New Delhi, A day after joining BJP, Kiran Bedi on Friday said she was ready to contest against Arvind Kejriwal, AAP chief and her former Team Anna colleague, in the Delhi Assembly polls, if her party wants.She rebutted AAP’s criticism over changing her stand on not joining politics, saying sheRead More

New Delhi, The controversy over the clearance to the film ‘Messenger of God’ snowballed on Friday with another censor board member resigning in support of its Chairperson Leela Samson even as the government rejected allegations of “coercion” and “interference” in its functioning.A high alert has been sounded in Punjab and HaryanaRead More

New Delhi, President Pranab Mukherjee conveyed India’s continued commitment to Bhutan remains undiluted and that New Delhi is ready to extend every cooperation underscoring that the security concerns of both countries are both “indivisible and intertwined”.Welcoming the Prime Minister of Bhutan Tshering Tobgay, the President remarked that the Siliguri corridorRead More

New Delhi, The Narcotics Control Bureau has unearthed five rings allegedly diverting pseudoephedrine from pharmaceutical manufacturing units in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh for making party drugs. In one such case, the son of a retired high-ranking Customs officer has been arrested.Pseudoephedrine is a precursor chemical used in manufacture of cough andRead More

New Delhi,  The government has refuted environmentalists’ allegations that key green laws in the country would be “diluted”. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar says his aim is to improve and smoothen environmental clearance processes by bringing in them “clarity and openness” without compromising on green issues.Javadekar, who has indicated his keennessRead More

Lucknow,  Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati today demanded a CBI probe into the Unnao incident in which 104 bodies were found floating in the Ganga.Addressing mediapersons on her 59th birthday, Mayawati said people were “horrified” by the sudden emergence of scores of bodies in Unnao. “I demand a CBIRead More

New Delhi, Election Commissioner Hari Shankar Brahma was today elevated as the Chief Election Commissioner. He will assume charge tomorrow after present incumbent VS Sampath demitted office today on attaining the age of 65 years.“The President has appointed Hari Shankar Bramha, the senior-most Election Commissioner in the Election Commission ofRead More

New Delhi/Rampur, Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, along with 19 others, was convicted by a Rampur Court for breaching prohibitory orders during the 2009 Lok Sabha polls. Mr. Naqvi, who is currently in the Court custody, got bail. The court sentenced him for one yearRead More

Srinagar, As PDP showed disinclination to take its support, National Conference on Wednesday said its offer was limited to outside support for government formation in Jammu and Kashmir and attacked PDP, saying it was “ready to make every possible compromise and U-turn to come to power” NC general secretary AliRead More

New Delhi, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said he had only recommended that Defence Research and Development Organisation chief Avinash Chander be relieved of his post, and that the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) had taken the decision to end his tenure, adding that he did not wantRead More