RJD MLA says Tejashwi should have resigned to save Grand Alliance

Patna: Less than 24 hours after he resigned as the chief minister of Bihar stating he could no longer continue amid allegations of corruption in his government, Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar came back as chief minister when he took...

ED files case against Lalu Yadav and family over money laundering charges

New Delhi: Money laundering case was filed against Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family members by the Enforcement Directorate in the Railway hotel tender case. They were booked under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering...

Vendetta, vicious, opportunistic: Tejashwi explains mahagathbandhan divorce

Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav's son and former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday said that political vendetta against him exposed the Opposition's viciousness. His comments came after JD-U leader Nitish Kumar, who resigned as Bihar Chief...

Meira Kumar loses again, won’t be Cong’s Rajya Sabha candidate from Bengal

New Delhi: The Congress will be fielding senior party leader P Bhattacharya as the party's candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections instead of former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar. The West Bengal Congress leadership had urged the party high command...

What does JD-U president Sharad Yadav’s silence mean?

Patna: JD-U President Sharad Yadav on Thursday refused to comment on Nitish Kumar forming the next government in Bihar with the BJP led NDA. Nitish Kumar on Thursday was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar while BJP leader Sushil...

Nitish divorces Lalu, does ‘first love’ BJP beckon?

Patna: Just two minutes after Nitish Kumar resigned as Chief Minister of Bihar and the 'Mahagatbandhan' crumbles with a whimper, Modi tweeted his congratulations to Nitish. Wrote Modi:

भ्रष्टाचार के ख़िलाफ़ लड़ाई में जुड़ने के लिए नीतीश कुमार...

Nitish never asked Tejashwi’s resignation, says Lalu

Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday reiterated that Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and his son Tejashwi will not resign from the post. Lalu also claimed that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has not asked for Tejashwi’s...

No evidence whether 39 Indians missing in Iraq are dead: Sushma Swaraj

New Delhi: There is no concrete evidence that the 39 Indians abducted from Mosul in Iraq have been killed and "I will not commit the sin" of declaring them dead without any evidence, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today. Making a...

Dead lizard found in veg biryani served on train

Mumbai: In a shocking incident, a lizard was found in a meal served on the Poorva Express. A passenger who ordered a vegetarian biryani found the reptile after consuming a few bites. The Divisional Railway Manager and other officials took cognizance of...

Jethmalani quits as Kejriwal’s counsel, seeks Rs 2 crore fee

New Delhi: Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani has quit as Arvind Kejrwal's counsel in civil and criminal defamation cases filed by Union finance minister Arun Jaitley against the Delhi CM. Jethmalanis decision came after Kejriwal denied asking the lawyer to use derogatory...

The only VVIP who arrived after Ram Nath Kovind was sworn-in

New Delhi: Pomp and grandeur characterised the oath-taking ceremony of Ram Nath Kovind who took office as the President of India today. Let's go behind the scenes at the Central Hall of Parliament. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was the...

Karnan seeks remission of jail term from new President

New Delhi: Former Calcutta high court judge C S Karnan today made a representation before newly sworn-in President Ram Nath Kovind seeking remission of the six-month jail term awarded to him by the Supreme Court. The controversial former judge made the...

Mamata Banerjee: Removing Tagore from textbooks is rubbish!

File Pic Kolkata: After RSS ideologue Dinanath Batra recommended a host of changes to the National Council of Educational Research and Training in its textbooks, including removal of Rabindranath Tagore, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asked as to how...

Fire rages at govt office building in Delhi, all evacuated

New Delhi: Efforts to douse fire at Delhi's Lok Nayak Bhawan still underway; all people rescued safely. A major fire broke out today in Lok Nayak Bhawan in Central Delhi, the Delhi Fire Services said. The fire started at the fourth floor...

Lok Sabha Speaker suspends 5 Cong MPs for 5 days

File Pic New Delhi: Pandemonium reined in Parliament on Monday when the opposition trooped into the Wells of both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha to protest against the Centre's recent actions with regard to the Bofors Gun Case,...

Nithari Verdict: Moninder Singh, Surinder Koli get death sentence for killing Pinki Sarkar

Ghaziabad: A special CBI court here on Monday awarded death sentence to businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his domestic help Surinder Koli in one of the cases of the sensational Nithari killings. Pandher and Koli were was sentenced to death in...

Supreme Court refuses to re-open probe into killing of Kashmiri Pandits

New Delhi: The Supreme Court refuses to entertain a plea on the investigation and prosecution of people including Yasin Mallik and Bitta Karate in the killing of Kashmiri Pandits in 1989-90. The organisations working for Kashmiri Pandits at Jammu had demanded...

Congress Kerala Legislator M Vincent arrested for rape

Thiruvananthapuram: A Congress legislator from Kerala has been arrested on the charge of raping a 51-year-old woman, who attempted suicide after she was allegedly harassed by him, police said. He was arrested from Thiruvananthapuram. A case had been registered against the...

Chhota Rajan’s sharp shooter Khan Mubarak arrested in UP

Lucknow: Khan Mubarak, sharp shooter of underworld don Chhota Rajan, was arrested by Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force on Saturday in Lucknow. Mubarak was arrested after specific information about his plan to conduct loot. A large cache of arms and ammunitions...

Over 50% illegal sex-determination cases in Rajasthan, Maharashtra: Centre

New Delhi: A total of 2,371 police and court cases related to illegal sex-determination are going on in the country as on March this year, over 50 per cent of them in Rajasthan and Maharashtra. The government informed the Lok Sabha...