New Delhi:The Congress is banking on the popularity of former party president Sonia Gandhi to dislodge the TRS government in Telangana which is scheduled to go to polls in the next few months. Sonia may address a few rallies in the state where the Congress has sprung up a surprise by aligning with the TDP, […]
New Delhi: Eleven members of a family who were found dead at their home in North Delhi’s Burari in July did not commit suicide, but it was an “accident that occurred during a ritual”, the psychological autopsy report has revealed. The Delhi Police had written to the Central Bureau of Investigation in July to conduct […]
New Delhi: Thousands of people gathered outside the BJP headquarters today and hundreds lined up inside to pay homage to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the poet-politician who wove together pragmatism and a vision for an inclusive India. Vajpayee, 93, passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here last evening […]
New Delhi: The Left parties will hold a dharna outside Parliament on Tuesday to protest against the “murder of democracy in West Bengal and Tripura”, a CPI-M leader said on Monday. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, former Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, senior Left leaders from West Bengal and lawmakers of Left parties among other […]
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi today slammed the one paisa cut in fuel prices, saying if this was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s idea of a “prank”, it was “childish and in poor taste”. Petrol and diesel prices were today cut by one paisa per litre each, the first reduction after 16 days of relentless […]
Mangaluru: Minister U T Khader announced that Veera Rani Abbakka Utsava will be held for the first time in Delhi from March 11 to 18. Addressing the media here, he said that on this occasion, seminars on Veera Rani Abbakka would be held in Kannada, Tulu, Hindi, English, Malayali, Tamil and Telegu language. He further […]
New Delhi: Referring to the IED blast that claimed the lives of four policemen in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, the Congress questioned the recent covert meeting of the NSAs of India and Pakistan and alleged that the BJP-led Centre has “singularly failed” to protect the country’s defence personnel. Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma said […]
New Delhi: Parliament attack took place 16 years ago on December 13, 2001, and is considered to be one of the most sensational terror incidents in India. Five heavily armed gunmen stormed the Parliament in New Delhi and opened indiscriminate fire, killing nine people instantly. The victims included five Delhi Police personnel, a woman Central […]
Shrinagar: The chief of Hizbul Mujahideen has said that they are ready for talks only if New Delhi accepts that Kashmir is a disputed territory. Syed Salahuddin’s statement came a day after the Centre appointed a former director of the Intelligence Bureau, Dineshwar Sharma, as interlocutor for Kashmir. “Let India accept our conditions and we are […]
New Delhi: Domestic workers across the country may soon have the right to equal and minimum wages, social security cover, skill development programme and forming unions at a par with other workers under the existing labour laws. The ministry has invited views of all stakeholders and general comments on the National Policy for Domestic Workers till […]
