New Delhi: While the Congress has invited a galaxy of world leaders for a commemorative international conference it is organising to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru, one name is missing from the list – Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Addressing a press conference at Congress HQ, Tuesday, partyRead More

New Delhi, As its government braces for a trust vote in Maharashtra on Wednesday, BJP Tuesday said it welcomes support of all parties except Congress for development of the state. The BJP will welcome support of all parties except Congress, which is “responsible for the mess”, so that the governmentRead More

Srinagar, india hates its daughters. From killing her in the womb to raping her on the streets, the nation has failed its daughters in many ways. But that should have been expected given the total apathy and lack of sensitivity shown by the collective psyche of our society towards rightsRead More

New Delhi, Former Law Minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj, who was a close aide of the Gandhi family, has accused former Union Minister P Chidambaram of “not doing enough to stop the 2G scam”. Responding to Mr Chidambaram’s recent comment that then Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh could have prevented theRead More

Ontario, Following allegations of sexual misconduct within the Liberal caucus, Sheila Copps has come out to say that she herself was sexually assaulted by another member of the Ontario legislature. In her regular column “Copps’ Corner”for The Hill Times, a newsweekly on federal politics, the former deputy prime minister saysRead More

New Delhi, Portfolios have been allocated to the new ministers in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Council of ministers, who were sworn-in on Sunday. These are the ministries allocated to them: Cabinet Ministers Manohar Parrikar: Defence Suresh Prabhu: Railways Jagat Prakash Nadda: Health & Family Welfare Chaudhary Birender Singh: Rural Development,Read More

Chandigarh, A section of the radical leadership from the days of the Sikh militancy which had gone into oblivion has once again initiated the move to jump into the fray as a religio-secular outfit articulating the concerns of all the communities in Punjab with focus on the Panth. The effortRead More

Amritsar, Accusing Parkash Singh Badal for showing Sikhs at large in a bad light to extract political mileage from New Delhi, the Dal Khalsa today asserted that Akali Dal’s alliance with the Hindutva party should not be construed as guarantor of Sikh-Hindu amity. Strongly contesting the arguments of Punjab chiefRead More

Chandigarh,  The meeting of SAD-BJP co-ordination Committee held in Chandigarh today and deliberated for strengthening ties between both parties by resolving the issues of conflicting opinion on tax structure and civic services in urban areas. The senior leaders from the Akali Dal including Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Ranjit Singh Bramhpura andRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab government has appointed Mrs.Satvir Kaur Manhera, Member Punjab State Women Commission as the Vice Chairperson of the Commission. Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the Chief Minister said that the notification with regard to her appointment, under sub-section (2) (a) and (b) of Section-3 of PunjabRead More