A shutdown was underway on Thursday as huge protests rocked the region against the Andhra Pradesh government's proposal to develop three state capitals here. Farmers and other villagers, who had given their lands for development of Amaravati as the state capital, took to the streets in 29 villages, demanding...
Accusing Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray of completely ignoring the plight of farmers, the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members staged a walkout amid noisy scenes in the Maharashtra Assembly here on Thursday. Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis led the walkout raising slogans calling ...
The Democrat-led US House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to approve the impeachment against US President Donald Trump, Xinhua reported. ...
Accusing the BJP of running a fake video against her with regard to her stance against the new citizenship law, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday made a veiled reference to Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar saying it was "unfortunate" that some people occupying constitutional chairs were tweeting such footage....
Author, politician and diplomat Shashi Tharoor was among the 23 named on Wednesday for the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 for his book "An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India" in the creative non-fiction section in English category. ...
The government has violated several laws with the new Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the new law lacks the method to verify whether refugees are persecuted or not, according to the Congress here on Wednesday....
Four musicians from a band, Dastaan Live, performing at the Serendipity Arts Festival in Goa, were arrested on Wednesday and later released on bail for allegedly insulting Hindu sentiments....
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Executive President Hemanat Soren created a big controversy on Wednesday after he said that "men clad in saffron clothes marry less and rape more", inviting sharp reaction from the ruling BJ...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will examine the constitutional validity of the amended Citizenship Act, but refused to grant a stay on its operation. 59 petitions have been filed in the apex court challenging the Act, which will provide Indian citizenship to migrants from six non-Muslim communities of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. ...
New Delhi, Eminent author, politician and diplomat Shashi Tharoor was on Wednesday among the 23 writers named for the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 for his book ‘An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India in the creative non-fiction in English category....
