India

Ahmedabad, Aug 1: Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel has submitted her resignation after a week of protests across the state following the assault on four Dalits by a so-called cow vigilante group. Patel sent her resignation to the BJP top brass seeking relief from the top job in the state. In a letter posted on her Facebook page, Patel, who took charge as Gujarat’s first woman chief minister

New Delhi, Aug 1: Rajya Sabha today witnessed a brief uproar by opposition members over alleged remarks by Manohar Parrikar against actor Aamir Khan even as the Defence Minister denied having said what was been quoted to him. During the Zero Hour, Derek O'Brien (TMC) raised the issue of "dangerous" rise in religious fundamentalism in the country, saying the government, ministers and people

New Delhi, Aug 1: The Supreme Court today rejected a petition challenging the discharge of BJP President Amit Shah in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. "Rejected," a bench comprising Justices S A Bobde and Ashok Bhushan said after nearly a half-an-hour hearing on the plea filed by former bureaucrat and social activist Harsh Mander. Mander had challenged the Bombay High Court order which had

Chennai, Aug 1: Days after she reportedly got into a scuffle with a DMK MP at Delhi airport, Rajya Sabha MP M Sasikala Pushpa was today expelled from the AIADMK by party supremo Jayalalithaa for "bringing disrepute to the party". In a brief statement, Jayalalithaa said that Pushpa was being expelled from all party posts, including primary membership, as she had acted in violation of the party

Ahmedabad, Jul 31: The ongoing agitation by Dalits in Gujarat claimed its first victim from the community when one of the over 20 youths who had attempted suicide died today even as thousands of protesters converged at a rally here where the state's BJP government came under attack. The state dalit leaders while asking their community to give up the work of disposing dead cattle to "send a message

Bengaluru, Jul 31: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today expressed confidence over getting the long-pending Goods and Services Tax bill passed in Parliament. "We are getting constitution amended for GST on which discussions have been on since long...since Congress' time. I am confident that we will do those amendments and pass the GST," Singh said. "Due to lot of structural and procedural

Guwahati, Jul 31: The flood situation in Assam remained critical with three more persons perishing, taking the toll to 29 in the current deluge even as Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh made an aerial survey today of the affected areas. Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said one person each died at Kalgachia in Barpeta district, Dalgaon in Darrang district and Lakhipur in Goalpara

Mumbai, Jul 30: Acting on the Supreme Court's order, the Army has begun the process of taking over the possession of the scam-tainted Adarsh building at Colaba in South Mumbai. A team of Defence personnel arrived at the controversial high rise yesterday and commenced the process of officially taking over its possession from the Adarsh Housing Society, which was built in the posh locality for

Srinagar, Jul 30: Army today foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Naugam sector of Kashmir's Kupwara district, killing two militants in the operation that also left two soldiers dead. Troops noticed suspicious movement along the LoC in Naugam sector during the intervening night and challenged the intruders, who opened fire, an army official said. The soldier returned fire

New Delhi, Jul 30: Pakistan's lie as far as fomenting terrorism in India has been nailed yet again. The United States has handed over certain documents to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) which could strengthen India's assertions of complicity of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad in the attack on the Pathankot IAF base. As per a report in The Times of India, these comprise of