K Siddaramaiah sworn-in as Karnataka Chief Minister

BANGALORE The Congress celebrated its Karnataka victory with a massive oath-taking ceremony for new Chief Minister K Siddaramaiah at Bangalore’s ...

MP polls: Jyotiraditya Scindia’s name doing rounds for CM post if Congress wins

BHOPAL With Madhya Pradesh slated to go for Assembly elections later this year, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia appears to be ...

Prthviraj Chavan is an incompetent Chief Minister: Raj Thackeray

JALNA Coming down heavily on the state government, Thackeray said various organisations are opening fodder camps for animals and distributing ...

Opposition uproar forces early end to Kerala Assembly session

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The political turmoil over K.B. Ganesh Kumar’s resignation from the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government rocked the Kerala ...

6 defence witnesses cross examined in Jaya case;case adjourned

BANGALORE The Special Court, trying the disproportionate asset case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, was adjourned till tomorrow ...

15 special teams formed to crack Hyderabad blasts case

HYDERABAD Fifteen special teams have been set up to crack the Dilsukhnagar twin blasts case even as the Andhra Pradesh ...

‘Media houses trying to tarnish Mamata’s image’

KOLKATA Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Roy on Monday came out in full defence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata ...

Speaker finally accepts resignations of 12 MLAs

BANGALORE Speaker K.G. Bopaiah on Tuesday accepted the resignations of 12 of the 13 Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs owing allegiance ...

Congress blackmailed Yeddyurappa to join KJP: Ananth Kumar

BANGALORE Bharatiya Janata Party national general secretary Ananth Kumar on Monday suspected that the former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, who ...

Delhi gang-rape protests: Chief Minister meets PM, demands enhanced punishment in rape cases

NEW DELHI Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit tonight met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed with him the prevailing situation ...

Narendra Modi to be sworn in as Chief Minister on Dec 26

AHMEDABAD Narendra Modi, who posted a resounding victory in the Assembly elections, will be sworn in as Gujarat Chief Minister ...

Akali Dal protests over park not named after 1984 riot victims

NEW DELHI Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) activists staged a demonstration outside the residence of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit here on ...

Challenges ahead for the stoic Chavan as his term ends

MUMBAI When Prithviraj Chavan took over as Chief Minister of Maharashtra in the wake of the Adarsh Society scam in ...

BSY to appoint expelled BJP leader V Dhananjay as interim president of his party

NEW DELHI  Former BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa is set to appoint expelled party leader V Dhananjay as the interim president ...

Yeddyurappa firm on leaving BJP, to form his own party in December

BANGALORE Rebel leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has reiterated that the question of him remaining in the ...

‘Big fat’ wedding of congress Minister’s daughter stirs controversy

VISAKHAPATNAM Controversy is not new to Andhra Pradesh Transport Minister and state Congress president Botsa Satyanarayana. Botsa, who has been ...

Badal demands more share from revenue collection from union government

HOSHIARPUR Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has said that the Union government must impartially disburse the taxes collected from states ...

Let probe reveal truth, says Kulkarni on Gadkari

BANGALORE Strongly defending Bharatiya Janata Party national president Nitin Gadkari, who has been accused of dubiously funding companies promoted by ...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav gets NSG security cover

NEW DELHI The Centre has extended a Z+ security cover of National Security Guards (NSG) commandos to Uttar Pradesh Chief ...

At Nitish Kumar’s rally, chairs thrown in air, slippers hurled too

PATNA Angry protesters hurled slippers and even threw a plastic chair in the air at a rally addressed by Bihar ...

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