New Delhi, CBI has registered a fresh case of alleged cheating and corruption against Jindal Steel and Power Limited among others in connection with its probe into coal blocks allocation probe. A CBI spokesperson said here today that it is the 36th FIR in connection with its probe into the coal blocks scam. TheRead More

Mumbai, Shiv Sena, which has emerged the second largest party in Maharashtra, today said it was not under pressure to join a BJP-led government in the state after NCP extended “unconditional outside support” to the former ally. “There is absolutely no pressure,” Sena spokesman and MP Sanjay Raut said whenRead More

Chandigarh, Riding a Modi wave, BJP, which contested Assembly polls on its own in Haryana for the first time, is set to form the new government, winning 24 seats and leading in 26 others in the 90-member Assembly. As per the Election Commission, BJP has won 24 and was leading comfortablyRead More

Chandigarh, Outgoing Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Sunday accepted defeat in the Haryana assembly polls. “This is the Janadesh (public mandate). I accept this and wish well for the incoming government,” Hooda said. “I hope that the new government will not let the pace of development in Haryana to slow down,”Read More

London, Sardar Tarlochan Singh, the former Chairman of India’s National Minorities Commission, has been conferred with Sikh Lifetime Achievement Award 2014 for his outstanding contribution to Sikhism and other walks of life. Describing 81-year-old Singh as a “walking encyclopedia on Sikhim, sports, Indian politics and Punjab”, the citation read outRead More

Chandigarh, Ruling Congress’ sitting MLA from Rai Assembly segment in Sonepat district, Jai Tirath Dahiya won by a thin margin of three votes defeating his nearest rival of the Indian National Lok Dal. As per the result declared by the Election Department, 62-year-old Jai Tirath polled 36,703 votes as againstRead More

Mumbai, Former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Narayan Rane, who was defeated in the Assembly elections from Kudal in Sindhudurg district, said this afternoon that he accepted the outcome. “I accept the defeat. People of Konkan brought me into politics and gave me a chance to serve them. Now theyRead More

Mumbai, With BJP set to emerge as the single-largest party in Maharashtra assembly poll, its state President Devendra Fadnavis today said the next chief minister will be from the party. “BJP will form the next government in Maharashtra. There will be a BJP chief minister,” Fadnavis, a frontrunner for theRead More

Mumbai,  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said it will not approach other parties for an alliance in Maharashtra. “We are the bigger party. We don’t need to approach other parties for an alliance,” party leader Om Mathur told a TV channel. “Other parties will now approach us for anRead More

Chandigarh, Savitri Jindal, the richest woman in the country, lost from the Hisar assembly seat, officials said on Sunday. Jindal, who was elected from Hisar in 2005 and 2009 and is a minister in the outgoing Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government in the state, lost to BJP candidate Kamal Gupta byRead More