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The spar over 'shakti'

India, March 20 -- As the world's largest democracy, India's political landscape is shaped by a diverse array of cultural symbols and narratives, each carrying its socio-political significance. Politi... Read More


Paras resigns from Union Cabinet after BJP snub

NEW DELHI, March 20 -- Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras resigned on Tuesday as he accused the BJP of doing "injustice" with his Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party by excluding it from the seat-sharing ... Read More


Modi reaffirms India's commitment to combating piracy

NEW DELHI, March 20 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reaffirmed India's commitment to fight terrorism and piracy and safeguarding freedom of navigation in the Indian Ocean region in response... Read More


Former Indian Ambassador to US joins BJP

NEW DELHI, March 20 -- Two big shots, including former Indian Ambassador to the United States Taranjit Singh Sandhu, joined the BJP on Tuesday amid the possibility that he may be fielded in the Lok Sa... Read More


AIADMK clueless as BJP, PMK make alliance for LS polls

CHENNAI, March 20 -- As K Annamalai, the Tamil Nadu BJP chief drove down to the residence of Dr S Ramadoss, founder of the Vanniyar dominated Pattali Makkal Katchi to sign the electoral alliance for t... Read More


TMC calls for SC monitored Lok Sabha elections

Kolkata, March 20 -- Even as the Trinamool Congress and the BJP crossed swords on the electoral battlefield senior TMC leader and Rajya Sabha MP Derek O' Brien on Tuesday attacked the saffron outfit f... Read More


VBA walks out of MVA, but offers support to Congress on LS seats

Mumbai, March 20 -- In a major setback to the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) on Tuesday distanced itself from the MVA as an entity, but offer... Read More


Four Naxalites killed in police encounter

Mumbai, March 20 -- In an intelligence-based operation carried out in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls, the police and security forces gunned down four Maoists during an encounter in the naxalite-inf... Read More


Murshedy to hand over Gulshan-2 house to state: HC

Dhaka, March 20 -- The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered lawmaker Abdus Salam Murshedy to hand over Gulshan-2 house, which he occupied illegally, to the government terming it... Read More


New Delhi using its full might to defeat NC in Lok Sabha polls, claims Omar Abdullah

Srinagar, March 20 -- Former chief minister J&K Omar Abdullah Wednesday asserted that New Delhi is using its full might to defeat National Conference in upcoming Lok Sabha polls. He however said that ... Read More