
Just over a year after the BJP wiped out everyone else in the Lok Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh, the panchayat polls have dealt a major blow to it and given a fresh lease of life to the BSP and the Samajwadi Party. The Congress remains where it was -- in the dumps....

A BJP member was arrested here on Tuesday for allegedly threatening to behead Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah if he ate beef in the city centre, police said....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch four gold related schemes on Thursday, an official statement said....

Nov 3 Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday led a protest march against forces of "bigotry and intolerance", and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "silence" on the issue. The BJP dismissed the allegation saying Modi has been "the most powerful voice against bigotry and in support of harmony"....

Filmmaker Aparna Sen on Tuesday lashed out against Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Sadhvi Prachi's "Pakistani agent" comments on superstar Shah Rukh Khan, calling for legal action against the leader....
Uber cab driver Shiv Kumar Yadav who raped a woman executive on December 5 last year was on Tuesday sentenced by a court here to life in prison till death....
The RSS on Tuesday reiterated its demand for a countrywide ban on cow slaughter, claiming that the protests against intolerance was a result of anti-national sentiments....
With India's nuclear insurance pool formation in its final stages, the only issue stemming from the civil nuclear liability law requiring resolution is the right of recourse against vendors in case of accident, the AEC chairman has said....

Congress leaders on Tuesday assembled near Mahatma Gandhi's statue in the parliament house complex and marched to Rashtrapati Bhavan to protest against rising intolerance under the BJP-led government....
The Indian embassy here on Tuesday expressed its serious concern over certain comments regarding India made by Nepali Minister Satya Narayan Mandal a day ago. ...