India

New Delhi, Apr 22: A day after being expelled for 'anti-party activities` by Congress, Barkha Shukla Singh on Saturday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. The former Delhi Commission for Women chief met BJP`s national vice president and Delhi in-charge Shyam Jaju at 1 pm. She was expelled from the Congress on Friday for six years for undertaking “anti-party activities”. On Thursday, she had

Chennai, Apr 22: setting the stage for a unified AIADMK in Tamil Nadu, the two rival factions in the party are said to have agreed upon a deal to reinstate rebel leader O Panneerselvam as the chief minister while current CM E K Palaniswami will take charge as the organisation’s general secretary in place of the jailed V K Sasikala. “The merger deal has been sealed and formal talks will begin now

Lucknow, Apr 22: Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police Javeed Ahmed was today shunted to a less important post by the Adityanath government, which transferred 12 IPS officers in the first big reshuffle in the top police hierarchy. 1980-batch IPS officer Sulkan Singh, who was DG (Training), will replace Ahmed, a 1984-batch IPS officer, who has been shifted as the DG of Uttar Pradesh Provincial

New Delhi, Apr 21: JD(U) President Sharad Yadav could emerge as the joint opposition candidate for the presidential election scheduled later this year. There were some signs of coming together of opposition parties as Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar flew in from Patna on Thursday to meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi. The two had discussed the upcoming presidential election and opposition

New Delhi, Apr 21: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking direction to the Union government for bringing back Kohinoor diamond from the United Kingdom. A three-judge bench presided over by Chief Justice J S Khehar noted that the government was already making diplomatic efforts for it. "We cannot regulate or supervise it," said the bench, also comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud and

New Delhi, Apr 21: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and is learnt to have discussed the possibility of "like-minded" opposition parties fielding a common candidate for the presidential poll. Yechury met Gandhi yesterday at her official residence here. The meeting followed a discussion between Gandhi and Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar

Srinagar, Apr 21: Classes in colleges across Kashmir remained suspended for the fourth day today and authorities discontinued teaching work in higher secondary institutions for a day as a precautionary measure in the wake of students' protest against alleged highhandedness of security forces. The teaching work in all colleges across the Kashmir Valley remained suspended for the fourth day on the

New Delhi, Apr 21: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asked all states to ensure safety of Kashmiris living in different parts of the country. Condemning the alleged incidents of harassment of Kashmiris, the Home Minister said they are like any other Indian and an advisory is being sent by the Home Ministry to all states to ensure the safety and security of people from the Valley. "I have come to

New Delhi, Apr 21: Hitting back at China over Arunachal Pradesh, India on Thursday said that assigning invented names to towns of the neighbour does not make illegal territorial claims legal. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Gopal Baglay also asserted that Arunachal Pradesh was an integral part of India. "Assigning invented names to towns of your neighbour does not make illegal territorial

Etawah (UP), Apr 21: In wake of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's emphasis on eliminating VIP culture from Uttar Pradesh, an inspection conducted by a team of electricity officials revealed that former chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has unpaid electricity bills worth Rs. 4 lakh. The team upon arriving at his residence found that the permissible limit of 5 kW a day was being busted by as many as