New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran L.K. Advani turned 82 on a quiet note Sunday, meeting well wishers at home - but not attending any political functions ...

New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court is likely to hear Monday a plea seeking transparency in the appointment of a new chief information commissioner of the Central Information Commission ...

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 ...

Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) The first batch of 270 pilgrims bound for Haj left for Jeddah by a Saudi Arabian airlines flight from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport here Saturday. A large number ...

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 ...

Jaipur, Nov 6 (IANS) Rajasthan's ruling Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) face each other in two assembly by-elections in Todabhim and Salumber Saturday. The by-elections were necessitated by the ...

New Delhi/Bangalore, Nov 5 (IANS) The intense leadership tussle in the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka seems headed for resolution with Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and the ...

Mumbai/New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) finally broke their deadlock over power sharing in Maharashtra Thursday, paving the way for swearing-in of the new ...

Hyderabad, Nov 5 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid Thursday criticised the endorsement of a fatwa against the singing of "Vande mataram" by Muslims, saying some people ...

Bangalore, Nov 5 (ANI): Maharashtra may finally have a government on Friday or by Saturday, said Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel, adding ...

Jammu, Nov 5 (IANS) Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah told Home Minister P. Chidambaram to reconsider the continuation of the ban on pre-paid mobile services in Jammu ...

New Delhi, Nov 4 (ANI): Union Minister of Power Sushil Kumar Shinde at the Economic Editors' Conference today announced that the Ministry of Power is promoting a company called Energy Efficiency ...

New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) The "unfortunate" decision of the Services team to back out of a Ranji Trophy cricket match in Srinagar on grounds of security was taken at a ...

Jammu, Nov 4 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday visited a satellite township in Jammu being constructed for Kashmiri Pandit migrants and asked officials to get the township ready at ...

New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday demanded the union government's explanation as to why a Brazilian national has been left facing trial in Delhi for the last 12 years ...

Srinagar/New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Reacting sharply to the Services' team refusing to play a cricket match in Srinagar, a furious union minister and Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) chief ...

Bangalore, Nov 2 (IANS) The turmoil in the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first ministry in Karnataka entered the second week Monday as conspiracy theories floated, apologies were tendered and meetings held ...

Kolkata, Nov 1(ANI): Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday retorted to various allegations by West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee and accused him of having links with the Maoists. Addressing ...

Kolkata, Oct. 31 (ANI): Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor on Saturday called upon Maoists to use ballots instead of bullets to voice their grievances. "In a democracy, violence ...

Kolkata, Oct 30 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Health Dinesh Trivedi Friday said that many health parameters in India are close to that of sub-Saharan Africa. Addressing a seminar at the Health ...

Kolkata, Oct 30 (IANS) Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor Friday said the government should work towards bringing the effective healthcare system to the 'aam aadmi' (common man) ...

Chennai, Oct 30 (IANS) Election fever will soon grip Tamil Nadu again with the Election Commission announcing its decision to hold another by-election, this time for the Tiruchendur assembly constitutency before January ...

Panaji, Oct 30 (IANS) Migration is a global reality which needs to be handled with maturity and not by beating up migrants, state commissioner for Non-Resident Indian (NRI) Affairs Eduardo Faleiro ...

New Delhi, Oct 30 (ANI): The 43rd Session of the Standing Labour Committee, an important organ of the Tripartite Consultative Machinery in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, will be held here ...

Shimla, Oct 29 (IANS) Concerned over the impact of global warming, chief ministers of five Himalayan states will sign the Shimla Declaration Friday, the concluding day of a two-day meet on environment ...

New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) The Editor's Guild of India Thursday demanded the release of A.S. Mani, editor of Tamil magazine Netrikan, who was arrested by the Madurai city police on charges ...

Chennai, Oct 29 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK, a constituent of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), has cancelled its Nov 1 public rally in Madurai to condemn the Kerala government for wanting ...

Lucknow, Oct 28 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and former union minister Maneka Gandhi Wednesday said the party "needs to have an introspection" after its recent electoral debacles. "There always remains ...

New Delhi, Oct.27 (ANI): Union Minister for Corporate Affairs Salman Khurshid here on Wednesday said that the Companies Bill, which is presently before the Parliament, will provide for compensation to investors. "What we ...

Chandigarh, Oct 28 (IANS) A city-based NGO Yuvsatta has demanded that travel for children between India and Pakistan should be made visa-free. The NGO has roped in Chandigarh MP and union Minister ...