New Delhi | 2 days ago
Lok Sabha adjourned over Telangana
New Delhi, April 30 - The Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon Monday over the vexed issue of carving out a separate Telangana state from Andhra Pradesh.As soon as the house met at 11 a.m., the members of Telangana Rashtra Samithi - came to the well of the house holding placards and shouting slogans, We want Telangana and Jai Telangana.Despite the repeated requests of Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar to ... read more

Dhaka | 7 days ago
Bangladeshi editor gets death threat
Dhaka, April 24 - The editor of a Bangladeshi daily has received death threats from unidentified people for publishing reports on a missing leader of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party -.Golam Sarwar, editor of Bangla daily Shamokal, filed a police complaint Monday, the Daily Star reported Tuesday.A police officer said the journalist mentioned in the complaint that unidentified callers is ... read more

New Delhi | 7 days ago
Settle defamation case, court tells Dikshit, BJP leader
New Delhi, April 24 - The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Bharatiya Janata Party - leader Vijendra Gupta to settle out of court their defamation case in an amicable and responsible manner within two weeks.Justice Kailash Gambhir asked the lawyers appearing for Dikshit and Gupta to sit together and solve the issue out of court and posted the matter for May 8. The pe ... read more

Kolkata | 9 days ago
Of toilets and Mamataspeak
Kolkata, April 22 - Soon after taking over the reins of West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had referred to the plight of travellers - particularly women - on the highways, which have a negligible number of public toilets. Eleven months into office, her government has embarked on a massive project to ease the problem.As part of the scheme, 65 two-storey motels will be set up 30-40 km apart ... read more

Kolkata | 11 days ago
Mamata's secretariat official evading arrest: CPI-M
Kolkata, April 20 - West Bengal's Communist Party of India-Marxist - Friday alleged that an official at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's secretariat was not being arrested despite a non-bailable case against him and was using his clout to subvert the legal process.There is an official at the CM's secretariat who has an FIR against his name for some non-bailable offence. But he is not being arreste ... read more

Kolkata | 18 days ago
Jadavpore professor arrested for Mamata cartoons, granted bail
Kolkata, April 13 - A Jadavpore University professor was arrested for allegedly circulating defamatory cartoons of some Trinamool Congress leaders including West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, attracting widespread criticism from all quarters.Ambikesh Mahapatra, a professor of physical chemistry, in his 50s, later claimed he had sent the mail for pure fun to his friends.Mahapatra alleged h ... read more

New Delhi | 1 month ago
Congress attacks BJP over CAG report indicting Modi government
New Delhi, March 30 - With a Comptroller and Auditor General of India report alleging financial irregularities worth thousands of crores of rupees by the Narendra Modi government in Gujarat, the Congress Friday trained its guns at the Bharatiya Janata Party and said loot in state feeds the party's central leadership.The BJP tolerates Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as he feeds the party's cen ... read more

New Delhi | 1 month ago
India to continue to engage with Norway on NRI siblings
New Delhi, March 29 - The government Thursday said it would continue to engage with Norwegian authorities on the issue of Indian siblings, Abhigyan and Aishwarya, who have been taken into foster care in the Scandinavian country on grounds of alleged negligence by their parents.The government will continue to engage with Norwegian authorities on this matter. We hope this is only a temporary delay, ... read more

New Delhi | 1 month ago
Congress not interested in strong Lokpal: BJP
New Delhi, March 23 - The Bharatiya Janata Party - Friday accused the Congress of not being serious about getting the Lokpal bill passed.We want the - bill to be passed, but the Congress is not willing to pass the bill because there is no real intention to fight corruption, BJP Rajya Sabha member Prakash Javadekar said shortly before the prime minister began an all-party meeting on the Lokpal bill ... read more

New Delhi | 1 month ago
BJP's NCTC amendment defeated
New Delhi, March 19 - The Bharatiya Janata Party's - amendment on the controversial anti-terror intelligence hub was defeated in the Lok Sabha Monday after the opposition pressed for a vote on the issue.The amendment regarding the National Counter Terrorism Centre - was moved by BJP's Sushma Swaraj who is also the leader of the opposition in the house.At least 125 members voted for the amendment a ... read more