On the 130th birth anniversary of the country's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, leaders from across the political spectrum paid homage to him. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in Brazil on an official visit, said in a tweet: "Tributes to our former PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth ...
Five days after the Supreme Court announced its verdict on the Ayodhya issue, Mohammad Umar, son of one of the first Muslim litigants, has said that he is ready to file a review petition after an approval from All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), an apex body of the community. ...
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former state president, Laxmikant Bajpai, has informed the Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh about the misuse of the Prime Minister's Ayushman Yojana which guarantees free health care to the poor. ...
Four assistant engineers suffered serious burn injuries in a blast in the turbine generator unit of 500 MW Anpara D thermal power station in Uttar Pradesh's Sonebhadra district. The incident happened on Wednesday evening. The four engineers injured in the blast were identified as Arvind Singh, Varun ...
India has strongly condemned a fake letter circulating in Bangladesh's local media claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed it to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, congratulating the five-judge Supreme Court bench for "their stupendous contribution to Hindu Rashtra". ...
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is all set for a new role in life. The former diplomat, who has been a successful author and whose rich English vocabulary often has people scurrying for the dictionary, is now in the mood to give stand-up comedy a shot. ...
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Wednesday welcomed the State Lokayukta's directive asking all the State government employees to declare their assets and liabilities, including those held by spouses and children "Transparency should be there in the system. If such a decision is taken then I...
President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday appointed Wanlura Diengdoh, a senior judicial officer, as a judge of the Meghalaya High Court with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office. Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq would administer Diengdoh the oath of office and ...
BJP leader Ram Madhav on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court judgment on Sabarimala, saying that since it has not upheld last year's order allowing entry of women of all ages into the temple, the Kerala government should "not precipitate the matter"....
The Supreme Court on Thursday referred the issue of entry of women into Sabarimala temple and other religious places to a larger seven-judge bench....
