Politics

Our govt will fix law and order first, says UP CM

The administration will be made accountable and answerable and there won't be any discrimination, Adityanath said.

Mar 19, 2017

Manipur economic blockade to be lifted from midnight

BJP government delivers on promise of lifting three-month long economic blockade that affected Imphal.

Mar 19, 2017

No Jat agitation in Delhi on Monday, says Haryana CM Khattar

The leader of the Jat agitation, Yashpal Malik, confirmed that there would be no agitation in Delhi on Monday.

Mar 19, 2017

Arvind Kejriwal takes credit for Captain Amarinder Singh's decision to ban beacons, introduce Lokpal Bill in Punjab

Captain Amarinder Singh chaired his first Cabinet meeting on Friday following which he announced a series of decisions taken by Congress-led Punjab government.

Mar 19, 2017

Who is Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath?

Adityanath was born as Ajay Singh Bisht in Garhwal. He took deeksha and changed his name.

Mar 19, 2017

Kim Jong-un oversees North Koreas high-thrust rocket engine test

North Korea has tested a new high-thrust rocket engine. Leader Kim Jong-un personally monitored the test calling it a new birth of North Korea’s rocket industry. The rocket engine could be used for long-range missiles. Recently, the U.S. and China agreed to persuade North Korea to move away from its weapons programmes.

Mar 19, 2017

Nicola Sturgeon hits out at Theresa May and promises IndyRef2 will go ahead

Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has told British Prime Minister Theresa May that Scotlands future must be Scotlands choice at the SNP Spring Conference in Aberdeen on 18 March.

Mar 19, 2017

Yogi Adityanath oath-taking ceremony: Spiritual guru sworn in as UP Chief Minister; Mohsin Raza only Muslim face in Cabinet

In a first, state BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya and Lucknow Mayor Dinesh Sharma — were sworn in as deputy chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh. PM Narendra Modi is also attending the ceremony.

Mar 19, 2017

Jat quota agitation: Protests turn violent in Haryana's Fatehabad district; Roads to avoid in Delhi-NCR

Yashpal Malik, the leader of the All-India Jat Aarakshan Sangarsh Samiti (AIJASS), agreed to meet Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar along with 20-30 protesters at noon on Sunday to have a one-on-one dialogue.

Mar 19, 2017

Indus Waters Treaty: India-Pakistan expected to discuss five hydro projects at Permanent Indus Commission meet starting March 20

The Permanent Indus Commission is a bilateral commission comprising Indian and Pakistani officials who have been given the task to implement and manage goals of the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960.

Mar 19, 2017

Yogi Adityanath is UP chief minister: 5 things that may happen now

Yogi Adityanath is a firebrand leader, but will his style of leadership court controversy in UP?

Mar 19, 2017

Two Indian clerics, who went missing in Pakistan, have been found

The two clerics of Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah were reportedly found in a remote village of Sindh province with no mobile connectivity.

Mar 19, 2017

G20 financial leaders acquiesce to U.S., drop free trade pledge

G20 finance ministers and central bankers made a token reference to trade in their communique, a clear defeat for host nation Germany, which fought the new U.S. government's attempts to water down past commitments.

Mar 19, 2017

Gordon Brown proposes third option for Scotlands proposed independence referendum

After the success of his vow proposal in 2014, former British prime minister Gordon Brown is rehashing the idea of an alternative third option for Scotland, as the country gears up for another independence referendum.

Mar 18, 2017

Yogi Adityanath picked as UP chief minister: How BJP ruined all the good work it did last week

Just when the BJP top brass was giving signals that the party looked beyond its traditional Hindutva politics in a changing India, its pick of the hardliner took it back by 25 years.

Mar 18, 2017