Kolkata, Nov 20 (IANS) Noted Bengali singer Kabir Suman, a Trinamool Congress MP, Friday said all issues with the party following his criticism had been resolved and described himself as a ...

Kolkata, Nov 20 (IANS) The entire electorate in India will be issued the Electronic Photo Identity Card (EPIC) within the next two years, Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla said Friday. "We expect the ...

By Sudeshna Sarkar Kathmandu, Nov 20 (IANS) Nepal's historic peace pact, which ended a decade of violent communist insurgency, turned three years Friday under the threat of unravelling. On this date in 2006, the ...

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 ...

Kolkata, Nov 17 (IANS) Noted Bengali singer Kabir Suman, who is a Trinamool Congress MP, Tuesday said that he wanted to resign from the Lok Sabha. "I would like to submit my ...

Kolkata, Nov 16 (IANS) A day after noted singer Kabir Suman criticised mainstay political parties for misusing government funds, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday said it was his democratic right to ...

Kolkata, Nov.16 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya on Monday finally shook off the lethargy which had affected the CPI(M) in West Bengal after the general elections, and tore into ...

Kolkata, Nov 16 (IANS) Noted Bengali singer Kabir Suman, who is now a Trinamool Congress MP, has said that he did not see any difference between West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of ...

By T.G. Biju New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) As parliament convenes for its winter session Nov 19, Meira Kumar, India's first woman speaker of the Lok Sabha, says she is "concerned" about ...

Lucknow, Nov 15 (ANI): Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh on Sunday lashed out at Samajawadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav for cheating him and his son and not keeping ...

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 ...

London, Nov 13 (IANS) British Premier Gordon Brown Thursday praised Virendra Sharma, fellow-Labour MP for the Indian-dominated area of Southall, saying Sharma epitomised the best in immigrant contributions to Britain. "Virendra's ...

By Dipankar De Sarkar London, Nov 13 (IANS) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has chosen an Indian-dominated London suburb to give his nation a long-awaited speech on immigration, setting off speculation this ...

London, Nov 12 (IANS) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, besieged by immigration issues six months ahead of elections, Thursday whittled down a list of jobs that are open to highly-skilled migrants, ...

Lucknow, Nov 11 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has termed her party's sweep of by-polls in the state as a reflection of people's anger against those who "got together ...

New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Enthused after wresting the Firozabad Lok Sabha seat from the Samajwadi Party, the Congress Tuesday said it would contest all the seats in the 2012 Uttar ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 10 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday won all three assembly by-elections in Kerala, dealing a blow to the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) that had prided itself on the record of ...

Guwahati, Nov 10 (IANS) Assam's ruling Congress party Tuesday wrested both the assembly seats for which by-elections were held three days ago from the opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the ...

Ranchi, Nov. 9 (ANI): The Centre on Monday assured full security to Jharkhand voters in the wake of a recent Maoist call, boycotting the five-phase assembly elections in the state. "Over 300 ...

Patna, Nov. 8 (ANI): Congress party activists staged a protest against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's anti Bihar remark here on Saturday. Chouhan had recently stated that migrant labourers from ...

Shimla, Nov 7 (IANS) There was moderate to heavy polling in the by-elections to Rohru and Jawali assembly constituencies in Himachal Pradesh Saturday, an official said. Polling was peaceful. "After a sluggish ...

Shimla, Nov 7 (IANS) Moderate to heavy polling was witnessed in the by-elections to Rohru and Jawali assembly constituencies in Himachal Pradesh Saturday, an official said. "After a sluggish start, polling in ...

Shimla, Nov 7 (IANS) Brisk voting was reported Saturday in the two Himachal Pradesh assembly constituencies of Jawali and Rohru, an election official said. Till 1 p.m., around 35 percent of ...

Shimla, Nov 7 (IANS) Polling began in the two assembly constituencies of Rohru and Jawali in Himachal Pradesh Saturday, officials said. Voters in both the constituencies - Rohru in Shimla district and ...

Ranchi, Nov 6 (IANS) A former Maoist leader and the wife of an arrested rebel Friday joined the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and will be fielded by the party in the five-phase ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 6 (IANS) Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) has never lost a by-election while in power and the Congress is defending its long-held seats - the results of the three ...

Ranchi, Nov 5 (IANS) Hemlal Murmu, a former Lok Sabha MP of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) was arrested Thursday in connection with a 15-year-old case when he went to file his ...

Shimla, Nov 5 (IANS) Campaigning for by-elections to two assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh ended at 5 p.m. Thursday. Polling will be held Saturday. "The campaigning for the by-elections for Rohru and ...

New Delhi, Nov 5 (ANI): The Campaigning for the Assembly by-elections in the states of Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala, Rajasthan, Assam, Himachal Pradesh and Chattisgarh ends today. The polling will be held ...