New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “silence” against forces of “prejudice, bigotry and intolerance” and urged President Pranab Mukherjee to use the authority of…
Famed actor-director Aparna Sen comes out after appearing before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the multi-crore-rupee Saradha chit fund scam in Kolkata on Aug 18, 2014. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) Kolkata, Nov 3 (IANS) Filmmaker…
Kamal Haasan while promoting his forthcoming release Cheekati Rajyam in Hyderabad said, ” BJP wasn’t in power when Hey Ram or Vishwaroopam was released. Any group, be it Congress, BJP, RSS or Muslim League is equally…
Kolhapur (Maharashtra), Nov 3 (IANS) As anticipated, Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have once again joined hands to share power in the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation, party leaders said here on Tuesday. Virtually spelling…
Washington, Nov 3 (IANS) Suggesting that India has a sizeable nuclear weapons effort, a US think tank estimated India’s nuclear arsenal at around 75-125 weapons made from weapon-grade plutonium and perhaps some thermonuclear weapons. “India…
Patna, Nov 2 (IANS) Bihar’s ruling JD-U on Monday released an old video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi sharing the stage with controversial self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, who is currently in jail in a rape…
Bhagalpur: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi addresses a public rally at Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district of Bihar on Oct 3, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi will lead her party’s…
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said with real-time global automatic exchange of information system coming into effect in a couple of years, tax evasion and money laundering will become…
Kolkata, Nov 2 (IANS) Prominent CPI-M leader Hashim Abdul Halim, who served as West Bengal assembly speaker for 29 years at a stretch – the longest stint by any presiding officer of a legislature in…
Daggubati Purandeswari addressing a press meet in Vijayawada said that Andhra Pradesh needs Special Status category along with a Special package. Due to certain issues, Special Status cannot be expected at present, the BJP leader…
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday asked what did the writers now protesting against intolerance do during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The Bharatiya Janata Party leader also said…
Purniya, Nov 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday recalled the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, and said the Congress has no right to talk about tolerance. “Today on November 2, Sikhs were massacred… Sikhs were…
Kolkata, Nov 1 (IANS) A day after he was granted bail in the multi-crore rupee Saradha chit fund scam, West Bengal Transport and Sports Minister Madan Mitra on Sunday walked out of the state-run SSKM…
Kolkata, Nov 1 (IANS) A fatwa has been reportedly issued in Pakistan against Indian model Arshi Khan for posting on social networking site Twitter that she had a physical relationship with Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi….
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) India has moved up one position to become the world’s seventh most-valued “nation brand”, with an increase of 32 percent in its brand value to $2.1 billion – the highest…
Mumbai, Nov 1 (IANS) Veteran actress Shabana Azmi says the decision of several artistes and filmmakers to return their awards in protest against “a culture of intolerance” is a “symbolic gesture” of bigger things to…
United Nations, Oct 31 (IANS) Taking aim at double standards on human rights, India has criticised its selective invocation as a political tool to go after certain countries. Human rights must “not be used as…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said that history had not done justice to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and if he had been the first prime minister, the country’s…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) At a time when writers, filmmakers and historians have revolted against a rising culture of intolerance towards freedom of speech, Indian cinematic icon Amitabh Bachchan, a widely followed celebrity on…
Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) Superstar Kamal Haasan called on Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray at his Krishnakunj residence here on Friday morning. The Thackeray family – Raj, his wife Sharmila and daughter Urvashi…