Politics

Vijayawada: RSS on Wednesday hit out at Union Home Minister Sushil kumar Shinde for his letter to state governments about ensuring that innocent Muslim youth were not detained in terror cases, saying it was "against the principle of secularism".

Mumbai: The Samajwadi Party's Maharashtra unit on Tuesday demanded a re-investigation of Pune's German Bakery terror attack by National Investigation Agency in view of recent claims by blast convict Mirza Himayat Baig.

Decrying the hike in diesel prices as "unjustified" action, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday demanded its roll back and withdrawal of powers granted to oil companies to regulate fuel prices.

Slamming Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Monday said the BJP leader's attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the purported "dehati aurat" remark shows that he does not like village women and likened him to a "parrot" who...

New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has claimed to have received donations ranging from Rs 10 to lakhs from rickshaw pullers to traders to NRIs to help it fight the Delhi assembly polls and bring a ‘corruption-free’ administration.

YSRCP deputy floor leader Sobha Nagi Reddy said the present crisis needs a solution and leaders signing a one-line resolution could help.

Patna: A CBI court in Ranchi will pronounce its judgement on Monday in the multi-crore fodder scam, in which RJD chief Lalu Prasad, if convicted, will face immediate disqualification as a Lok Sabha member.

Omar Abdullah said talks were the only means of resolving the issues between India and Pakistan.

The Union Cabinet had on Tuesday cleared an ordinance which allows convicted and jailed MPs and MLAs to contest elections.

Bhavesh Patel has also named Digvijaya Singh, Minister of State for Home RPN Singh and Coal Minister Sri Prakash Jaiswal.

A CBI official said Murthy was arrested and remanded to judicial custody till October 3.

Bangalore: BJP plans to charge Rs 10 from party workers who want to attend the proposed public rally of the outfit's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Banglore next month.

Singh will lead a party delegation to President Pranab Mukherjee to press for the Centre's intervention on the issue.

Files on meetings on mega projects given to corporate giants like Reliance Power and Tata Sponge and Iron are reportedly untraceable.

New Delhi: Accusing the BJP of trying to "mislead" people to win the assembly polls, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday said the party's promise of slashing electricity rates by 30 per cent if voted to power was not possible unless they cut the supp...

Rajnath Singh brushing aside Advani's strong opposition went ahead and named Modi as the face of the party for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.