New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday condemned attacks on media persons, who were in Patiala House court premises to cover proceedings concerning JNU students union leader Kanhaiya Kumar,…
Patna, Feb 17 (IANS) Mangal Pandey, the president of the BJP’s Bihar unit, on Wednesday, asked actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha to resign from parliament as well as from the party for supporting arrested JNU student leader…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered status quo in Arunachal Pradesh as its summoned original records pertaining to the disqualification of 14 legislators by the then speaker Nabam…
Ahmedabad, Feb 17 (IANS) The Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti, spearheading the pro-reservation agitation by the Patel community, has submitted a letter to Chief Minister Anandiben Patel to express willingness to initiate talks over the quota…
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) Jadavpur University was on the boil on Wednesday as posters appeared on the campus expressing solidarity with students “seeking independence” for Kashmir and demanding ‘freedom’ for Manipur and Nagaland. The posters,…
Union Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari during the Make in India Week function, in Mumbai on Feb 17, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) A website dedicated to the union government’s…
By Sarwar Kashani New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The escalating tension arising from an obscure meeting on Kashmir held at the JNU here has spiralled into an acrimonious nationalism-versus-intolerance debate. The row has pitted Hindu…
New Delhi: St. Stephen College Principal Valson Thampu addresses a press conference in New Delhi on July 7, 2015. Also seen social activist Swami Agnivesh. (Photo: IANS) Panaji, Feb 17 (IANS) Swami Agnivesh on Wednesday…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Star wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt has penned a moving patriotic poem in Hindi, criticising the alleged anti-national activities on the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus, which has gone viral on the…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, sent to judicial custody on Wednesday until March 2 after being arrested on charges of sedition, appealed to students to maintain calm. “I would like…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Establishing connectivity through the country’s northeast will help India bolster trade with the southeast Asian markets, experts here said on Wednesday. There was a wrong hegemonic discourse that the northeast…
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Under fire for his attempt to play down Monday’s attack on journalists in the Patiala House Court, Minister of…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the government wanted to make the railway stations “iconic structures and centres of economic activities” in…
Guwahati, Feb 17 (IANS) People of Assam responded with “spontaneity and enthusiasm” to Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s visit, which clearly indicates that the wind was blowing in favour of the Congress ahead of the…
Srinagar, Feb 17 (IANS) BJP general secretary Ram Madhav arrived here on Wednesday evening to meet PDP president Mehbooba Mufti to break the stalemate over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir. The Bharatiya Janata Party…
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) A day after anti-national slogans echoed in a rally at Jadavpur University, vice chancellor Suranjan Das on Wednesday claimed certain “fringe elements” had indulged in such sloganeering. He said such slogans…
New Delhi: Jats stage a demonstration press for reservation in New Delhi, on Aug 4, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Chandigarh, Feb 17 (IANS) Agitating Jat community members on Wednesday continued their road and rail blockades at…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) After another day of scuffles at the Patiala House Court here on Wednesday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the law and order…
Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The CPI-M on Wednesday demanded the exit of Delhi Police chief B.S. Bassi after a section of lawyers assaulted JNU student leader…
Bangalore, Feb 17 (IANS) Amnesty International India on Wednesday urged Delhi Police to immediately release JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar and former Delhi University lecturer S.A.R. Geelani and drop sedition charges against them. The police…