Politics

PM Modi livid over controversial beef remarks, Amit Shah summons 5 BJP leaders

Some of the summoned BJP leaders claimed that the meeting was about party affairs.

Oct 18, 2015

Egypt elections: First stage voting for long-awaited parliamentary polls begins

Egypt has been without a parliament since June 2012.

Oct 18, 2015

Modi govt to buy 40,000 tonne pulses to check prices; #DalRatanDhanKhoyo trends on Twitter

This comes within days of the NDA government deciding to import pulses in an inter-ministerial meeting headed by Arun Jaitley.

Oct 17, 2015

Egypt elections: Expat voting begins in first parliament polls since Morsi's ouster

This election is also a first to elect the largest number of members to Egypt's parliament.

Oct 17, 2015

India's Dhruv gets thumbs down from Ecuador, contract cancelled

Ecuador has cancelled its contract with India, following repeated crashes of ALH Dhruv.

Oct 17, 2015

Karnataka BJP shocker: Eshwarappa asks woman journalist, 'what can opposition do if someone rapes you'

The BJP leader made the remark in response to the journalist's question whether the BJP had failed to play its role as an opposition party.

Oct 17, 2015

India vs South Africa 3rd ODI: Has BJP scooped majority of tickets at Rajkot stadium to keep Hardik Patel's supporters away?

Patel has threatened that the protesters will block the cricket teams from reaching the stadium.

Oct 17, 2015

Parliamentary sovereignty has received a setback, says govt after Supreme Court struck down NJAC

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the NJAC was a part of judicial reforms which was exercised after deep consideration.

Oct 16, 2015

Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel using ‘legitimate force’ in confronting Palestinian attacks

Israel bristled on Thursday (15 October) at US suggestions it may have used excessive force to confront Palestinian stabbings, and also published hospital images it said refuted Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas allegation a teen suspect had been executed. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was using legitimate force and any other country would do the same to confront attacks.

Oct 16, 2015

Beef-Muslim row: Haryana CM Khattar says his words 'misconstrued'; ready to apologise if anyone hurt

According to a national daily, Manohar Lal Khattar had asked the Muslims to give up beef if they want to live in India.

Oct 16, 2015

Israeli PM says he is 'perfectly open' to meeting Palestinian President

"I have no problem of meeting with Abbas, Kerry, Jordan's King Abdullah and others," Xinhua quoted Netanyahu as saying.

Oct 16, 2015

Bihar assembly elections: 55 per cent voter turnout recorded in second phase

The second phase of elections is being held in 6 districts of Bihar, which are heavily affected by Naxalism.

Oct 16, 2015

Court slams CBI for 'fabricating facts' over 2G scam; BJP seeks Cong apology for 'fake charges'

The CBI court dropped charges against former telecom secretary and three companies in the 2002 additional spectrum allocation case.

Oct 15, 2015

David Cameron to set out EU renegotiation demands in November

British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday (15 October) his countrys renegotiation of its EU membership terms will accelerate over the coming months and that he will set out what changes he wants at the start of November.

Oct 15, 2015

Panel suggests cess on petrol, diesel, mobile calls to fund Swachh Bharat?

Naidu said that "Swachh Bharat was above politics."

Oct 15, 2015