Amarnath Yatra begins amid tight security
The annual Amarnath yatra on Sunday began as the first batch of pilgrims left for the cave shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas from the base-camp in Jammu amid tight security. The first batch consisting of 2,294 pilgrims was flagged off from Bagwati Nagar base-camp in Jammu around 0430 hours by the Minister for Tourism Nawang Rigzin Jora and Political More...
Rio+20 Summit Reflects India’s Concerns
Reflecting the concerns of India, the Rio+20 Summit has said that developing countries needed additional resources for sustainable development and that unwarranted conditionalities on Official Development Assistance More...
Prez poll: Divided NDA defers decision
The National Democratic Alliance, NDA deferred its decision on Presidential candidate. The crucial meet in New Delhi on the issue remained inconclusive. Addressing the media after the meeting at senior BJP leader More...
No SC relief for govt on sub-quota issue
Government failed to get the nod for implementation of its controversial 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities from the Supreme Court which asked whether the decision can be made on the basis of religion. Supreme More...
Punish me if I am guilty: Hazare dares PMO
Trashing allegations that his movement against corruption is foreign funded, Anna Hazare hit back at the UPA daring Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to spell out which are the external forces behind it. Anna Hazare “It More...
Support Ramdev’s fight against blackmoney: Mulayam
Underplaying attacks by Team Anna, SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav extended support to yoga guru Ramdev in his campaign on the issue of black money, saying till it is brought back, the poor won’t benefit. Ramdev More...
Presidential poll on July 19, counting on July 22
Election for the next President will take place on July 19 and the new occupant of the Rashtrapati Bhavan will be known on July 22, two days before the term of the incumbent Pratibha Patil ends. Announcing the schedule More...
Dimple Yadav elected unopposed from Kannauj
Dimple Yadav, wife of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, was declared elected unopposed from Kannauj Lok Sabha seat after two candidates in the fray against her withdrew their nominations for the bypoll. Dimple More...
Sanjay Joshi resigns from BJP
Former RSS pracharak and BJP general secretary Sanjay Joshi has requested party President Nitin Gadkari that he berelieved from the party. This was accepted by the BJP president. Sanjay Joshi This new development More...
PM hits out at Team Anna, Ramdev
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday rejected the charges of Team Anna that the government had “swindled unbelievable amounts” of money and hit out at yoga guru Ramdev for claiming that “astronomical” More...