New Delhi, Condoling the death of security personnel and civilians in the terror attacks in Kashmir Valley, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that these “destabilising attempts need to be crushed with resolve”. “I salute the martyrs of the armed and police forces and convey my deepest condolences to the familiesRead More

Hyderabad: Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday alleged that the Congress party is working under outside pressure in Parliament and termed its attitude “irresponsible” and “immature” to protest against his colleague Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti’s controversial remarks. He told reporters here that some Congress leaders from outside were pressurisingRead More

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday allocated portfolios to the twenty-member council of ministers, including 10 of the Shiv Sena, who were inducted into his expanded cabinet. The Sena did not get any ‘crucial’ portfolios like Home, Revenue and Water Resources. Also, Fadnavis had already made it clearRead More

Guwahati, Key suspect in Burdwan blast case and alleged motivational trainer of terror group Jamaat-ul- Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) Shahanoor Alam has been arrested by Assam Police’s Special Operation Unit from his relative’s house in Nalbari district. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, Assam Director General of Police Khagen SarmaRead More

New Delhi: BJP on Saturday criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her decision to not attend the chief ministers’ meet called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow even as it asked her to rise above “partisan politics” for the development of her state. Maintaining that she should forgetRead More

Rafiabad: Congress on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sack Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti for her controversial remarks, saying it is a “shame” that such people are there in the Cabinet of the government. “No civilised person will use the language which was used by the Sadhvi. SheRead More

Indore: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Saturday said after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement over controversial remarks of Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti and her apology, the issue should be treated as closed and the House should function as per rules. “On the demand of the Opposition, I hadRead More

Mumbai, Weeks after squabbling over allocation of portfolios, the Shiv Sena finally joined the BJP-led government in Maharashtra on Friday when Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis expanded his 34-day-old cabinet. As per reports, ten cabinet ministers, five each from Shiv Sena and BJP, were today inducted in the Devendra Fadnavis ministryRead More

New Delhi, As Congress stepped up attack on Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti issue, a BJP member today demanded that a resolution be passed condemning Congress leader Digvijay Singh’s reported “anti-national” remarks that naxalites should help his party in defeating BJP. Raising the issue during Zero Hour in Lok Sabha, BJP memberRead More

New Delhi, The government is keeping a “constant watch” on military and financialsupport being extended to Pakistan by various countries, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said today. He also said that it is aware that China is developing the infrastructure in the borderregions opposite india in Tibet and Xinjiang Autonomous Regions. TheRead More