New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's S.S. Ahluwalia is usually known for his booming interventions on a variety of issues in the Rajya Sabha. On Wednesday, howev...More

New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The central and state governments have been tardy in tackling the Maoists, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Wednesday, three days after 29 policemen wer...More

New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The government made it clear Wednesday that it did not favour non-state players tackling the Maoist menace as the effort was best left to the administrat...More

Ranchi, July 15 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram's statement that he would ask the Election Commission to hold elections in Jharkhand soon after the monsoon has been welc...More

New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, known for his opposition to the use of English, Wednesday asked union minister Jairam Ramesh to reply to his ...More

Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) Former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu, under treatment at a private hospital here, was recovering well but will be kept under observation for the ne...More

Lucknow, July 15 (IANS) Chief Minister Mayawati is out to impress the 13th Finance Commission whose members are here look into Uttar Pradesh's financial demands out of the central...More

Lucknow, July 14 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh's Amethi town, the parliamentary constituency of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, remained tense Tuesday following violent protests b...More

New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Monday told parliament that the government is committed to establishing an Equal Opportunity Commission and is ...More

New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The virginity tests conducted on brides before a mass wedding in Madhya Pradesh generated much heat in the Rajya Sabha Monday - not so much because they...More

Bhubaneswar, July 13 (IANS) The Orissa assembly was adjourned several times Monday after the opposition parties created uproarious scenes demanding a Central Bureau of Investigati...More

Srinagar, July 13 (IANS) Restrictions were imposed in Srinagar and other towns of the Kashmir Valley Monday to foil a separatist march to the heart of this city on martyrs' day. ...More

New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The accident at the metro construction site in south Delhi Sunday, in which six people were killed, did not take place because of any hurry to meet the C...More

Kolkata, July 12 (IANS) Veteran Marxist leader and former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu, who was admitted to hospital here after he fell unconscious Sunday, is stable and ...More

New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Friday adjourned the house till 2 p.m. following the protests by Congress MPs from Gujarat, who raised the issue of the ill...More