NCP's Anil Deshmukh claims he got offer to join BJP & topple MVA govt

Mumbai (IANS) For the second time in four months, senior Nationalist Congress Party leader and former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh claimed that he was given an offer to join the BJP and help topple the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi government.

PM Modi, Albanese hold bilateral talks, discuss cooperation in various fields

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese on Wednesday held bilateral talks and discussed cooperation in the fields of defence and security; trade and investment; new and renewable energy, green…

ED raids 6 places linked to associates of AAP's Sanjay Singh & jailed bizman Dinesh Arora

New Delhi (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday was conducting search operations on the premises of two associates of AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh and four people linked to jailed liquor businessman Dinesh Arora in connection with…

Member of Lawrence Bishnoi gang nabbed after exchange of fire in Delhi

New DelhiIANS) A member of the infamous Lawrence Bishnoi gang, who was absconding for the last three years after interim bail, was nabbed in Delhi after a brief exchange of fire, a top police official said on Wednesday.

The accused identified…

K'taka govt all set to overturn hijab ban

Bengaluru (IANS) The new Congress government in Karnataka is all set to remove the ban on hijab in the state, sources said on Wednesday.

The new government is waiting to settle down and complete the cabinet expansion.

While campaigning…

Woman gets live-in partner who wanted her to convert arrested: MP Home Min says it's 'The Kerala Story' impact

Bhopal (IANS) After a woman lodged an FIR against her live-in partner accusing him of repeatedly raping her and forcing her to convert to Islam in Indore, post which he was arrested, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Wednesday said that…

Bengal Guv issues show-cause notice to state varsity VCs for 'ignoring' instruction

Kolkata (IANS) The Governor's House in West Bengal on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice to the vice-chancellors of all state universities for 'ignoring' Governor C.V. Ananda Bose's instruction to submit weekly reports on university…

Power tussle in K'taka begins as Minister Patil says Siddaramaiah will be CM for 5 yrs

Bengaluru (IANS) Days after the oath-taking ceremony in Karnataka, tension seems to be simmering between the Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar camps after the Chief Minister's loyalist and cabinet minister M.B. Patil claimed that Siddaramaiah will be…

Mutual trust & respect bind India-Australia ties: PM Modi

New Delhi (IANS) While addressing a massive crowd of the Indian diaspora in Sydney on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that mutual trust and respect are the elements that bind India and Australia ties.

He made the remarks at an event…

Kejriwal to meet chiefs of Oppn parties to seek support against Centre's ordinance

New Delhi (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that he will be touring the country to discuss the Centre's decision to bring an ordinance to negate the Supreme Court's judgement placing…