Union minister Babul Supriyo on Wednesday faced massive protests and was asked to go back by a group of people when he arrived in South 24 Parganas district to take stock of the situation in areas hit by cyclone ''Bulbul''.
Welcoming the Supreme Court verdict on the disqualified MLAs, the Congress in Karnataka on Wednesday said it proves the BJP-led government in the state was "illegal" and sought its dismissal.
The Punjab government on Wednesday ordered dismissal of five employees of the Rural Development Department for their alleged involvement in the Rs 2.59 crore-MGNREGA scam.
The government has allowed migrants to change address on Aadhaar by giving self declaration, a move aimed at helping them open bank account and promote financial inclusion.
There is no need for the government to set up a new trust for the Ram Temple as directed by the Supreme Court because the Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas already exists, its president Mahant Nritya Gopal Das said on Wednesday.
A 50:50 power sharing formula that ended the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance could form the blueprint for the fresh political alignment that's under discussion in Maharashtra. A day after President's Rule was declared in the state, sources told NDTV that the Shiv Sena, Congress and Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party have come to a basic agreement, in which the surprise element could be the Congress.
Having a "stricter model" of disqualification for lawmakers who defy the party line will have a chilling effect on legitimate dissent and it cannot be accepted, the Supreme Court said Wednesday.
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police has arrested an auditor in connection with the alleged Rs 4,355 crore scam at the Punjab & Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank, an official said on Wednesday. This is the eighth arrest in the case.
With only a few pilgrims taking the Kartarpur Corridor to the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, Sikh body SGPC on Wednesday blamed the online registration process for the low turnout, asserting that the procedure should be simplified.
Maulana Arshad Madani, head of prominent Muslim body Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, on Wednesday said the community pursued the Ayodhya case for 70 years not because of land but for its right.
Edited by Revathi Hariharan | Wednesday November 13, 2019, New Delhi
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who often has people reaching out for the dictionary with his rich vocabulary and esoteric phrases, will be seen in a new role very soon: making people laugh.
Edited by Sumana Nandy | Wednesday November 13, 2019, New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached the Brazilian capital city to participate in the BRICS Summit on Wednesday. He tweeted about his meet with various world leaders and said he was hopeful that the summit "will enhance the economic and cultural linkages between the member nations". This is PM Modi's 6th year at the BRICS Summit.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Thursday its verdict on the criminal contempt plea filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi for wrongly attributing his "chowkidar chor hai" remark in Rafale case against Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the top court.
Days after footage of a Naga rebel leader's son and his bride posing with automatic rifles at their Dimapur wedding reception sparked a controversy in Nagaland, the state police today registered a case against them under the Arms Act.
