Geelani poll boycott call premature: Bilal Gani Lone

Days after Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani called for poll boycott, a senior leader of the moderate separatist conglomerate has questioned the wisdom of such a boycott call. “To call for boycott......read more

2 ISI 'agents, linkmen' held in Darjeeling

Two agents and two linkmen of Pakistani spy agency ISI were arrested on Sunday at Kurseong in Darjeeling district. “Two ISI agents identified as Maghan Bahadur Singh, a resident of Chotta Adalpur, and......read more

Muslim leaders raise heat on SP govt

Bukhari wants Akhilesh govt to make Nimesh Committee report public; chief of Rashtriya Ulema Council calls it a cold blooded murder The ruling SP's plan to woo the Muslim community seems to have gone......read more

Violence mars Punjab rural polls, 65% vote

Amid sporadic reports of violence, including firing, booth capturing bids and burning of vehicles, that left more than 30 injured, 65 per cent of the nearly 1.1 crore rural voters exercised their fran......read more

Carrying bodies, tribal women lead protests against cops

Bastar has seen several protests but rarely have tribal women come out and beat their breasts, shouting slogans. Surprisingly, men tried to calm them down, pull them away but these women continued to ......read more

Jagan Reddy case: Accused Andhra minister resigns, Sabitha may follow suit

Roads and Building Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao Sunday evening submitted his resignation to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy. Rao and Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy have been named in a CBI char......read more

BJP makes Narendra Modi's close confidant Amit Shah in charge of Uttar Pradesh

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s close confidant and BJP general secretary Amit Shah was appointed in charge of Uttar Pradesh. In a list of state in-charges, convenors and in charge of its vario......read more

Gujarat Confidential

United, Divided The BJP unit in Porbandar and Jetpur, which will go for by-elections on June 2, is putting up a united show to avoid Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s displeasure. This, however, seems to......read more

In Lalu's Muslim anxiety, Nitish holds the edge

This week, at his biggest show of strength since losing power in Bihar nearly eight years ago, Lalu Prasad exhorted Muslims never to allow “divisive forces” to come to power in Delhi, and derided Niti......read more

Tibetans Protest

Tibetans organisations threaten protest, security stepped up

Tibetan organisations today said they will stage protests in the next two days against the visit of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang even as police stepped up security in the city for the leader's arrival.......read more

Punjab CM

US court dismisses human rights violation case against Punjab CM

A US court has dismissed a case against Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal accusing him of being involved in human rights violations. In its order, the US District Court in Wisconsin ruled tha......read more

No entrance test for admission into DU's Eng Journalism course

Students aspiring to get admission into English journalism degree course of Delhi University will not have to appear for an entrance test from this academic session under the new four-year undergradua......read more

Spot-Fixing

Govt plans new law to check match-fixing

In the wake of the IPL spot-fixing controversy, the Centre has decided to bring a legislation to provide “strictest possible” punishment for match-fixing. Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal spoke to Sport......read more

PM Manmohan Singh to present Report Card of UPA-II on May 22

With the image of his government in tatters, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will present the last Report Card of UPA-II on May 22 in which he is expected to list the positives such as Direct Benefit Tr......read more