Patna, Nov 8 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Grand Alliance scored a stunning win on Sunday in the assembly elections, dealing a major blow to the BJP and sparking opposition attacks on Prime Minister…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) The Grand Alliance of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar forged ahead in the battle for the 243-seat Bihar assembly, latest trends from the vote count showed. After trailing to the…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani on his birthday and said his contribution to the country was invaluable. “Warmest birthday greetings to our guide…
Patna, Nov 8 (IANS) The BJP-led alliance on Sunday morning took initial early but crucial leads as officials began counting the millions of votes polled in the assembly elections. Election Commission officials said the BJP…
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The government on Saturday issued the notification regarding implementation of ‘One Rank One Pension’ (OROP) for defence personnel. Ex-servicemen, however, said it was not acceptable to them and they will…
Tushar Gandhi the great-grandson of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi during D Mehra Memorial Lecture at 38 International Kolkata Book Fair 2014 in Kolkata on Feb.4, 2014. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, Nov 7 (IANS) The simmering controversy over…
Patna, Nov 7 (IANS) Former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad on Saturday said he was confident that his Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the JD-U combine will win 190 of the 243 seats in the…
Patna, Nov 7 (IANS) The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Saturday said it will not support the BJP-led NDA to form the government in Bihar in the case of a hung assembly. Senior Nationalist Congress…
Srinagar, Nov 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced the biggest ever economic package of Rs.80,000 crore for Jammu and Kashmir, and invoked ex-prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s three-point formula to resolve the…
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 7 (IANS) The Left was on course on Saturday for a much-needed electoral victory in the Kerala civic polls, dethroning the Congress-led UDF, available results showed. The BJP did better than last time….
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Veteran actor Anupam Kher met President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday and said he had a “great meeting” where he raised concerns about the ‘award wapsi’ by a string of artists,…
New Delhi: People participates during `March For India` from India Gate to Rashtrapati Bhavan to protest against `intolerance` in the country in New Delhi on Nov. 7, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi: People participates during…
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Noted thinkers and activists on Friday recalled independent India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s contribution to the making of the nation and the concepts of freedom and women’s equality. Speaking…
Thane (Maharashtra), Nov 6 (IANS) After a bitter war of words, allies Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party are ready to join hands to administer Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation in Thane, around 60 km north of…
Chennai, Nov 6 (IANS) Environmental NGO Greenpeace India on Friday said it would fight the cancellation of its registration by the Tamil Nadu government in the legal forum. Citing the cancellation of its registration as…
Actor Anupam Kher. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Veteran actor Anupam Kher on Friday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be an audience to share with him the thoughts of “millions of…
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) The ‘award wapsi’ has now gone beyond the Sahitya Akademi, its president, Viswanath Prasad Tiwari, said on Friday. “Now, it’s gone beyond the Akademi and writers. It become a political issue…
Patna, Nov 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was no doubt the BJP’s face in the Bihar battle, but its micro management lay with BJP president Amit Shah and the IT cell in the Prime…
Mumbai: Actor Sonu Sood during the Fashion’s Night Out 2015 by Vogue at Palladium in Mumbai. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) After a few politicians called superstar Shah Rukh Khan a “Pakistani agent”, “deshdrohi”…
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said the country is deeply concerned at the “blatant violation” of a right to freedom of thought, belief and speech and termed such…