NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 16 (PTI): In the wake of Penguin’s decision to withdraw US scholar Wendy Doniger’s book in India, publishers today rallied for the need to make collective efforts against the iss
New Delhi, February 14 (IANS): Forty-nine days after he took charge of the Delhi government, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday resigned following a tumultuous day in the state assembly where combined Congre
New Delhi, February 14 (IANS): The Supreme Court Friday asked the central and state governments to respond to a petition seeking to declare “unconstitutional” a section in the Motor Vehicle Rules th
New Delhi, February 14 (IANS): The government is committed to weeding out corruption and many anti-graft bills have “empowered” the people of the country, Minister of State V. Narayanasamy said Frid
NEW DELHI, February 14 (AP): Penguin India publishing house said Friday that “intolerant and restrictive” Indian laws forced it to remove a book from sale after it tried to defend an American author
New Delhi, February 14 (PTI): Despite several measures introduced to ensure the security of women passengers, railways has seen an increase in the number of cases of molestation and eve-teasing on trains in the
New Delhi, February 14 (PTI): The issue of frisking of MPs could come up at an emergency meeting of the Committee on Security in Parliament Complex on Monday in the wake of the pepper spray attack in the Lok Sa
NEW DELHI, February 14 (Reuters): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has picked up more popular support and remains best placed to lead a coalition government after a national election due by May, an opinion poll
Washington, February 11: The US has challenged in the World Trade Organization (WTO) India’s domestic content requirements in the second phase of the National Solar Mission (NSM), adding another irritant
NEW Delhi, February 10 (PTI): Upping the ante over the Jan Lokpal Bill, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tonight threatened to resign if his pet anti-graft legislation is not passed by the state Assembly du
New Delhi, February 10 (Reuters): Italy warned on Monday that India’s relations with the European Union would be seriously damaged if New Delhi decides to use strict anti-piracy laws to try two Italian ma
NEW DELHI, February 10 (PTI): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and the Left leadership on Monday had a breakfast meeting with other leaders to discuss the formation of a non-Congress, non-BJP alliance for the
New Delhi, February 10 (IANS): With both houses of parliament remaining paralysed for the fourth day Monday over Telangana, ugly scenes were witnessed in the Rajya Sabha when a member pulled out the chairman
BANGALORE: Narendra Modi may want information technology companies to flock to the northeast but software services firms are saying the BJP prime ministerial candidate’s wishes are unlikely to be fulfille
New Delhi, February 10 (IANS): President Pranab Mukherjee Monday unveiled the photographs of the presidents of the central legislative assembly and the portraits of former Lok Sabha speakers at the Parliament H
Rahul blames BJD for Odisha’s backwardnessBhubaneswar, February 9 (Agencies): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi received huge applause from the people as he went on a roadshow from Odisha’s Capit
Bardoli, February 9 (Gujarat): Amid a row over ‘chai wala’ barb by a Congress leader against Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi today appeared to be on damage control exercise as he said people from all pr
Nagpur, February 9 (IANS): President Pranab Mukherjee Sunday called for institutional changes in agricultural marketing to bridge the gap between wholesale and retail markets to arrest food inflation.“In
New Delhi, February 9: There is a common saying about the Indian retail consumers’ “can’t touch, won’t buy” mentality. However, this is gradually changingwith the rising trend of o
New Delhi, February 9 (PTI): Former IB Special Director Rajinder Kumar, accused by CBI of murder in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, was allegedly the brain behind the Home Ministry affidavit in which she was d