Malini Chatterji

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is clearly thrilled to be back in his home state. After sailing through a trust vote in the Goa assembly on Thursday afternoon Mr Parrikar told NDTV that while he had no complaints being the country's defence minister, it was "quite problematic health-wise to stay in Delhi."

Manohar Parrikar, who resigned over the weekend as Defence Minister, won his trust vote today to remain Goa's new Chief Minister.

A student from Arunachal Pradesh was allegedly assaulted in Bengaluru by his landlord who, according to him, also forced him to lick his shoes for using excessive water, the police said.

BJP chief Amit Shah will take a final call on who would be the Chief Minister in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand - the two states the party won - and Manipur and Goa, where it is trying to stitch together a majority.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed the party workers after the said the strength of the poor and the aspirations of the middle class will take India to new heights. His televised address to party workers comes a day after the BJP won a sweeping victory in the crucial assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh - considered the semi-final before t...

The BJP is set to retain Goa and its most popular leader in the state, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, will likely take oath as Chief Minister of the picturesque coastal state tomorrow, sources have said.

With the BJP in need of seven seats to form the government in Goa, its top leaders Nitin Gadkari and Manohar Parrikar are meeting now at a five-star in the picturesque coastal state with people who could help close that gap. Mr Parrikar, who is Defence Minister, was selected this morning by the party's legislators in Goa as their choice for Chief ...

Expelled BJP leader Dayashankar Singh, who had been expelled for abusing Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has been reinstated by the party. Mr Singh, a prominent leader from Ballia was the vice president of the party's state unit before he was expelled in July last year.

Terming the bailable warrant issued against him by a seven-judge Supreme Court bench 'wrong', Calcutta High Court Justice CS Karnan today said the order should not be executed against him.

Will Uttar Pradesh, which has witnessed long stretches of political instability and fractured verdicts, pick a clear winner like the last two assembly elections? Votes will be counted from 8 am on Saturday in India's most politically crucial state, where the results will be seen as an indicator for the 2019 national election.

An Egyptian believed to be the world's heaviest woman has successfully undergone weight-loss surgery after losing over 100 kgs, said doctors in Mumbai today.

An Indian citizen has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiring to support terrorist attacks in India, including assassination of an Indian government official, as part of the Khalistan movement to create an independent Sikh state.

China's Foreign Ministry called the Dalai Lama a "deceptive actor" on Tuesday, after the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said in an interview that Chinese hardliners have parts of their brains missing.

For two months, seven girls were drawn out of their orphanage in Kerala, threatened and sexually assaulted by a group of six young men.

Amid the chants of "Bham Bham Bhole", the registration of pilgrims for this year's pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine has begun for both Baltal and Chandanwari routes on Wednesday. This year's pilgrimage will begin simultaneously on both the routes from June 29 and end on Raksha Bandhan (August 7).

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is clearly thrilled to be back in his home state. After sailing through a trust vote in the Goa assembly on Thursday afternoon Mr Parrikar told NDTV that while he had no complaints being the country's defence minister, it was "quite problematic health-wise to stay in Delhi."

Manohar Parrikar, who resigned over the weekend as Defence Minister, won his trust vote today to remain Goa's new Chief Minister.

A student from Arunachal Pradesh was allegedly assaulted in Bengaluru by his landlord who, according to him, also forced him to lick his shoes for using excessive water, the police said.

BJP chief Amit Shah will take a final call on who would be the Chief Minister in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand - the two states the party won - and Manipur and Goa, where it is trying to stitch together a majority.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed the party workers after the said the strength of the poor and the aspirations of the middle class will take India to new heights. His televised address to party workers comes a day after the BJP won a sweeping victory in the crucial assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh - considered the semi-final before t...

The BJP is set to retain Goa and its most popular leader in the state, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, will likely take oath as Chief Minister of the picturesque coastal state tomorrow, sources have said.

With the BJP in need of seven seats to form the government in Goa, its top leaders Nitin Gadkari and Manohar Parrikar are meeting now at a five-star in the picturesque coastal state with people who could help close that gap. Mr Parrikar, who is Defence Minister, was selected this morning by the party's legislators in Goa as their choice for Chief ...

Expelled BJP leader Dayashankar Singh, who had been expelled for abusing Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has been reinstated by the party. Mr Singh, a prominent leader from Ballia was the vice president of the party's state unit before he was expelled in July last year.

Terming the bailable warrant issued against him by a seven-judge Supreme Court bench 'wrong', Calcutta High Court Justice CS Karnan today said the order should not be executed against him.

Will Uttar Pradesh, which has witnessed long stretches of political instability and fractured verdicts, pick a clear winner like the last two assembly elections? Votes will be counted from 8 am on Saturday in India's most politically crucial state, where the results will be seen as an indicator for the 2019 national election.

An Egyptian believed to be the world's heaviest woman has successfully undergone weight-loss surgery after losing over 100 kgs, said doctors in Mumbai today.

An Indian citizen has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiring to support terrorist attacks in India, including assassination of an Indian government official, as part of the Khalistan movement to create an independent Sikh state.

China's Foreign Ministry called the Dalai Lama a "deceptive actor" on Tuesday, after the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said in an interview that Chinese hardliners have parts of their brains missing.

For two months, seven girls were drawn out of their orphanage in Kerala, threatened and sexually assaulted by a group of six young men.

Amid the chants of "Bham Bham Bhole", the registration of pilgrims for this year's pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine has begun for both Baltal and Chandanwari routes on Wednesday. This year's pilgrimage will begin simultaneously on both the routes from June 29 and end on Raksha Bandhan (August 7).