India

Bengaluru, Dec 28: BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa on Tuesday accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of "vitiating the cordial relationship" with which his Goa counterpart Manohar Parrikar expressed his willingness for talks to resolve Mahadayi dispute. Addressing a press conference soon after the failure of his talks with farmers, Yeddyurappa said it was "unprecedented" on the part of the Goa

Mumbai, Dec 27: Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, Lt Col Prasad Purohit and six others will face trial under an anti- terror law in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case as the special NIA court here today dismissed their applications for discharge. The court has, however, dropped provisions under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against all the accused. It discharged three

New Delhi, Dec 27: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday issued a clarification of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statements he made against his former counterpart Manmohan Singh during an election campaign in Gujarat. “The Prime Minister, in his speeches didn't question, nor meant to question the commitment to this nation of either former PM Manmohan Singh or Former VP Hamid Ansari, any

Gandhinagar, Dec 26: A new BJP government, led by Vijay Rupani, was sworn in at a grand ceremony in Gujarat capital Gandhinagar on Tuesday. Governor Om Prakash Kohli administered the Oath of Office and Secrecy to 20 Ministers, including Mr. Rupani and his deputy Nitin Patel. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah, Chief Ministers of various BJP-ruled States, and other senior party

Chandigarh, Dec 26: Dalbir Kaur, the sister of Sarabjit Singh, who died in a Lahore jail in 2013, said Pakistan played a "cruel joke" by not allowing Kulbhushan Jadhav to meet his wife and mother freely and dubbed the entire exercise a "drama". Jadhav, on death row in Pakistan for alleged spying, was allowed to meet his wife and mother - but separated by a glass screen - in a choreographed event

Those, who aspire to enter electoral politics, may find it useful as it is the advice of an experienced politician, who has contested many elections. A simple lunch for the voters may not ensure their support in the polls. If one wants a sure commitment from the voters then one must serve liquor and chicken. Om Prakash Rajbhar, a minister in Uttar Pradesh’s Yogi Adityanath-led government has

Srinagar, Dec 26: Wanted Jaish-e-Mohammad militant Noor Mohammad Tantray was killed in an encounter in Samboora area of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said here today. Acting on a tip-off, a crack team of Jammu and Kashmir police cordoned off a house where two JeM militants were believed to be holed up, the police said. In the ensuing encounter, Tantray was killed whereas there was

New Delhi, Dec 26: Indian Army jawans on Monday crossed the Line of Control (LoC) and killed three Pakistan Army soldiers, the news agency reported. The report, which quotes intelligence sources, added that the attack was in retaliation to four Indian Army jawans being killed in Keri sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Saturday. However, Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR)

New Delhi, Dec 26: Was Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav, the former Indian Navy officer, tortured by Pakistan in jail before being sentenced to death? The questions emerged after footage of Jadhav meeting his family was released in public domain. On Monday, Jadhav met his wife Chetankul and mother Avanti for the first time after his detention in March 2016 for around 40 minutes. Pictures of Jadhav

Mumbai, Dec 25: Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) founder Vijay Mallya is a "victim of flamboyance and arrogance rather than any political conspiracy", Air Deccan chairman G R Gopinath has said. Gopinath, who is credited with making flying affordable through the no-frills airline, also said that the prevalent regulations "forced" KFA to acquire his company. He sold Air Deccan to KFA for a total