Jaitley, Prasad, scribe Kumar Ketkar file nominations for RS p...

A bust of Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee was vandalised in Kolkata on Wednesday, allegedly by Left supporters, an obvious act of retribution following the razing of statues of Soviet icon Vladimir Illyich Lenin in Tripura, officials said. A statue of Dalit icon Dr B R Ambedkar was also vandalised and replaced later in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh, amid the ongoing spate of incidents targeting statues and busts of known figures across the country. IMAGE: A police official along ...

Seven Union ministers including Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar were declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha today, while the stage is set for the March 23 contest in six states, including Uttar Pradesh from where Finance Minister Arun Jaitley ...

Thiruvananthapuram: Congress in Kerala today named Babu Prasad as the UDF opposition candidate for the March 23 Rajya Sabha polls from the state. The name of Babu Prasad, KPCC General Secretary and a former legislator, has been cleared by Congress President ...

The Centre said his appointment may not be 'appropriate'.   IMAGE: In a ruling in 2016, Justice Joseph had cancelled President's rule in Uttarakhand and brought back the Congress government of Harish Rawat to power. Photograph: PTI Photo In a fresh confrontation with the judiciary, the government on Thursday told the Supreme Court collegium to reconsider its proposal to appoint Uttarakhand high court Chief Justice K M Joseph to the top court, saying the elevation may not be 'appropriate'.

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday IMAGE: PV Sindhu of India competes. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images After stupendous success at the recently-concluded Commonwealth Games, top Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal, P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth made positive starts to their campaign at the Asia Badminton Championship, in Wuhan, on Wednesday.   While Saina and Sindhu registered straight game victories over their respective rivals to enter the second ...

Expressing solidarity with the civil servants who held Prime Minister Narendra Modi responsible for the “terrifying state of affairs”, over 600 academicians and scholars, in an open letter, pointed out to the Prime Minister 'an undeniable association' of ...

After creating a flutter with their wedding, IAS couple Tina Dabi and Athar Amir Khan hosted a grand wedding reception in Delhi on Saturday. While the groom was wearing a golden sherwani with fetching pagdi, the bride was dressed in wine-coloured lehanga and ...

The hanging of Mazloom Ansari and 12 year old Imtiaz Khan in Jharkhand's Latehar has been one of the most grusome killings by Hindutva vigilantes in the country. But even two years after their murder, the trial has reached nowhere and the accused are all out ...

In an unprecedented show of solidarity thousands, may be lakhs, of activists who work for Dalit and Adivasi rights and supporters took to the streets in various cities across the country on Monday amid the call for an all-India shutdown. They were protesting ...