By Sheikh Qayoom Jammu/Srinagar Feb 18 (IANS) Has Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti finally decided not to claim power in Jammu and Kashmir and thereby call off the alliance with the Bharatiya Janata…
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Denouncing the arrest of JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, the CPI-M has said that the campaign to defend the university is part of “a much wider battle against Hindutva”. “The…
Patna, Feb 18 (IANS) Activists of the All India Students Federation (AISF) and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) clashed here on Thursday over the arrest of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar,…
Patna, Feb 18 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is his first and last party. Sinha said this in a tweet, which has come a day after Mangal Pandey,…
Kathmandu, Feb 18 (IANS) Prime Minister K.P. Oli will be visiting India during a period when relations between the two countries are at “their worst for a long time”, said a Nepal daily. An editorial…
New Delhi: Jats stage a demonstration press for reservation in New Delhi, on Aug 4, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Chandigarh, Feb 18 (IANS) Jat community protesters continued their agitation on Thursday, after talks between leaders of…
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, who has criticised the BJP leadership in recent times, says he is with the central government on the JNU row. At the same time, Sinha…
India’s Permanent Representative Syed Akbaruddin speaks at the opening of the Africa in India Exhibition at the United Nations on Wedneday, Feb 17, 2016. Sylviane Diouf, the curator of the exhibition, is at right. (Photo:…
Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the inauguration of the Make in India Week, in Mumbai, on Feb 13, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) Karnataka received Rs.9,700 crore of investment proposals on…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Amitabh Kant, currently secretary in the department of industrial policy and promotion, was on Wednesday named the first full-time chief executive of the Niti Aayog, and will have a tenure…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Terming the union cabinet’s nod for ratifying the WTO’s trade facilitation agreement a “very significant step”, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said the government has already taken several steps…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 17 (IANS) The Odisha government has decided to introduce a self-certifying scheme for non-hazardous industries enabling them to set up their units without too many inspections at the initial level, said an official…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) The West Bengal cabinet on Wednesday passed a bill for setting up a Sanskrit university in the state. Announcing the decision, Chief Minister…
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) The West Bengal cabinet on Wednesday passed a proposal to launch a health insurance scheme for state government-accredited journalists, including those who have retired. The journalists can avail of the scheme…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) With several political parties coming together to oppose the government action concerning JNU, the BJP has decided to launch a nationwide “Jan Swabhiman Abhiyan” from Thursday to expose attempts by…
Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi is one of the main contenders for the post of information commissioner in the Central Information Commission…
Chennai, Feb 17 (IANS) DMK president M.Karunanidhi on Wednesday announced his party will not participate in the assembly proceedings owing to the arrogant attitude of the ruling AIADMK. In a statement issued here, he said…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Three members of the JNU’s ABVP unit on Wednesday resigned their posts and decided to disassociate themselves from the organization following “difference of opinions” over the recent developments and crackdown…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday charged the Delhi Police with being “hand in glove with miscreants and goons of BJP” and demanded that police chief B. S. Bassi should be removed…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Terming the student protest at JNU as “anti-India” and a fight between “break India and build India”, union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday said, “nationalistic commitment” of the Narendra…