Mulayam Singh Yadav suggested on Tuesday that Parliament would be full of the sort of women who attract catcalls and whistles if the Women’s Reservation Bil was passed, sparking censure from across the political spectrum. “What can I say about the...

A day after he failed to turn up before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in connection with the Gulbarg Society massacre case of 2002, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today claimed that March 21 had not been fixed as the date for his...

The head of India’s ruling Congress party, Sonia Gandhi, cancelled two planned election rallies Wednesday in the country’s ethnic Tamil-dominated south, officials said. Party officials, however, denied the decision was sparked by security...

The President of Nepal, Ram Baran Yadav, has ordered the head of the army to remain in office despite his dismissal by the prime minister. President Yadav said the sacking of General Rookmangud Katawal, who refused to integrate former rebel fighters...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the setting up of six fast track courts (FTCs) to try the 2002 Godhra and post-Godhra riot cases in Gujarat and vacated its 2003 order staying the trial. A Bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat, P. Sathasivam...

Two days of continuous congressional hearings on the Obama administration’s foreign policy brought a rare concession from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who acknowledged that the United States too had a share in creating the problem that...

NDA Prime Ministerial candidate L K Advani has said the BJP is confident of getting newer allies after the elections. “I will not like to name any particular party, but while I’m broadly satisfied with the number of parties having joined the...

His supporters said he had been killed by criminal supporters of a rival “dalit” party who feared he would split their vote. The body of Bahadur Sonkar, a candidate for the minor Indian Justice Party, was found hanging from a banyan tree in...

The biggest festival of Indian democracy began at a slower pace than expected. Polling in the first phase of LS polls began Thursday morning with not much turnout at the polling booths. However, the scene is expected to change as the day grows...

KOLKATA: Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat on Tuesday ruled out any political understanding with the Congress, while expressing confidence that the Third Front would emerge as the largest combination after the...