Goa will not insist on Aadhar card initially: Parikkar

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday asked people living in iron ore rich belt to decrease their dependence on mining and instead look for alternate modes of employment.

India, March 16 -- At half-past seven on a balmy November evening in 2012, Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar Dressed in a striped maroon shirt, khakis and sandals, Parrikar, 57, is short and of medium build. He exudes a sense of confidence, ...

The BJP may feel vindicated by the fact that all of the media is now commenting unfavourably on the weakness of the PM, including his complicity in the Coalgate scam if not 2G, but this can be little more than schadenfreude. The truth is not just ...

Hit by infighting and a three-way split, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, which came to power for the first time in Karnataka by riding on a sympathy wave in 2008, is now fighting for survival. It appears that the BJP's best case scenario is a ...

The Congress and the BJP are roping in their chief ministers in other States to campaign for the May 5 elections. The chief ministers are campaigning in constituencies where there are good number of voters speaking the language of their states. Maharastra ...

Politicians from the neighbouring states have never been popular in Karnataka's border areas given the controversies over language and water, but with polling due in two weeks, they are pouring into the state to campaign in favour of their parties.

Both the Congress and the BJP were equally responsible for promoting casinos in Goa, although both parties opposed these when in opposition, a recently declassified US diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks claims. The cable, part of the US ...

One such development is the reported effort of Janata Dal (United) to get the BJP, its ally in Bihar and in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), to announce its Prime Ministerial candidate in advance. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, whose antipathy ...

Almost 1.5 lakh students in 12th standard from government schools in Punjab have been promised free tablets. Education Minister Sikandar Singh Maluka recently announced that the Punjab government will provide free tablets to these students in the ...