Kurian Joseph said collegium was ‘dictatorial’
Justice Kurian JosephIn a scathing attack on the collegium system, Justice Kurian Joseph who concurred with the main Supreme Court judgment on Friday quashing the NJAC law, said the dictatorial...
View ArticleCongress loses hope and will to fight for its revival in Uttar Pradesh
The Congress in Uttar Pradesh seems to be losing the will to fight and revive itself.The party is mired in factionalism and sunk into the realms of despondency. The party leaders refuse to take...
View ArticleRetired Indian Forest Service officer linked to Vyapam found dead
A retired Indian Forest Service officer, who served as observer in some Vyapam recruitment tests in Madhya Pradesh, where a scam on it is being probed by CBI, was found dead on the railway track near...
View ArticleAkali MP: Dadri lynching case a shame
Describing the Dadri lynching case as a “shame” for the country, NDA ally Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday said what happened after that was “damaging the Prime Minister more than anybody else.”...
View ArticleUddhav Thackeray in a dilemma over BJP
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray is experiencing a situation similar to what Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has already experienced in continuing the alliance with the BJP in the post Atal-Advani...
View ArticleSonia Gandhi slams BJP for bid to ‘impose’ ideology
Congress president Sonia Gandhi during an election rally in Buxar on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)Gandhi: DNA remark by Modi an insult to entire state Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP,...
View ArticleAs BJP, Shiv Sena ties sour, Sharad Pawar hosts Arun Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and NCP leader Sharad Pawar. (Photo: PTI)Union finance minister Arun Jaitley’s Baramati visit on Saturday might be an indication of the emergence of new permutations and...
View ArticlePakistan’s ISI shifts focus to ‘local’ terror
Pakistan’s ISI has shifted focus from cross-border terror outfits to extending covert support to local terrorist outfits in Jammu and Kashmir, putting security agencies on their toes. The strategy to...
View ArticleNJAC Bill: Congress hints it won’t back govt revision
The main Opposition Congress party on Saturday ruled out supporting any “adventurism” by the Centre on the issue of the National Judicial Appointments Commission and indicated it would not support any...
View ArticleNepal Deputy Prime Minister on 3-day visit to India
Nepal Deputy PM Kamal Thapa (centre) arrives at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: AP)Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa arrived here on Saturday to hold talks...
View ArticleBJP to carpet-bomb Bihar with PM rallies
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)Party claims big victory lies ahead The BJP, in an attempt to counter the resurgent “grand secular alliance” in Bihar, has restructured its campaign strategies....
View ArticleStock limits on pulses to check prices, halt hoarding
The government on Friday imposed stock limits on pulses held by licenced food processors, importers, exporters as well as large departmental retailers. This move was taken in a bid to prevent hoarding...
View ArticleVasundhara Raje government cancels 601 mine licences, new auction likely
Union Minister of Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari with Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje launch mobile app. -PTIIn a surprise move, the Vasundhara Raje government in Rajasthan cancelled 601...
View ArticleJ&K Valley protests after trucker death
Police use teargas smoke to disperse protestors as Kashmiri Muslim villagers gather. (Photo: PTI)Parts of the Kashmir Valley erupted Sunday after 23-year-old Zahid Rasool Butt, part of the crew of a...
View Article1st arrest made in Himachal Pradesh lynching, hunt on for 4 others
The Himachal Pradesh police on Sunday claimed to have arrested one of the five people accused of lynching an alleged cow smuggler two days back and said the remaining would be nabbed soon.One of the...
View ArticleDisqualify any convicted MP, MLA fast: Election Commission
Observing that delays in some cases allowed elected representatives to illegally continue as MP or MLA, the Election Commission asked Parliament and the state legislatures to promptly notify the...
View ArticleArun Jaitley: Democracy can’t be ‘tyranny of unelected’
Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and I & B, Arun Jaitley receives a memento. (Photo: PTI)‘Erroneous logic’ behind SC ruling: FM Terming as “erroneous lo-gic” the Supreme Court’s...
View ArticleDadri lynching: Amit Shah reprimand for Manohar Lal Khattar, few others
BJP National President Amit Shah addressing an election rally in Naxal-hit Gurua in Gaya. (Photo: PTI)Mantris, MPs making controversial remarks warned of BJP’s ‘displeasure’ In a somewhat belated move...
View Article3 held for desecration of holy book in Punjab
Two granthis and a woman were arrested in connection with cases of desecration of the holy book of the Sikhs in Punjab where activists of various outfits blocked roads and highways at several places to...
View ArticleCongress: Jairam Ramesh age remark is frivolous
The Congress on Monday dismissed as “frivolous” remarks by party MP Jairam Ramesh that time was up for leaders above the age of 60, with Mr Rahul Gandhi bringing a new team when he takes over as party...
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