New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday saw angry exchanges between Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani and BSP leader Mayawati over the suicide of research scholar Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad university….
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the Narendra Modi-government was “scared” and won’t let him speak on student protests in India following the police crackdown on the Jawaharlal…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 24 (IANS) The treasury and opposition benches on Wednesday shouted slogans against each other in the Kerala assembly over the 1999 palm oil import case in which Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is a…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Loud anti-government slogans causing an uproar over the death of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula disrupted the Rajya Sabha Wednesday — the second day of the long budget session of the…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The family of Dalit student Rohith Vemula, who committed suicide in Hyderabad, on Wednesday urged Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to provide a government job to his younger brother. “Rohith’s…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Loud anti-government slogans and an uproar over the death of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula disrupted the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha Wednesday — the second day of the long budget…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was disrupted on Wednesday as Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati raised the issue of Rohith Vemula’s suicide, blaming the central government for it. “This is not the…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien on Wednesday adjourned the house for 10 minutes following an uproar over Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula’s suicide issue. Bahujan Samaj Party MP Mayawati raised…
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee departs from Rashtrapati Bhavan to address both the houses of that Parliament on the beginning of Budget Session , in New Delhi on Feb 23, 2016. (Photo: IANS/RB). New Delhi,…
Ahmedabad, Feb 23 (IANS) The ruling BJP in Gujarat on Tuesday retained control in the urban areas by getting majority in 15 of the total 27 municipalities that went to the polls. This comes to…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha will on Tuesday take up a short duration discussion on the situation arising in the central Institutions of higher education with specific reference to Jawaharlal Nehru University…
New Delhi: Social activist Medha Patkar during protest against the Land Acquisition Bill at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on May 5, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Narmada Bachao Andolan and Mazdoor…
Bengaluru, Feb 23 (IANS) The ruling Congress on Tuesday won more seats in elections to Karnataka’s local bodies spanning zila panchayats (ZPs) and taluk panchayats (TPs), leaving the opposition BJP and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S)…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Top BJP leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday decided on an aggressive strategy to counter the opposition in parliament on JNU row and the suicide by a Dalit…
Delhi Police Commissioner Bhim Sain Bassi addresses during annual press conference in New Delhi on Jan.3, 2014. (Photo: IANS) Panaji, Feb 23 (IANS) The Congress in Goa on Tuesday accused Delhi Police chief B.S. Bassi…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) BJP veteran L.K. Advani and Congress president Sonia Gandhi chatted away on the front row of the Central Hall before President Pranab Mukherjee began his address to the joint session…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said he believes in freedom of expression, and hence a protester should be allowed to…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The BJP on Tuesday criticised Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for addressing a protest march organised by various student organisations to condemn the…
Aligarh, Feb 23 (IANS) India’s first education minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad opposed partition till his last breath, experts said here on Tuesday. “Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was not only a great writer, thinker, freedom…
Bengaluru, Feb 23 (IANS) The ruling Congress on Tuesday won more seats in elections to Karnataka’s local bodies spanning zila panchayats (ZPs) and taluk panchayats (TPs), leaving the opposition BJP and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S)…