No leadership change in BJP for 2019 polls: Amit Shah

Mumbai (IANS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Wednesday categorically denied any leadership change and said that the ruling NDA will contest the 2019 elections under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"No question of leadership…

Modi hints at GST concessions, warns of strict action against bank defaulters

Mumbai (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the government is aiming to bring 99 per cent of items below the 18 per cent GST slab and warned of stringent action against defaulters of bank loan and fugitives.

"Before…

Bihar school segregates students on caste lines, inquiry ordered

Patna (IANS) A school in Bihar's Vaishali district has been alleged to have been segregating student based on religion and caste that has prompted the government to launch an inquiry.

The government-run GA Plus 2 School…

Toll rises to 8 in Mumbai hospital blaze, 25 critical

Mumbai (IANS): The overnight toll in a Mumbai government hospital blaze rose to eight with two more victims succumbing to their injuries, said a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Disaster Control official here on Tuesday.

Of the 176…

One killed, 47 rescued from Mumbai hospital blaze

Mumbai (IANS): At least one person was killed and other 47, mostly patients and staffers, were rescued from a massive fire that broke out in the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Hospital in Andheri (East) here on Monday, BMC Disaster Control…

Congress leader Sajjan Kumar gets life term in 1984 riots, HC calls it 'crime against humanity'

New Delhi (IANS) Thirty-four years after the gruesome killings, the Delhi High Court on Monday convicted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in an anti-Sikh riot case of 1984 here and sentenced him to imprisonment for the remainder of his natural…

Kamal Nath sworn in as MP CM

Bhopal (IANS) Congress veteran Kamal Nath was on Monday sworn in as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh after his party won the Assembly elections, ending 15 years of BJP rule.

Attending the events were former Prime Minister…

Six killed in explosion in Karnataka sugar factory

Bengaluru (IANS) At least six people were killed in an explosion in a boiler at a sugar factory in Bagalkot district of Karnataka on Sunday.

"Six people have died on the spot due to the blast in the boiler of the sugar factory…

Bengal BJP chief calls for President's rule in state as government stops Rath Yatra

Kolkata (IANS) The West Bengal BJP leadership on Sunday said the party would move the court against the state government's rejection of its application to hold a Rath Yatra here.

The saffron outfit was scheduled to hold…

Sonia Gandhi unveils Karunanidhi's statue at DMK party office

Chennai (IANS) The Chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and former President of the Congress party Sonia Gandhi on Sunday unveiled the bronze statue of late DMK President M. Karunanidhi in Tamil Nadu.

Sonia Gandhi…