the Jharkhand assembly elections are promising a corruption free government and cheaper food grain to the poor. The manifestoes of major parties read ...

Mumbai, Nov 21 (IANS) Taking a strong stand on Friday's twin attacks on the IBN-Lokmat and IBN-7 television channels in Mumbai and Pune, Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan said Saturday that the ...

Ranchi, Nov 21 (IANS) Campaigning has gained momentum in Jharkhand where the first phase of the assembly elections is due Nov 25. Senior BJP leaders L.K. Advani and Rajnath Singh hit ...

By Madhusree Chatterjee Jamshedpur, Nov 21 (IANS) The usually uneventful and quiet East Singhbhum district, a stronghold of Ho, Oraon and Mahto tribals and with a sizeable migrant urban population from across ...

Ranchi, Nov 20 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas Friday continued their violence spree in Jharkhand, after blowing up a passenger train overnight that left a woman and an infant dead, police said. In separate incidents, ...

Mumbai, Nov 20 (IANS) Suspected Shiv Sena activists Friday ransacked the offices of the IBN-Lokmat television channel in north-east Mumbai and in Pune and assaulted journalists. Armed with sticks and bats, a ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) A day after a passenger was killed and 40 others were injured in a train derailment after Maoist guerrillas blew up a track in Jharkhand, the ...

Dhanbad, Nov 19 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Friday asked the people of Jharkhand to vote for her party in the coming assembly elections so that the state could have a ...

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, Nov 20 (IANS) Sanjay Dutt's schedule has gone haywire, all thanks to the beard that he has grown for his role in Mani Shankar's "Knock Out". The beard ...

Ranchi, Nov 19 (IANS) One passenger was killed when a train was blown up while those on a bus miraculously escaped a gun attack and a 20 kg bomb was defused at ...

By Subhash K Jha Sanjay Dutt's dates have gone haywire, all thanks to the beard that he has grown for his role in Mani Shankar's Knock-Out. The beard was supposed to come off ...

Ranchi, Nov 19 (IANS) After propping up for nearly two years the government led by Independent legislator Madhu Koda, who is at the centre of a Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam, ...

Ranchi, Nov 19 (IANS) Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who is at the centre of a Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam, failed to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income ...

Guwahati, Nov 19 (IANS) Assam's main opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has sounded the poll bugle for the 2011 assembly elections by stressing on the need to unite all regional forces ...

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) With the Left parties continuing to suffer reverses in the November by-polls following a dismal performance in the Lok Sabha elections, Communist Party of India (CPI) general ...

Ranchi, Nov 17 (IANS) Former Jharkhand minister Enos Ekka, who has been in jail since August in a graft case, Tuesday filed his nomination papers for two assembly seats in the state. The ...

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) India's political establishment Monday joined the cricket board to slam Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray after he criticised cricket icon Sachin Tendulkarh's "Mumbai belongs to all" ...

Ranchi, Nov 16 (IANS) As president of the Mahendra Singh Dhoni fan club, he's probably officially the biggest fan of the Indian skipper. And with the bat as his election symbol he's ...

Guwahati, Nov 16 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday claimed several senior opposition party leaders and legislators were keen to join the ruling Congress party ahead of the 2011 assembly ...

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress Monday rejected reports that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is unhappy with party leader and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee and had asked her for ...

Ranchi, Nov 14 (IANS) Former chief minister Madhu Koda Saturday kicked off his campaign for the Jharkhand assembly polls, telling hundreds of supporters who turned up to welcome him that he would ...

Ranchi, Nov 14 (IANS) Former chief minister Madhu Koda said Saturday that people jealous of him were conspiring to keep him away from the Jharkhand assembly polls by implicating him in the ...

Ranchi, Nov 14 (IANS) The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will counter the Congress' poll campaign led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party chief Sonia Gandhi for the Jharkhand assembly elections ...

By Syed Zarir Hussain Guwahati, Nov 14 (IANS) Assam politics is expected to witness some major realignment of forces ahead of the 2011 assembly polls with the honeymoon between the main ...

By Amulya Ganguli While Mayawati has received a shot in the arm from her successes in the recent by-elections in Uttar Pradesh, the dismal run of setbacks for the Communist parties continues ...

Ranchi, Nov 13 (IANS) Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who is at the centre of a Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam, surfaced at his home town Chaibasa hours after Income Tax ...

Latehar (Jharkhand), Nov. 13 (ANI): RJD leader Ramchandra Singh, who was abducted by a group of Maoists on Thursday night from Jharkhand's Latehar district, has been released, Police said on Friday. Singh, who ...

New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Speculation continued over Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Maharashtra unit chief Nitin Gadkari, whose name has been thrown up as the surprise choice of the party's next ...

Kolkata, Nov 13 (IANS) Ignoring the views of a minor partner, the majority of West Bengal's ruling Left Front (LF) constituents say there is no need to advance the state assembly polls ...