New Delhi/Lucknow, Aug 17 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Monday sought from the centre Rs.1,503 crore for building a metalled road along the 600-km porous border the...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Monday demanded Rs.2,000 crore from the central government to purchase power for the drought hit areas of the state....More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) After creating a storm by his praise of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh Monday clammed up on the subject dur...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) A Delhi court Monday issued a non-bailable warrant against cricketer-turned-politician and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Kirti Azad in a case relating t...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Election Commission Monday met petitioners who have filed cases in courts across the country challenging the efficacy of electronic voting machines (E...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Election Commission Monday censured Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa for violating the model code of conduct by promising loans to farmers in...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambram Monday said the Americans had 'overdone it' by detaining Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan for two hours at Newark airport in...More

Amethi, Aug 17 (IANS) Congress general secretary and MP from Amethi Rahul Gandhi Monday visited a nursery school, sat on the ground with children and and chatted with them for an ...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Three months after the Maharashtra government-appointed probe panel identified police lapses during the 26/11 terror attacks, Chief Minister Ashok Chavan ...More

Shimla, Aug 17 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh has requested the central government to fully reimburse security-related expenditure and sought special funds for strengthening intelligence...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The government's policies on dealing with Pakistan on the issue of terrorism lacked clarity, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said here Monday. ...More

Panaji, Aug 17 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday criticised the ruling Congress-led coalition in Goa for delaying construction of the Mopa international airport in no...More

Chennai, Aug 17 (IANS) The by-polls to five Tamil Nadu assembly seats Tuesday will be recorded on a web camera, a poll panel official said Monday. Speaki...More

Chandigarh, Aug 17 (IANS) Radical Sikh groups of Punjab Monday presented a turban to state revenue official G.S. Benipal, who had stopped wearing one after being assaulted and str...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Karnataka Monday sought funds from the central government to set up and run a commando training centre in the state to tackle threat from Maoists and terr...More