New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Delhi police handled the “anti-national and anti-constitutional” event in Jawaharlal Nehru University professionally, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. The minister…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Former railway minister Dinesh Trivedi on Thursday criticised the 2016-17 rail budget, saying it was a statement of illusion and that the government was misleading the nation. “It is not…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi briefs press ahead of Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Feb 23, 2016. Also seen Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Parliamentary…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury on Thursday accused the BJP-led NDA government of attempting to turn India into a Hindu Rashtra and demanded that a house committee probe the issues arising…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday slammed the government over the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) row saying that the sedition act should not have been used against students. “Mahatma…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) What has been happening in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is not “freedom of expression” but “expression of freedom from India,” a BJP member told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday,…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The police action against JNU students and the conditions leading to Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula’s suicide are not isolated incidents, but part of a larger project to change India into…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Against the backdrop of some students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) being booked under the sedition law, legal experts and public intellectuals are debating whether the controversial provision should…
By Arun Kumar Washington, Feb 25 (IANS) Citing a win over India in a dispute challenging India’s “localisation” rules against US solar exports, President Barack Obama served notice that his administration would move aggressively to…
Chandigarh, Feb 25 (IANS) AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal started his five-day visit to Punjab on Thursday to boost the political prospects of the Aam Aadmi Party. Kejriwal, who arrived here on…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the Akhil Bharatiya Prachaarya Sammelan, in New Delhi on Feb 12, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted link to the…
Itanagar, Feb 24 (IANS) Congress legislator Wangki Lowang is all set to be the next speaker of the Arunachal Pradesh assembly as he was the lone candidate to file nomination for the post on Wednesday….
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday denied the charges that government was interfering in police functioning over the JNU row while assuring the house that no innocent student will be…
Union HRD Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesay assured Lok Sabha that no innocent student will be harassed in JNU row…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 24 (IANS) The draft list of Congress candidates for the assembly polls would be ready on coming Tuesday said state party chief V.M. Sudheeran. At the 2011 assembly polls, the Congress had contested…
Itanagar, Feb 24 (IANS) The faction led by Congress dissident and Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul on Wednesday said nine more legislators loyal to his predecessor Nabam Tuki had extended unconditional support to Pul….
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) Backing the proposed tie-up between the Left Front and Congress for West Bengal assembly polls, former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Wednesday said such an arrangement was essential for a…
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) Slamming the Narendra Modi government over the JNU row, former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Wednesday said police crackdown on the students was a shame for the country. “We have…
Itanagar, Feb 24 (IANS) Even as Arunchal Pradesh Congress termed the two-day assembly session called by Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa “illegal and unconstitutional”, Chief Minister Kalikho Pul’s faction claimed at least seven legislators loyal to…
Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar. (File Photo: IANS) Panaji, Feb 24 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Wednesday accused the opposition and the media of unfairly attacking his coalition government over de-recognition of coconut…