Mumbai, Nov 21 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Saturday assured the journalists delegation that strict actions will be initiated against the attackers of IBN Lokmat offices in Mumbai and Pune. ...

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(ANI): The Congress party on Friday defended the Union Government's sugarcane pricing policy, which has led to farmers unrest and adjournment of Parliament. Digvijay Singh, General Secretary of ...

Panaji, Nov 20 (IANS) The Congress Friday criticised the Indian Navy for its delay in parting with 2.5 acres of land sought by government agencies for the expansion of Goa's only ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) In order to increase urea production, the government is considering reviving closed units and has drawn up a new investment policy to attract investments in this sector, ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) A united opposition forced three adjournments of the Rajya Sabha Friday, the last one for the day, as it vociferously protested the United Progressive Alliance's new ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (ANI): Both houses of Parliament adjourned till Monday on the sugarcane pricing issue following opposition protests. After eminent journalist H K Dua took oath as Rajya Sabha member, ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day Friday following noisy protests by the opposition on the issue of sugarcane prices. The trouble began immediately after the house ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned twice Friday following protests by sugarcane farmers over falling prices for their crop. The trouble began immediately after the house assembled when ...

New Delhi, Nov 19(ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday supported the protesting sugarcane farmers of Uttar Pradesh in their agitation against new sugarcane pricing and procurement policy of the ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party Thursday asked the government to convene an all-party meeting on the sugarcane pricing policy in the wake of opposition to the centre's ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): The President Pratibha Patil on Thursday confirmed the nomination of senior journalist H.K.Dua and former Chairman of the Hindustan Lever Limited Dr. Ashok Sekhar Ganguly to ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned Thursday -- the opening day of the winter session of parliament -- after paying tribute to former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. ...

New Delhi, Nov.18 (ANI): The Government is learnt to have cleared the names of C N R Rao, scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister, A.K.Ganguly, former chairman of Hindustan Lever and H ...

By M.R. Madhavan The month-long winter session of parliament begins this Thursday, presenting the government with an opportunity to further its reform agenda. There has been much talk of reforms in higher ...

Hyderabad, Nov 16 (IANS) Former union minister and Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) leader Parvathaneni Upendra died here Monday after a brief illness, family sources said. He was 73. Upendra is survived by wife, ...

New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) A delegation of students and Congress workers from the northeast will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday over the rise in crime against people from the ...

Chennai, Nov 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday suffered a jolt in Tamil Nadu when its National Secretary and Rajya Sabha MP S. Thirunavukkarasar joined the Congress. The Congress announced ...

Mumbai, Nov 9 (IANS) Samajwadi Party activists protested the attacks on their state chief Abu Asim Azmi by pelting stones at state transport buses in Thane district, police said. A mob of ...

New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh, who is spearheading a campaign against the central government's sugarcane pricing policy, said Saturday that the Communist Party of India-Marxist ...

New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) An influenza vaccine is for the first time being developed in India that would be effective against the swine flu pandemic, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said ...

By Nakshab Khan New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) As 'honour killings' in states like Haryana and Uttar Pradesh continue to shock, voices calling for action are getting louder. Experts say a separate law ...

Chandigarh, Nov 3 (IANS) Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) secretary general Ajay Singh Chautala resigned his membership of the Rajya Sabha Tuesday. Chautala, elder son of INLD leader and former chief minister Om ...

Srinagar, Oct 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday concluded his hectic daylong engagements in the Kashmir Valley, meeting various political delegations here. Politicians of mainstream parties called on the Manmohan Singh ...

By Ravi Khandelwal London, Oct 27 (ANI): The reception ceremony organized in honour of President Pratibha Devisingh Patil by Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle was filled with all royal grandeur. Prince Charles ...

New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) No religion condones terrorism and those attempting to attribute its origin to Islam display "downright prejudice", Vice President Hamid Ansari said Tuesday. Terrorism is not of "recent origin ...

New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) No religion condones terrorism and those seeking to attribute its origin to Islam display ignorance or "downright prejudice", India's Vice President Hamid Ansari said Tuesday. Terrorism is not ...

Bangalore, Oct 27 (IANS) It was a day of meetings of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party ministers and legislators in Karnataka here Tuesday as opponents of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa upped the ...

New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman K. Rahman Khan's car, which was stolen, was found abandoned in the parking space of the Radisson Hotel here, police said Tuesday. The Mahindra ...

New Delhi, Oct 27 (ANI): The official car with a parliament entry sticker belonging to the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman K. Rehman Khan was found abandoned in Rangpura area of New Delhi. ...