Politics

Mamata Banerjee meets Sonia Gandhi: Is this how the anti-BJP front starts before the presidential election?

Mamata Banerjee met Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi, sparking speculation that an anti-BJP coalition or alliance may be on the cards sooner than later. Read to know more.

May 16, 2017

What is in the Labour Party manifesto?

The party are promising to renationalize energy, water rail and mail services, give an additional £6bn ($7.76bn) to the NHS, and raise corporation tax. 

May 16, 2017

Why India's decision to skip China's One Belt One Road summit is a foreign policy blunder

By boycotting China's OBOR/BRI summit, India achieved little. If it really wants to deal with the Chinese, it needs to join its party and manouvre from within.

May 16, 2017

Twitter hails Harish Salve after Sushma Swaraj says he charged only Re 1 to fight Kulbhushan Jadhav case

Senior advocate Harish Salve, who represented Kulbhushan Jadhav at the International Court of Justice in Hague, charged only Re 1 as his fee to fight the case, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said in a tweet.

May 16, 2017

New France Visa Application Centre opened in Bengaluru

Alexandre Ziegler, Ambassador of France to India, inaugurated the new centre.

May 16, 2017

Modi govt turns 3: Congress calls NDA rule a disaster, lays out data to take on BJP's development narrative

Congress said Modi has failed to keep the '4 crore employment opportunities' promise.

May 16, 2017

Watch North Koreas latest missile launch that shows Pyongyangs progress toward ICBM

North Korea state-run television KRT, on 15 May, showed footage of the countrys latest ballistic missile launch, called Hwasong-12. Experts agree the missile fired on Sunday (14 May) was a new kind of weapon considerably different the earlier versions of Scud, Nodong, and Musudan. Japan fears the missile launch indicates a big advancement in North Koreas technological capabilities, while experts from 38 North, a US-based North Korean monitoring agency said in its analysis that Hwasong-12 demonstrates Pyongyang is close to fulfilling its ambition of developing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

May 16, 2017

I-T raids at 22 locations in Delhi-NCR in Rs 1,000-crore benami land deal case involving Lalu Prasad

The Income Tax department on Tuesday raided several locations over alleged benami deals to the tune of Rs 1,000 crores involving RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and others. Read to know more

May 16, 2017

Rajinikanth in politics: Superstar will translate his words into deeds, predicts astrologer

Rajinikanth will foray into politics and he will float a new party, according to an astrologer.

May 16, 2017

Presidential election 2017: Mamata & Nitish Kumar have changed their games

Mamata had refused to back Pranab Mukherjee in 2012 but ultimately did so after Mulayam left her embarrassed. This time, she is willing to back the incumbent, burying her personal preferences.

May 16, 2017

McMaster: Trump did not discuss sources, methods with Russias Lavrov

White House National Security Advisor HR McMaster has denied reports that US President Donald Trump had divulged classified information to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during his visit to the Oval Office. Trumps staff is working hard to reject the bombshell report released by The Washington Post on Monday (May 15) and also reported by the New York Times. In a brief appearance with reporters following the report, McMaster said: There is nothing that the President takes more seriously than the security of the American people. The story that came out tonight as reported is false. 

May 16, 2017

CBI raids houses of former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, son Karti in Chennai

A First Information Report (FIR) has also been registered against the former Indian finance minister in the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approval case of 2007-08.

May 16, 2017

May 16: Three years since Congress was reduced to 44 seats in a general election, its all-time low

The Congress, which has ruled India for most of the post-Independence period, could win just 44 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha election. The Gandhis were made irrelevant by the Narendra Modi wave on the day.

May 16, 2017

Flashback May 16, 2014: The day Narendra Modi's BJP painted the nation saffron

Today is the third anniversary of the emphatic victory the BJP had bagged in the Lok Sabha election of 2014. Why was it historical? IBT takes a look.

May 16, 2017

The fat cats get all the money: Watch disabled voter confront Theresa May over Disability Allowance

Theresa May was confronted on the general election campaign trail by an angry disabled voter in Oxfordshire, England, on Monday 15 May.Cathy, who bumped into the prime minister as she toured a local market, told May face-to-face that she wanted her Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to return.

May 15, 2017