India

Defiant Jagan to go ahead with 'Odarpu' yatra

Notwithstanding the Congress high command's warning of disciplinary action, a defiant Y S Jaganmohan Reddy has decided to go ahead with his controversial 'Odarpu' yatra in Andhra Pradesh's Prakasam di......read more

Journalist held for raping girls after filming them in 'sting'

A freelance journalist was arrested in the national capital for allegedly raping two girls after filming them as victims of immoral trafficking in a sting operation, police said. Vijay Diwakar, a free......read more

Manmohan & Advani should stop petty bickering: Left

The ongoing war of words between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and BJP Prime Ministerial candidate L K Advani on terrorism was ‘petty’ and should stop, CPI(M) politburo member Brinda Karat said. "The ......read more

Congress is facing season of divorce: Rajnath

BJP president Rajnath Singh said the Congress was facing ‘a season of divorce’, while the NDA was flooded with new partners in the run up the Lok Sabha polls and claimed that there was a ‘massive wave......read more

Assam: blast before Kamrup Express

Targeting moving trains in Assam for the second time in three days, militants exploded a bomb on a railway track in Karbi Anglong district shortly before the Kolkata-Dibrugarh Kamrup Express was to pa......read more

Lalu is pseudo-secular: Congress

Calling RJD supremo Lalu Prasad a ‘pseudo-secularist’, Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC) charged him with sheltering a party candidate who is allegedly involved in creating communal tension. "La......read more

Militants kill 2, injure 4 in Assam

A day after the attack on a passenger train, suspected militants of Dima Halam Daogah (Jewel) faction struck twice on Saturday, killing two police officers and injuring four others in Haflong town of ......read more

Law and order was worse during AGP rule: Gogoi

In the wake of Assam serial blasts, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi lambasted the opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) on Thursday saying that the law and order situation was at its worse during their regim......read more

Delhi court adjourns hearing on Jagdish Tytler case

A Delhi court deferred till April 28 the hearing in the Jagdish Tytler case relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots on Thursday. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Rakesh Pandit said the matter wil......read more

'Advani has done nothing for Gandhinagar'

On a day when BJP's prime ministerial candidate L K Advani filed his nomination for the fifth time from the Gandhi Nagar constituency, Congress hit out at him, saying that a person who has not done an......read more

Journo wanted to provoke, not to hurt me: Chidambaram

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, who was the target of a Sikh journalist's ire on Tuesday on the issue of CBI clean chit to Jagdish Tytler in anti-Sikh riots cases, said on Wednesday that he thought......read more

Advani’s debate idea was for cheap publicity: Digvijay

Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh has criticised BJP prime ministerial candidate L K Advani for claiming that he (Advani) was a strong leader. Singh told reporters in Guna on Tuesday night th......read more

PMs aren’t supposed to be wrestlers: Cong to Modi

Citing Assam blasts, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi targeted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh calling him "weak", a remark that drew quick criticism from Congress which said Prime Ministers are not......read more

Mind your language, Sushma tells Lalu

Since Railway Minister Lalu Prasad is holding a constitutional post, he should be cautious while speaking, Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said on Wednesday after Prasad's diatribe against Varun Gandh......read more