Will declare UP a 'mafia-free' state after June 4: Yogi Adityanath

Lucknow (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that he will declare Uttar Pradesh as a ‘mafia-free’ state after June 4.

In a statement released by the official spokesman here, the Chief Minister has reiterated his…

'Remembering Odisha only during polls won't help', CM Patnaik hits back at PM Modi

Bhubaneswar (IANS) Responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's jibe over 'forgetting' the names of districts in Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday night attacked PM Modi, accusing him of neglecting the Odia language, and…

India under PM Modi a global case study on how to become a resilient economy: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

New Delhi (IANS) Union Minister and BJP candidate from Thiruvananthapuram, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, said on Saturday that India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become a global case study on how to emerge as a resilient economy…

Will not go inside Raj Bhavan even if I am invited: Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata (IANS) In an oblique reference to the sexual harassment controversy surrounding West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose, the state’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday afternoon said that she would never go inside Raj Bhavan even if she…

PM Modi tears into Aiyar’s Pak ‘atom bomb’ remark, says Cong wants to scare people

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stepped up his attack on the Congress over its leader Mani Shankar Aiyar’s ‘respect Pakistan because of its atom bombs’ statement and said that the grand old party was trying to find new ways…

Delhi BJP releases new poster against Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi (IANS) After being granted interim bail by the Supreme Court and getting released from jail, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited the Hanuman temple in Connaught Place on Saturday, accompanied by his wife Sunita Kejriwal, Punjab…

SC releases CM Kejriwal on interim bail till June 1

New Delhi (IANS) In a big relief to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered him to be released on interim bail in the excise policy case till June 1.

A bench presided over by Justice Sanjiv Khanna said that…

'Will always protect reservation for SC, ST and OBC', assures PM Modi

Nandurbar (Maharashtra) (IANS) Assuring that the rights of SC, ST, and OBC communities would be protected under his leadership, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday, slammed Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) for trying to "divide and manipulate" reservation…

Congress dissociates itself from Mani Shankar Aiyar's remarks on Pakistan

New Delhi (IANS) The Congress has distanced itself from party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's remarks that 'India should respect Pakistan as it has an atom bomb'.

In an official statement on Friday, the party said, "The Indian National…

Eight killed in blast at fireworks factory in TN's Sivakasi

Chennai (IANS) Eight people, including two women, were killed in a blast at a fireworks factory in Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu's Virudhanagar district on Thursday, while several others were injured, officials said.

Police and fire personnel…