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A 20-year-old man was arrested for claiming over the phone that a bomb had been planted at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, police said on Thursday, adding that the call later turned out to be a hoax.

The Congress in Punjab lurched into another crisis today after ex-state chief Sunil Jakhar sneered at the party for apparently forgetting former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's death anniversary.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's comments comparing India's democracy with Iraq under dictator Saddam Hussein and Libya's Muammar Gaddafi is an insult to the 80 crore voters in the country, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said today. The only time the country faced such a situation was during the Emergency (from 1975 to '77), said Mr Javadekar, with...

Although Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath had asked party workers to avoid wasteful expenditure on his 73rd birthday, the state woke up to full-page newspaper advertisements listing out his achievements on Monday anyway. Apart from the usual words of felicitation, it narrated an incident from over four decades ago that reportedly served to ...

Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi did yoga regularly, but their heirs did not continue that tradition, claimed yoga guru Ramdev, adding that the reason power has eluded them is because they don't do yoga.

"I haven't decided yet whether it should be a film or a web series, but that will take a while anyway," said Vidya Balan

On Sunday, Nirmala Sitharaman became the first woman in the country to hold the defence portfolio as a full-time minister. Before her, Indira Gandhi handled the portfolio as Prime Minister nearly three decades ago. Ms Sitharaman's elevation has prompted a delightful tribute from Amul.

A film on the Emergency titled "Indu Sarkar" must be screened for the Congress ahead of its release this month, party leader Sanajay Nirupam has said, adding that the Congress would like to "ensure that our leaders are not shown in a bad light".

Amid spate of desertions and switchovers, the Congress rubbished rumours that senior leader Kamal Nath was planning to join the BJP. It said that the BJP is running a campaign to malign Congress leaders and hit the morale of the party. He added that -be it from 1977 to 1980 (the period after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared Emergency) or bet...

Government had spent Rs 4.79 crore and Rs 2.46 crore on print media advertisements in 2011 on the birth anniversaries of former Prime Ministers Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi respectively. The details were provided in Rajya Sabha by Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting C M Jatua in a reply to a question.

On her 27th death anniversary, Indira Gandhi was everywhere in the papers - thanks to the government, which according to some estimates, spent five crores across different ministries in full page ads dedicated to her.

There were full-page ads in papers in every metro and in several smaller stories all wishing Indira Gandhi a Happy Birthday.

A 20-year-old man was arrested for claiming over the phone that a bomb had been planted at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, police said on Thursday, adding that the call later turned out to be a hoax.

The Congress in Punjab lurched into another crisis today after ex-state chief Sunil Jakhar sneered at the party for apparently forgetting former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's death anniversary.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's comments comparing India's democracy with Iraq under dictator Saddam Hussein and Libya's Muammar Gaddafi is an insult to the 80 crore voters in the country, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said today. The only time the country faced such a situation was during the Emergency (from 1975 to '77), said Mr Javadekar, with...

Although Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath had asked party workers to avoid wasteful expenditure on his 73rd birthday, the state woke up to full-page newspaper advertisements listing out his achievements on Monday anyway. Apart from the usual words of felicitation, it narrated an incident from over four decades ago that reportedly served to ...

Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi did yoga regularly, but their heirs did not continue that tradition, claimed yoga guru Ramdev, adding that the reason power has eluded them is because they don't do yoga.

"I haven't decided yet whether it should be a film or a web series, but that will take a while anyway," said Vidya Balan

On Sunday, Nirmala Sitharaman became the first woman in the country to hold the defence portfolio as a full-time minister. Before her, Indira Gandhi handled the portfolio as Prime Minister nearly three decades ago. Ms Sitharaman's elevation has prompted a delightful tribute from Amul.

A film on the Emergency titled "Indu Sarkar" must be screened for the Congress ahead of its release this month, party leader Sanajay Nirupam has said, adding that the Congress would like to "ensure that our leaders are not shown in a bad light".

Amid spate of desertions and switchovers, the Congress rubbished rumours that senior leader Kamal Nath was planning to join the BJP. It said that the BJP is running a campaign to malign Congress leaders and hit the morale of the party. He added that -be it from 1977 to 1980 (the period after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared Emergency) or bet...

Government had spent Rs 4.79 crore and Rs 2.46 crore on print media advertisements in 2011 on the birth anniversaries of former Prime Ministers Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi respectively. The details were provided in Rajya Sabha by Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting C M Jatua in a reply to a question.

On her 27th death anniversary, Indira Gandhi was everywhere in the papers - thanks to the government, which according to some estimates, spent five crores across different ministries in full page ads dedicated to her.

There were full-page ads in papers in every metro and in several smaller stories all wishing Indira Gandhi a Happy Birthday.