New Delhi: TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao today met Rahul Gandhi, a day after he held consultations with Congress President Sonia Gandhi following the passage of the Telangana bill in Parliament. Rao’s meeting with the top Congress leaders has come amid speculation over possible merger of his party with Congress or the forging of an […]

New Delhi: Central rule was on Monday imposed in Delhi and the Legislative Assembly kept in suspended animation after President Pranab Mukherjee accepted the resignation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Making a suo moto statement in both Houses of Parliament, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said following a factual report sent by Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, […]

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee has imposed President’s rule in Delhi and accepted the Arvind Kejriwal government’s resignation, authorities said Monday. “The President, on the advice of union cabinet, has imposed President’s rule in Delhi. The resignation of Arvind Kejriwal, chief minister of Delhi, along with his council of ministers, has been accepted by the […]

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday counselled Governors to “remain alert” ahead of the Lok Sabha election and ensure that the exercise of the right of suffrage is “peaceful and conducive to free expression of the will of the people.” Addressing the 45th Conference of Governors at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Mr. Mukherjee advised the […]

New Delhi. : The 65th Republic Day parade at Rajpath here on Sunday reflected the essence of Indian pride, with defence and paramilitary force personnel marching along their best machinesand cheered on by an exuberant audience. Ahead of the parade, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Defence Minister A.K. Antony and the chiefs of the Army, the […]

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will form the next Delhi government with Arvind Kejriwal as the chief minister. The debutant party has 28 MLAs and is dependent on the outside support of eight Congress legislators. Kejriwal, 45, will take oath at a ceremony later this week at central Delhi’s  Ramlila Maidan, from where […]

Bangalore: President Pranab Mukherjee arrived here Monday on a two-day visit to Karnataka to participate in official functions. “The president, who flew into the city from Mysore, was given a red carpet welcome by state Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy and Mayor B.S. Satyanarayana. He also received a guard of honour from the Indian Air Force […]

New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to the anti-rape bill which provides for life term and even death sentence for rape convicts besides stringent punishment for offences like acid attacks, stalking and voyeurism. Mukherjee accorded his assent to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill-2013 yesterday, brought against the backdrop of the country-wide […]

Chennai : All is set for the launch of Indo-French satellite ‘SARAL’, aimed at oceanographic studies, and six foreign mini and micro satellites onboard ISRO’s workhorse rocket PSLV from the spaceport of Sriharikota in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh on Monday. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C20 is slated for blast-off at 5.56 PM local time from […]

New Delhi : In what may come as a major embarrassment for the Congress-led ruling coalition at the Centre, a factsheet prepared by the UPA government mentions President Pranab Mukherjee’s name in the controversial AgustaWestland chopper deal with Italy. Reports, Friday, said that the deal with Italian defence firm Finmeccanica for supplying 12 choppers for […]