Bhubaneswar, Nov 19 (IANS) After coming under severe criticism from the opposition parties for "neglecting" the farm sector, Orissa government Thursday set up a four-member commission to deal with problems of ...

Bhubaneswar, Nov 19 (IANS) The Orissa assembly was repeatedly adjourned Thursday as the opposition Congress took up the issue of dozens of distressed farmers committing suicide allegedly due to their crops ...

Shimla, Nov 19 (IANS) The week-long winter session of the Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly will be held at Dharamsala from Dec 14, a minister said here Thursday. Governor Prabha Rau has recommended convening ...

Agartala, Nov 11 (IANS) Life was paralysed in parts of northern Tripura Wednesday following a strike called by political parties to protest a terror attack on the families of surrendered militants that ...

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 ...

Shimla, Nov 10 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday bagged one seat and the opposition Congress one in the assembly by-elections held last week. Congress candidate Sujan Singh Pathania ...

Shimla, Nov 10 (IANS) Counting of votes began Tuesday morning in two assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh that saw by-elections Saturday. The counting in Rohru and Jawali began at 8 a.m. The ...

Raipur, Nov 7 (IANS) An estimated 50-55 percent of the over 200,000 electorate exercised their franchise in Chhattisgarh's Vaishali Nagar assembly seat by-poll Saturday, officials said. Election officials said that ...

Raipur, Nov 7 (IANS) Polling for the assembly seat of Vaishali Nagar in Chhattisgarh began Saturday amid tight security, an official said. Women were seen lined up at booths in urban areas ...

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 ...

Raipur, Nov 6 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the main opposition Congress will battle it out for the lone assembly seat that goes to polls Saturday. The BJP, which ...

Shimla, Nov 6 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh is all set to go to the polls Saturday amid tight security. Campaigning ended Friday evening for the by-elections from two assembly constituencies. A total of ...

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 ...

Agartala, Nov 3 (IANS) Over 400 Congress activists were arrested in Tripura Tuesday as they tried to enfore a 12-hour shutdown in parts of the state to protest an alleged attack on ...

Shimla, Nov 3 (IANS) With less than 56 hours left for the end of campaigning for the by-elections for two assembly constituencies, electioneering has finally picked up in Himachal Pradesh. Though no ...

By V.S. Karnic Bangalore, Oct 26 (IANS) As over a million flood-devastated people in north Karnataka struggle to put their lives back on track, the state's main political parties are locked in ...

Raipur, Oct 20 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the main opposition Congress Tuesday announced candidates for the bypoll to Vaishali Nagar assembly seat scheduled for Nov 7. ...

Raipur, Oct 17 (IANS) The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has decided not to contest an assembly bypoll in Chhattisgarh Nov 7. "The BSP will not put up a candidate for Vaishali Nagar ...

Kottayam (Kerala), Oct 9 (IANS) The Kerala Congress-Secular (KC-S), supporting the state's opposition Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF), Friday announced it will merge with the Kerala Congress-Mani (KC-M). The mergers decision was unanimous, ...

Lucknow, Oct 5 (IANS) The opposition Congress and Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh Monday charged the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) of shielding officials of a private hospital who are accused ...

Raipur, Sep 30 (IANS) Chhattisgarh police have summoned the CEO of aluminium major Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (Balco) for the Sep 23 collapse of an under-construction chimney at a power plant ...

Shimla, Sep 26 (IANS) Political activity in Himachal Pradesh has picked up ahead of by-elections to two assembly seats. The two main political parties in the state - the ruling Bharatiya Janata ...

Raipur, Sep 25 (IANS) The bodies of 40 workers, all badly disfigured, were recovered till evening from under the debris of a collapsed chimney at the Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (Balco) plant ...

Shimla, Sep 22 (IANS) Union Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh Tuesday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into police in Himachal Pradesh giving a clean chit to all the accused ...

Shimla, Sep 19 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh police Saturday gave a clean chit to the accused in a high-profile "call girl episode", saying nothing objectionable was found against them nor had ...

Siliguri (West Bengal), Sep 15 (IANS) West Bengal's ruling Left Front (LF) Tuesday faced yet another electoral debacle with the opposition Congress and Trinamool Congress alliance wresting the Siliguri Municipal Corporation ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 12 (IANS) Pinarayi Vijayan, state secretary of Kerala's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), has a hidden agenda in the probe into the murder of Paul M. George, son of ...

Shimla, Sep 11 (IANS) Free power to the farmers in Punjab is an investment, not a subsidy, Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal said here Friday. "Free power to the farmers is an ...

Bangalore, Sep 11 (IANS) Karnataka Friday ordered an inquiry into the attack on a Catholic church on the outskirts of the city by unidentified miscreants early Thursday. Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa ...

Shimla, Sep 9 (IANS) A senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Himachal Pradesh Wednesday resigned from party post after the opposition Congress raked up his alleged involvement in ...