Panaji, Nov 20 (IANS) The Congress Friday discussed the issue of banning right-wing Hindu outfit Sanatan Sanstha, some of whose members have been arrested in connection with the Diwali-eve blast in Goa. Speaking ...

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, ...

Bhubaneswar, Nov 18 (IANS) Nine people were Wednesday convicted and each sentenced to four years in jail by a fast track court in Orissa for their role in a case of ...

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 ...

Lucknow, Nov 16 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rebel Kalyan Singh's bid to return to the party he walked out of twice before seems to have been viewed favourably by the ...

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) A Delhi court Monday reprimanded Uttar Pradesh authorities for failing to bring independent legislator Mukhtar Ansari before it and issued fresh production warrants against him. Additional ...

Hyderabad, Nov 16 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government Monday ordered a probe into the death of seven newborn babies, allegedly due to faulty incubators at a government-run hospital. Health Minister D. Nagender ordered ...

By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Nov 15 (IANS) Wedding bells are ringing for Punjab's most eligible and powerful bachelor Bikram Singh Majithia, the brother-in-law of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal. Majithia, the sitting legislator ...

Mumbai, Nov. 14 (ANI): Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has warned the State Bank of India (SBI) not to recruit any "outsiders" during Sunday's exams in which the bank will ...

Lucknow, Nov 14 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party (SP) will Monday honour its leader Abu Asim Azmi who was recently attacked by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) legislators in the assembly at Mumbai ...

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 ...

Ranchi, Nov 13 (IANS) A Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislator from Jharkhand and his aide who were abducted by Maoists in Latehar district a day ago were released Friday, police said. Ram Chandra ...

Ranchi, Nov 13 (IANS) Suspected Maoist rebels abducted a Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislator and his six supporters in Latehar district of Jharkhand when he was returning home after attending a party, ...

Guwahati, Nov 12 (ANI): Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah has condemned the existence of linguistic chauvinism in the country. Addressing a two-day conference on energy resources here on ...

Mumbai, Nov 11 (ANI): The Protem Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly, Ganpatrao Deshmukh on Wednesday ordered an inquiry into the behaviour of Samajwadi Party legislator Abu Asim Azmi in the assembly and ...

New Delhi, Nov 11 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) General Secretary Amar Singh today alleged that he received a death threat call for Abu Azmi, a legislator of the newly elected Maharashtra State ...

New Delhi, Nov. 10 (ANI): Highlighting the hypocrisy of the Raj Thackray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Abu Asim Azmi on Tuesday accused the MNS of having resorted to ...

Mumbai, Nov 10 (IANS) Dilip Walse-Patil, senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and close confidant of Sharad Pawar, is all set to become the speaker of the 12th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly ...

Lucknow, Nov 10 (IANS) Accusing Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray of practising divisive politics, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Tuesday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to register ...

Chandigarh, Nov 10 (IANS) The ruling Congress reached the half-way mark in the 90-member Haryana assembly after one more legislator from former chief minister Bhajan Lal's Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) joined ...

Patna (Bihar), Nov 10 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the ruling Congress party of being the political beneficiary of the misdeeds of regional radical Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) ...

Mumbai, Nov 10 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has held Samajwadi Party leader Abu Asim Azmi "responsible" for Monday's mayhem in the Maharashtra assembly and said his party men would ...

Mumbai, Nov 10 (IANS) Samajwadi Party leader Abu Asim Azmi, who was Monday attacked by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) legislators in the assembly, Tuesday reiterated that Raj Thackeray should be arrested ...

Raipur, Nov 10 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress were Tuesday locked in a close contest in the Vaishali Nagar assembly seat as officials counted votes ...

Jaipur, Nov 10 (IANS) The by-election spoils were equally divided between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Congress in Rajasthan Tuesday with each winning one seat. While the BJP's ...

Raipur, Nov 10 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday established an early lead over the Congress in the Vaishali Nagar assembly seat as officials counted votes cast in Saturday's ...

New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) A court Monday sent Uttar Pradesh gangster Munna Bajrangi to 30 days' police custody in the national capital. Additional Sessions Judge Madhu Jain allowed a plea of ...

Chandigarh, Nov 9 (IANS) In a dramatic political development, four newly-elected legislators belonging to former chief minister Bhajan Lal's Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) Monday joined the Congress party in Haryana. The ...

Mumbai, Nov. 9 (ANI): The first day of the new Maharashtra assembly went pretty chaotic, with four Maharashtra Navnirman Sena legislators being suspended for assaulting Samajwadi Party legislator Abu Asim Azmi, ...

New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Condemning the attack by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) legislators on Samajwadi Party leader Abu Asim Azmi for taking his oath as legislator in Hindi, the Congress ...