Politics

Beijing braces for international ire at Asia-Europe Meeting over South China Sea claims

Chinese media warned the military to prepare for 'counter attack' if American warships holds military exercises in the disputed region.

Jul 15, 2016

Nuclear weapon details exempted from RTI query ambit

The Strategic Forces Command has been added to the list of 25 organisations excluded from the purview of the RTI Act.

Jul 14, 2016

Floor test likely in Arunachal Pradesh; Nabam Tuki struggling to prove majority

Kalikho Pul is confident that he has more number of members rallying with him.

Jul 14, 2016

Theresa May takes over as UK prime minister; Boris Johnson takes charge as foreign secretary

Cameron had to resign as the people went against his line and voted for exiting the European Union in a referendum in June.

Jul 13, 2016

Kashmir: Hurriyat leaders Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Syed Ali Shah Geelani held, put under house detention

The two were arrested for attempting to defy curfew orders. The death toll in the valley, meanwhile, increased to 35.

Jul 13, 2016

Maharashtra poll panel cancels registration of Akbaruddin Owaisi's AIMIM

The Maharashtra State Election Commission has cancelled the registration of 191 regional political parties.

Jul 13, 2016

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections: Here's what Congress expects from new state unit chief Raj Babbar

The Congress is looking for its lost spark in a politically important state dominated by the SP and the BSP.

Jul 13, 2016

Arunachal Pradesh: SC quashes governor's orders, reinstates Congress government

The Congress has demanded that Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa, who had dismissed the Nabam Tuki-led government, should resign.

Jul 13, 2016

J&K: CM Mufti blames 'vested interests' for Kashmir unrest

She also appealed to parents not to allow anyone to play with their children's future.

Jul 13, 2016

Mini cabinet reshuffle: Najma Heptulla resigns, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi promoted and other changes

The Narendra Modi government had enacted a big Cabinet reshuffle only a week ago.

Jul 13, 2016

South China Sea dispute: UN Tribunal rules that China has no exclusive rights to islands

United Nations International Tribunal has ruled that China has violated the Philippines' sovereign rights and also caused "severe harm to the coral reef environment" by building artificial islands.

Jul 12, 2016

Kashmir: India asks Pakistan to 'refrain', just as Musharraf told Vajpayee Govt to 'lay off'

Fifteen years after former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf asked India to "lay off" from Afghanistan, India is asking Pakistan to "refrain" over Kashmir.

Jul 12, 2016

Kerala: Political violence kills CPI(M), BJP workers in 12 hours

Both the workers were hacked to death in their homes near Payyannur.

Jul 12, 2016

Theresa May to be UK prime minister as David Cameron resigns on Wednesday

Cameron, the Labour party leader, who had urged his country to vote against Brexit, has been compelled to go as people voted for it.

Jul 12, 2016

World Population Day: This time it's for the rights of teenage girls, like child brides in India [PHOTOS]

When teenage girls are empowered, when they know about their rights and are given the tools to succeed, they become agents of positive change.

Jul 11, 2016