A shutdown is underway in this coastal city of Andhra Pradesh on Monday to protest the Centre's move to privatise Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP)....
However, sources in the Panneerselvam camp told IANS that Sasikala's entry cannot be blocked by Palaniswami. "The party rout in its stronghold of south Tamil Nadu is due to the ire of the Thevar community to which both OPS and Sasikala belong and that community is pulling the strings for her reentry," a source said....
The Central government has told the Supreme Court that state governments, where Hindus or other communities are less in number, can declare them a minority community within their territory....
Faisal Patel son of late Congress leader Ahmed Patel is "not sure" about his formal entry into the politics, however he will be working for the party from "behind the scene" in his home district of Bharuch and Narmada....
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has prepared a list in which 21 people, including Trinamool Congress' block president Anarul Hossain, have been named as accused in connection with the violence in West Bengal's Birbhum. ...
The Union Home Minister Amit Shah's announcement regarding at least 100 days leaves for all Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) jawans in a year will be implemented soon and a policy has been prepared in consultation with all stakeholders, the officials in the security set up said....
India can hold talks with Pakistan only when guns fall silent and bullets stop flying, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Sunday. ...
VIP chief Mukesh Sahani was sacked as Bihar Minister on Sunday, soon after the BJP said action will be taken against him....
Various churches ranging from Catholic, Mar Thoma, Orthodox, Jacobite, and CSI (Church of South India) coming out against the K-rail project, have sent shivers down the spine of the predominantly Christian political outfit, Kerala Congress (Mani)....
The All India Democratic Woman's Association (AIDWA) has sought a CB-CID probe into the sexual assault of a Dalit scholar at IIT-Madras. The woman's organisation in a statement on Sunday said that there were several irregularities in the police probe that had taken place on the complaint filed by the Dalit woman scholar. ...
