Politics

Telangana polls: Over 3,500 file nominations for Assembly elections on December 7

Elections to 119-member Assembly are scheduled to be held in a single phase while counting would take place on December 11.

Nov 20, 2018

Monica Lewinsky clarifies 'no sexual activity happened in the Oval Office' and other details in documentary

"We had a number of this flirtatious encounters, there was really no sense for me of anything beyond I have this crush and this person [Bill Clinton]," she said.

Nov 19, 2018

Sabarimala protests: Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala hits out at CM Vijayan over devotees' arrests

The senior Congress leader alleged the government was trying to "brand" Ayyappa devotees as Sangh Parivar activists and thus helping RSS recruit people to its fold.

Nov 19, 2018

Telangana polls: Congress team led by Puducherry CM Narayana Swamy hold talks with dissidents

Miffed at being denied tickets, some Congress dissidents had announced last week that they will contest the December 7 elections as independents on at least 40 seats.

Nov 19, 2018

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar is justifying rape: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

Sharing Manohar Lal Khattar's speech on Twitter, Kejriwal said: "If this is the mentality of a state's Chief Minister then how do you expect the women to be safe?

Nov 18, 2018

Pakistan PM Imran Khan visits UAE to seek financial assistance

Khan, who is visiting the UAE for the second time in the last two months, met Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE's Armed Forces, at the Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi.

Nov 18, 2018

Union Minister KJ Alphons to visit Sabarimala, study facilities meant for pilgrims

The bureaucrat-turned-politician's visit comes at a time when the Kerala unit of the BJP observed Sunday as a protest day by blocking highways across the state following the arrest and remand of its senior leader K. Surendran.

Nov 18, 2018

PM Modi stacks RBI board with allies to turn heat up on governor Urijit Patel

Now stacked with government nominees who can be counted on to support the administration, the board is being transformed from having a passive advisory role into a body that can exert pressure for policy change.

Nov 18, 2018

Karnataka: Cabinet expansion to take place before December

Several MLA's, especially from the Congress are lobbying for minister's post and have been demanding for the expansion to take place at the earliest.

Nov 18, 2018

Bajrang Dal women perform aarti inside Taj Mahal; video goes viral on social media [Watch]

The women were Meena Diwakar, the president of the women's wing and two other activists. They took a video of the aarti and uploaded it on social media. The Archeological Survey of India and the Central Industrial Security Force are analyzing the video.

Nov 18, 2018

India and Iran discuss trade cooperation under reimposed US sanctions

After US President Donald Trump's withdrawal from Iran's nuclear deal in May, the US has reimposed the stringent sanctions on Iran, including embargoes on Iran's banking and oil sectors.

Nov 18, 2018

Lalu Prasad Yadav's health deteriorates; former Bihar CM admitted at Ranchi hospital

Dr Umesh Prasad, a physician at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi, is treating the former Bihar chief minister who is currently serving his sentence at jail for his role in the fodder scam.

Nov 18, 2018

Govt approves 1,023 fast-track courts for rape and POCSO cases under Nirbhaya fund

The department of justice proposed the idea to the committee of officers under the Nirbhaya fund which was created in 2013 under women and child development ministry and Rs 2,000 crore was credited to the fund.

Nov 17, 2018

Sabarimala row LIVE updates: Kerala shutdown after arrest of right-wing leader

Right-wingers in Kerala called for a dawn to dusk hartal after Hindu Aikyavedi state president KP Sasikala was arrested on Saturday.

Nov 17, 2018

CIA believes Khashoggi's murder was ordered by Saudi Prince Mohammed bin-Salman

Jamal Khashoggi, a columnist for the Washington Post, was last seen entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on October 2. He was there to procure the documents necessary to marry his Turkish fiancée.

Nov 17, 2018