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Eyeing social engineering revival, Mayawati plays Brahmin card

Lucknow, Feb. 26 -- In a sign that Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati is looking to revive her 2007 "social engineering" formula (Brahmin-Dalit alliance) to regain lost ground in the 2027 Uttar ... Read More


Five-day UP BarCouncil voting in Lucknowfrom March 11

Lucknow, Feb. 26 -- The high-power election committee of the Supreme Court on Wednesday approved for the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh election in Lucknow from March 11 to March 15. The voting will tak... Read More


ncert apologizes for chapter, to be rewritten

New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Wednesday said it will put the circulation of a new Class 8 Social Science textbook on "strict hold" on the d... Read More


SC stays criminal proceedings in ED case against Hemant Soren

New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted reprieve to Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren by staying the trial proceedings against him in a case lodged by the Enforcement Director... Read More


SC classifies Rooh Afza as 'fruit drink'

New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- For generations of Indians, a glass of ruby-red Rooh Afza has meant summer relief - stirred into cold water, milk or desserts, and served at iftar tables and family gatherings al... Read More


nehru's statue vandalised in assam's cachar hills, fir lodged

Guwahati, Feb. 26 -- Unidentified people pulled down a 10-foot statue of the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru at Pailapool in Assam's Cachar district, drawing condemnation from the Opposition Con... Read More


Cong demands high-level probe

VARANASI, Feb. 26 -- The city unit of the Congress party here on Wednesday staged a protest and submitted a memorandum to city magistrate Ravi Shankar Singh, demanding an impartial and high-level inve... Read More


'Puppet of foreign powers': Nabin slams Cong & Rahul

PATNA, Feb. 26 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Nabin on Wednesday lashed out at the Nehru-Gandhi family and accused them of pursuing a "compromised mission" that prioritised p... Read More


Six crucial bills in Bihar House today

PATNA, Feb. 26 -- Six more crucial Bills will be tabled in the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, in addition to four already placed on Tuesday, on Thursday during the ongoing Budget session, which ends on February ... Read More


Pension law violated, says Cong; Govt denies

Jaipur, Feb. 26 -- A sharp exchange took place in the Rajasthan Assembly during Zero Hour as Congress MLA from Bundi, Harimohan Sharma, raised the issue of social security pensions and accused the sta... Read More