Mumbai/Chandigarh: The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance Thursday retained power in Maharashtra, albeit with a reduced majority, while it was a hung Assembly in Haryana where the BJP emerged as the single largest party and JJP chief Dushyant Chautala and independents hold the key to government formation....
BJP draws blank as Congress bags 3 seats in Punjab, SAD 1 Chandigarh: The ruling Congress won three Assembly seats, while the opposition Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) won one in the Punjab by-polls, the results of which were announced n Thursday. While the Congress won...
Srinagar/Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration Wednesday ordered winding up of seven government commissions, including those dealing with matters pertaining to human rights and allegations against public functionaries, with effect from October 31, an official order said. These seven panels are Jammu and Kashmir State...
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved the much-awaited 4G spectrum allocation to ailing telecom PSUs – BSNL and MTNL – and gave in-principle approval to their merger while allowing them to raise sovereign bonds of `15,000cr for their revival. The allocation of 4G spectrum...
Mumbai: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly took charge Wednesday as the BCCI president, easily the most high-profile name to head the world’s richest cricket board that has been mired in administrative turmoil for the past three years. The 47-year-old Ganguly was officially entrusted with the...
Washington: NASA has found no evidence of Chandrayaan-2's Vikram lander in the images captured during a latest flyby of its Moon orbiter of the lunar region where India's ambitious mission attempted a soft landing, the US space agency said. September 7, Indian Space Research Organisation...
New Delhi: Coming down heavily on the strike of lawyers at Orissa High Court, the Supreme Court Tuesday observed that “working of judicial system cannot be brought to standstill.” A two-judge bench of the apex court comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and KM Joseph asked...
New Delhi: Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, who spent two months in custody of enforcement agencies and jail, was Tuesday granted bail by the Supreme Court in the INX media corruption case filed by the CBI. However, he can’t walk free immediately as he is...
Bhubaneswar: With an aim to elevate the pilgrim town of Puri as a world class heritage city, the state cabinet Monday approved detailed plans including projects worth Rs 3,208 crore for the development of the holy city. Briefing reporters about the decisions of the Cabinet...
New Delhi: The BJP appeared set to return to power with a bigger mandate in Maharashtra, where it is in alliance with the Shiv Sena, and Haryana, as exit polls forecast a facile victory for the party in the two states and rout for its...
By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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