Politics
Centre asks Delhi government to leave 'confrontationist' attitude
Delhi Government appointed Rajendra Kumar in place of Dharam Pal as Home Secretary, which has not been recognised by the Centre and continues to route its files through him only.
Meghalaya: Over 80% votes cast in Chokpot by-polls
Over 80 per cent votes were cast in the by-poll in Chokpot Assembly constituency in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district
Kerala: Heavy polling of 74.4% recorded in Aruvikkara by-election despite rains
In a three-cornered contest, UDF candidate KS Sabarinath, younger son of Karthikeyan, is taking on former Speaker and ex-minister M Vijaykumar (LDF) and former union minister, O Rajagopal fielded by BJP.
Yogendra Yadav fears personality cult projection in approaching Hazare
"In future, if we might have a desire to have him (Anna Hazare)...we will request him to be with us and guide us. But right now we have not approached him," Yogendra Yadav told.
Kejriwal hails AAP government's maiden budget, says it wants to facilitate education for poor
Chief Minister Arvind kejriwal on Thursday said that education has been given unprecedented attention and that his government wants to facilitate education for the poor.
Advani not invited to BJP programme on Emergency, Amit Shah attends, felicitates those who fought against it
Advani had recently commented on Emergency which had embarrassed the BJP leadership.
Backing Lalit Modi's plea, Vasundhara Raje claimed attacks on him were 'politically motivated'
She insisted that by "destroying" and "discrediting" Modi the Congress party hoped to remove, "one of my key supporters" from the political scene.
Maharashtra CM backs Rakesh Maria in Lalit Modi row, says his explanation is satisfactory
Backing Maria, Shiv Sena asked why the government was not backing him the same way as it was doing so in the case of Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhara Raje.
Ruckus by opposition in Delhi Assembly over Jitendra Singh Tomar's arrest, BJP MLA evicted
BJP MLA OP Sharma was evicted from the House after he tried to disrupt proceedings and walked up to the Chief Minister over Tomar's degrees.
Lalit Modi calls Arun Jaitley a Congress man, goes all out against several other senior politicians on Twitter
Naming the Finance Minister in the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) scam, Modi demanded that Jaitley should make his phone records public.
RJD to cross swords with BJP in saffron strongholds, JDU will fight to retain seats in Bihar
Lalu's RJD will have the difficult task on hand contesting seats it had lost last time, while JDU will battle to retain those already in its kitty.
MEA, Enforcement Directorate in blame game over Lalit Modi's passport
Sources in the Ministry of External Affairs have said that they cannot appeal against the Delhi High Court order on Lalit Modi's passport unless asked by the Enforcement Directorate.
Nitish echoes Advani's Emergency fears, says Bihar facing issues everyday
Nitish Kumar used Advani's interview to an English daily as fodder to target PM Narendra Modi. He said that Bihar was facing emergency-like situation everyday. He added that the PM's silence on 'Lalitgate' implied admission of guilt.
Sena takes a dig at BJP; says should have ordered probe against Bhujbal earlier
In a Saamna editorial, the Shiv Sena criticised the BJP for not ordering a probe against ex-PWD Minister Chagan Bhujbal. The Enforcement Directorate registered two cases against Bhujbal under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
Rahul visits family of farmer who committed suicide in Punjab
Rahul Gandhi met the debt-ridden farmer's family who committed suicide last week at Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab. Rahul had met him after he returned from his 57 - day break form politics. He will take part in the bhoj with the family.
Rajasthan government signed MoU with Portugal hospital in 2014, months after it treated Lalit Modi's wife
The Rajasthan government has allotted 35,000 square feet of land to the Portugal hospital.