Nagpur, Dec 15 (PTI) BJP MLA Suresh Halvankar today triggered some heated exchanges in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly by demanding that a committee of historians be set up to review the birth date of iconic Maratha warrior king Shivaji. The dispute over king Shivaji’s birth date is quite old. While some […]

New Delhi, Dec 14 (PTI) Congress leader P Chidambaram today asked the Election Commission why it picked on the party’s president-elect Rahul Gandhi for giving media interviews while leaving out BJP leaders who did the same thing. In a series of tweets, Chidambaram accused the poll panel of sleeping on […]

Ahmedabad, Dec 12 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comments against his predecessor Manmohan Singh over a dinner meeting with Pakistani diplomats were unacceptable, Congress president-elect Rahul Gandhi said here today. The prime minister had insinuated that Manmohan Singh was colluding with Pakistan in the Gujarat polls. The former premier responded […]

New Delhi, Dec 11   Rahul Gandhi has been elected unopposed as Congress president, party’s central election authority head Mullappally Ramachandran announced here today. Rahul Gandhi will collect the certificate formally declaring his ascension to the post on December 16, he told reporters here. The 47-year-old scion of the Nehru-Gandhi […]

New Delhi, Dec 10  Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today denounced Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari for opposing the cancellation of licence of Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, for erroneously declaring a newborn dead, alleging he had “sold his integrity”. Reacting to the CM’s remark, Tiwari said he opposed the cancellation of […]

New Delhi, Dec 10 (PTI) India had been confronted by terrorism and extreme violence, which were the worst forms of human rights violation, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said today and called upon all the countries to come together in fighting the menace. Addressing an event organised by the National Human […]

Gorakhpur, Dec 10  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today said to make the country a global leader, education will have to play a major role. Students will excel nationally and internationally in different events if the parents and teachers prove to be efficient connectors, he said addressing students at […]

New Delhi, Dec 9 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today thanked the people of Gujarat for turning out in record numbers for voting in the first phase of the state polls. “Thank you Gujarat! Gratitude to my sisters and brothers of Gujarat for voting in record numbers today. I am […]

Jaipur, Dec 9 (PTI) Union minister V K Singh today said that Ram temple will be built at the right time and as promised in the NDA manifesto. The Union minister for external affairs was here to attend a convocation ceremony of a private university. Speaking about Mumbai terror attack […]

Srinagar, Dec 9   Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today asked the Election Commission to address the queries being raised on the trustworthiness of the electronic voting machines (EVMs). “I’ve been extremely sceptical of EVM related conspiracy theories but I’m beginning to question my unwavering faith in […]