India

New Delhi, Sep 21: Amid the continuing Patel quota stir in Gujarat, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday pitched for a review of the reservation policy, contending it has been used for political ends and suggesting setting up of an apolitical committee to examine who needs the facility and for how long. Mr. Bhagwat said though “interest groups” do get formed in democracy

New Delhi, Sep 20: Charging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has "no time" to meet farmers and hear their woes, Congress today said it would take the fight on the "anti-farmer" land bill to the states. Addressing a Kisan Samman rally at Ramlila Ground here, party President Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi vowed to fight tooth and nail any attempt to bring back the land ordinance in any form and

New Delhi, Sep 20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he would be receiving family members of Subhash Chandra Bose next month but avoided any reference to declassification of secret files related to him which is being demanded by various sections after West Bengal government did so. In his 12th edition of monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat', Modi spoke about a number of issues, including

Hyderabad, Sep 20: AIMIM, which will test electoral waters in Bihar this time, has attacked the grand alliance of RJD-JDU-Congress saying the track record of these parties speak very little and dismissed allegations of being propped by the BJP. All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen is serious about winning Assembly seats in Seemanchal region, and it is not about checking the popularity of

Dindigul, Sep 20: Dubbing Tipu Sultan as a "traitor", BJP national secretary H Raja on Saturday demanded the Tamil Nadu government to drop plans to construct a memorial in this town and warned that people would resort to blocking a highway if this was done. "The 'mani mandapam' (memorial) should not be constructed in Dindigul for Tipu sultan as he was a traitor. If Tamil Nadu government does so

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 20: A court here on Saturday issued summons to four Congress lawmakers on a complaint by two women opposition legislators alleging the ruling party members had molested them on the floor of the assembly on March 13 when the 2015-16 budget was presented. The Congress legislators asked to appear before the chief judicial magistrate court here on April 20, 2016 are Dominic

Pune/Mumbai, Sep 19: Congress in Maharashtra today demanded immediate ban on rightwing outfit Sanatan Sanstha, a member of which has been arrested in connection with murder of Communist leader and rationalist Govind Pansare. "This organisation (Sanathan Sanstha) poses a threat and attacks freedom of thought which is a cultural tradition of Maharashtra. There is an urgent need to ban it with

Ramnagar (Bihar), Sept 19: Kicking off the Congress campaign in poll-bound Bihar, Rahul Gandhi today raked up the "suit boot ki sarkar" jibe to target the Modi government, warning people that they would lose their land and livelihood if NDA came to power. Addressing a rally in West Champaran region where Mahatama Gandhi had waged a battle to free farmers from indigo farming forced by Britishers

Ahmedabad, Sep 19: In a bid to curb spread of rumours after detention of Patel community leader Hardik, the Gujarat administration today banned mobile Internet services across the state. "We have decided to ban mobile Internet service in the state to tackle the law and order situation and to curb the rumours across Gujarat for an indefinite period," Director General of Police PC Thakur told media

Ahmedabad, Sep 19: Gujarat police detained Hardik Patel along with 70 protesters in Surat on Saturday ahead of the protest march. The Gujarat government had on Friday denied permission to Hardik to conduct the Ekta Yatra. But Patel had said he would go ahead with Ekta Yatra at any cost. Hardik said Patels would follow the path of "civil disobedience", but assured that the rally would be held