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Samajwadi Party MP links Hindu gods to alcohol, apologizes after uproar

New Delhi: A controversial remark by a Samajwadi Party (SP) leader against Hindu gods on July 19 triggered uproar in the Rajya Sabha,...

Smriti Irani gets I&B Ministry, NS Tomar given Urban Development Ministry

New Delhi: Following the resignation of Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Modi on July 18 made Smriti Irani Information and Broadcasting Minister and...

Vice Presidential poll: Venkaiah Naidu, Gopalkrishna Gandhi file nomination

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA vice presidential candidate Venkaiah Naidu and Opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi on July 18 filed their nominations in...

Mayawati quits Rajya Sabha after being disallowed to speak on Dalit atrocities

New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Supremo Mayawati on July 18 resigned from the Rajya Sabha, hours after she claimed she was not allowed...

Close to 99% voting in Presidential election; result on July 20

New Delhi: Voting to elect India’s 14th President ended at 5:00 p.m. on July 17 in Parliament House and state assemblies across the country...

Vice-Presidential elections: Venkaiah Naidu, a farmer’s son, is a fitting candidate, says PM Modi

New Delhi: Immediately after the announcement of Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu’s name as NDA’s Vice Presidential candidate, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, took to...

Presidential elections: BJP confident of Kovind’s victory, Opposition says Meira Kumar best choice in...

New Delhi: With the voting for India’s next President coming to an end, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on July 17 exuded confidence that...

Tejashwi Yadav should either tender resignation or get sacked: BJP

New Delhi: BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on July 17 said Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav...

VIP treatment to Sasikala: K’taka cop D Roopa transferred to traffic dept.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on July 17 transferred two top jail officials who were locked in a bitter public spat over allegations of "special"...

Bihar alliance rift: Don’t boast of 80 MLAs, come clean on graft charges, JD(U)...

PATNA: Amid growing rift within the members of the coalition government in Bihar, the JD(U) on July 14 mounted pressure on the RJD,...