Kolkata: Asserting that countdown has begun for the end of the “corrupt” TMC regime in West Bengal, BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of creating hurdles for a proper NIA probe into the Burdwan blast to shield her party leaders allegedly involved in the incident.Read More

New Delhi: Government is collecting evidence against those who have stashed black money abroad and the offenders will soon be punished, Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Sunday. In an interview to a news channel, he said that BJP in just five and half months hasRead More

Guwahati: CBI Director Ranjit Sinha was on Sunday seen nodding off during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech on the need for “smart policing” at a meeting of top police officers here. Television cameras showed footage of Sinha apparently taking a nap, ironically at a time when the Prime Minister talkedRead More

Attari: 40 Indian prisoners including 35 fishermen were on Sunday repatriated by Pakistan government through Attari-Wagah land route. They were released from Pakistan jail on Friday, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif warmly shook hands and exchanged pleasantries at the 18th SAARC SummitRead More

New Delhi: Reacting to reports of HRD Ministry suggesting IITs to explore the possibility of having a separate eating space for vegetarian students, NSUI on Sunday asked the government to refrain from “food policing” and “communalising” education system in the country. Shooting off a letter to HRD Minister Smriti Irani,Read More

Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said his government was committed to the development of the northeast region, and assured the people of Assam that the land swap deal with Bangladesh will stop illegal infiltration and not compromise their security. The prime minister, who Saturday began a three-day visit toRead More

Srinagar/Ranchi: The high-pitched campaign for the second phase of election on December 2 in 18 seats in Jammu and Kashmir and 20 in Jharkhand ended on Sunday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi spearheading BJP’s bid too woo voters even as the performance of his government came under attack. The campaignRead More

Panaji: Hitting out at BJP-led Central government, senior CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechuri on Sunday said the Narendra Modi government is enjoying the “honeymoon phase”, and people will soon start reacting to its “failures”. “The Modi-led government is currently in honeymoon period. The people will soon start reacting to the failuresRead More

Bhopal: Two days before world’s worst industrial disaster’s 30th anniversary, Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty on Sunday said that the Narendra Modi-led NDA government should raise issues pertaining to the Bhopal Gas tragedy with US President Barack Obama during his visit to India in January next year. “It isRead More

Guwahati: Meghalaya on Saturday came on the country’s rail map more than six decades after independence, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagging off the first train to the northeastern state and favouring privatisation of railway stations. “Railway facilities are the same as they were 100 years back…. Privatise the railwayRead More