Raipur, Nov 20 (PTI) Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan has disapproved of the trend of writers and filmmakers returning their awards to protest “growing intolerance in the country” and advised them to instead address the…
Patna: Tejashwi Yadav takes oath as a cabinet minister during the swearing-in ceremony of the new JD-U-RJD-Congress coalition government in Patna, on Nov 20, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Patna, Nov 20 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish…
Bengaluru, Nov 20 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the anti-graft watchdog Lokayukta (ombudsman) on Friday arrested Karnataka mining baron and former BJP minister Gali Janardhan Reddy for his alleged involvement in the illegal…
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Veteran actor Shabana Azmi on Friday expressed support to those raising issues of intolerance in the country. She said, “the growing intolerance is worrying” and that the fringe elements need…
Patna, Nov 20 (IANS) He studied to be an engineer but ended up embracing politics. And in a state where many politicians are detested, Nitish Kumar – who took oath on Friday as Bihar’s chief…
Lucknow, Nov 20 (IANS) Raking up another controversy, Uttar Pradesh minister Mohammed Azam Khan has told a rape victim not to try and find “popularity in such a thing of infamy and shame”. The incident…
Gandhinagar, Nov 20 (IANS) Former Gujarat Police chief R.B. Sreekumar, who had locked horns with then chief minister Narendra Modi over the 2002 riots, has asked the Anandiben Patel government to make public the inquiry…
Patna: Nitish Kumar takes oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar in Patna, on Nov 20, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Patna, Nov 20 (IANS) Cheered by one lakh supporters and watched by leaders of a dozen…
Andhra Pradesh: An aerial view of the flood affected areas of the Andhra Pradesh on Nov 18, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad, Nov 19 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh has sought an immediate financial assistance of Rs.1,000 crore…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday accused the Narendra Modi government of pursuing “communal and divisive politics” and said it was “systematically working to dismantle the Congress legacy and rewrite…
Jaipur, Nov 19 (IANS) Describing the recent incidents of intolerance as “stray” and “blown out of proportion”, union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said India is the “most tolerant country in the world”….
Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) A Chola era bronze sculpture of Shiva and Parvati stolen from Tamil Nadu and smuggled into the US at the behest of New York’s infamous Indian art dealer Subhash Kapoor is…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said Indira Gandhi taught the nation to stay united and people must follow that path. “We must learn as much as we can from…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday dared the government to jail him if he had done any wrong, saying the RSS and BJP had been throwing muck at his…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has become the second most followed Indian politician on microblogging site Twitter with over six million followers. He crossed the six-million mark late Wednesday. “And…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tribute to Indira Gandhi, the first female Prime Minister of India, on her birth anniversary. “Tributes to Indira ji on her birth anniversary,”…
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Under attack for delaying the tabling of the Jan Lokpal bill in the Delhi legislative assembly, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday cleared the anti-graft legislation — an issue…
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) The central government will provide Rs.3,231 crore to five states — Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Rajasthan – for constructing 2,28,204 houses for urban poor. The project was…
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday said the remarks by party leaders Mani Shankar Aiyar and Salman Khurshid against Prime Minister Narendra Modi were personal and not party views. “Both Aiyar and…
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Dismissing BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s statement on Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s citizenship as “false”, the opposition party on Wednesday reiterated that Rahul held Indian citizenship from day one. “Rahul…