Politics

11:17 AM
Rahul Gandhi: Biggest challenge India facing today is giving jobs to youths

Rahul said, "Today the entire focus is on 50-60 really large companies. The biggest challenge India facing today is giving jobs to 30,000 youngsters, who are coming everyday to search jobs. But out of 30,000, only 450 get the job."

11:43 AM
Rahul targets Centre Govt: Politics of polarisation needs to be eradicated from India

Rahul said, "India's strength has always been in its ability to embrace people. "So, if we alienate our own people, it gives the miscreants a chance to play on and aggravate tensions."

10:35 AM
BJP: India will not take Rohingya refugees; they are a security threat

BJP said that India will not take any Rohingya refugees as they pose a security threat to the nation, adding that the pressure is mounting on Myanmar State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi to take back refugees migrated to India and Bangladesh in large n

03:48 PM
Naroda Gam riots case: Amit Shah appears as witness, says Kodnani wasn't present on the day riots broke out

Appearing before a sessions court in Ahmedabad as Maya Kodnani's witness in 2002 Naroda Gam riots case, BJP President Amit Shah said that Kodnani was not present in Naroda Gam on the day the riots broke out.

12:46 PM
18 MLAs backing Dinakaran disqualified by TN Assembly

The MLAs have been disqualified with effect from today, under the 1986 Tamil Nadu Assembly Members Party Defection Law.

10:49 AM
Drinking liquor in public places to be banned soon in Goa

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has stated that the state will ban drinking of liquor in public places to curb the nuisance created by people in drunken state.

07:10 PM
Manohar Lal Khattar promises CBI probe in Gurugram student murder case

Khattar said, "I strongly condemned the murder of seven-year-old at Ryan International School. I inform you that now this case is handed over to the CBI for investigation."

12:58 PM
Aircel-Maxis case: Question me not my son, says Chidambaram

P Chidambaram took to Twitter and said that it was sad that the CBI is spreading misinformation.

05:32 PM
Akhilesh Yadav: Bullet train can not end unemployment

Former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav mocked the Modi Government at the Centre over its latest project of launching bullet train between Ahmedabad-Mumbai and said that the introduction of the bullet train will not end unemployment in the country.

01:29 PM
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman: India all equipped, geared to combat border issues

Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that New Delhi is fully geared and equipped to combat any untoward situation.

06:37 PM
Sunanda Pushkar death case: Delhi Police ordered to de-seal Hotel Leela's suite

The court ordered the concerned authorities to de-seal the room within four weeks.

06:04 PM
MK Stalin moves court seeking floor test

"Now after no action by the Governor, I have moved to court and requested for convening of assembly session and floor test," Stalin said.

12:11 PM
Delhi CM Kejriwal on 10-day Vipassana course in Maharashtra

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is attending a 10-day Vipassana meditation camp at Igatpuri in Maharashtra, days after the hectic campaigning for the Assembly bypolls in Delhi.

11:42 AM
Rahul Gandhi accuses PM Modi of opening up space for terrorists in J&K

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of massively opening up space for the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir.

04:16 PM
Nirmala Sitharaman: Didn't mention CAG, don't put words in my mouth

Sitharaman said that she was wrongly reported and added that the buying arms and ammunition for the armed forces was a continuous process.

02:39 PM
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar speaks with family of murdered Gurugram student, Haryana CM

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar spoke with the family of murdered Ryan International School seven-year-old student Pradyuman Thakur and condoled his demise.

04:53 PM
Patel quota stir acquiring political colour: Amit Shah

BJP chief Amit Shah said the reservation agitation was acquiring political colour as state assembly elections, slated to be held later this year, approached.

05:43 PM
Rajnath asks J&K to expedite implementation of PM Development Package

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to held talks with Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and Governor N.N. Vohra.

04:07 PM
Congress VP Rahul Gandhi targets Centre over farmer suicides

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi said that in the past three years, about 9,000 farmers have committed suicide in Maharashtra.

02:24 PM
ED attaches Misa Bharti's Delhi farmhouse

The Enforcement Directorate attached a farmhouse owned by RJD supremo Lalu Yadav's daughter Misa Bharti in Bijwasan.

05:10 PM
Rahul targets PM Modi, says media is 'meek' under him

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi took a shot at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his various policies and said that the Indian media is run by a handful of his men. He even called the media 'angrezon ke zamaane ki media;, in a reference to Boll

03:13 PM
Nitish blames media for blowing JD (U)'s non-inclusion in Cabinet expansion out of proportion

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar blamed the media for blowing Janata Dal (United)'s non-inclusion in the reshuffle of the Union Cabinet, out of proportion.

10:37 AM
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar wins Panaji Assembly by-election

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar won the Panaji Assembly by-election, defeating his nearest rival, Girish Chodankar of the Congress, by 4,803 votes.

06:19 PM
Aadhaar during UPA govt. had no protection of law, asserts Centre

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "Aadhaar during UPA regime had no protection of law. How the government could collect data or insist upon biometrics without any legislative sanction? We made Aadhaar law and provided legal framework for p

10:01 AM
Amit Shah lauds Modi Govt for raising OBC creamy layer bar

BJP President Amit Shah lauded the Centre for raising the creamy layer income limit for the OBCs for central government jobs and said the marginalised sections of the society will get the benefit of reservation and other schemes.