Firecracker factory blast: Bengal Minister, Trinamool MP face public ire

Kolkata (IANS) A West Bengal minister and a Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member confronted a massive protest by the locals on Wednesday as the two reached the firecracker factory at Egra in East Midnapore district where an explosion claimed nine…

Happy that Siddaramaiah is becoming CM: Mahadevappa

Bengaluru (IANS) Former minister and senior Congress Dalit leader H.C. Mahadevappa said on Wednesday that he was happy that Siddaramaiah is all set to become the Chief Minister.

Mahadevappa, a close associate of Siddaramaiah, stated that there…

Shivakumar meets Rahul, gets proposal to have a say in K'taka cabinet selection

New Delhi (IANS) Soon after Leader of Opposition (LoP) in outgoing Karnataka assembly Siddaramaiah met former party chief Rahul Gandhi, Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar too met him and it's learnt that a proposal has been given to him for…

Mukhtar Ansari acquitted in 2009 case but will remain in jail

Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) The Ghazipur MP/MLA court on Wednesday acquitted gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in an attempt to murder case.

The case dates back to 2009 when one Meer Hasan had lodged a case of attempt to murder…

K'taka CM tussle: Shivakumar, Siddaramaiah refuse to budge

Bengaluru (IANS) The impasse over the selection of Karnataka's next Chief Minister continued on a fourth day on Wednesday with both Siddaramaiah and state Congress president D.K. Shivakumar not settling for anything lesser than the coveted post.

Tihar Jail superintendent transferred amid controversy over inmate transfer

New Delhi (IANS) After a controversy surrounding the transfer of three prisoners to the cell of Satyendar Jain, former minister of Delhi government and senior leader of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the superintendent of Tihar Jail Number 7, Vinod Kumar…

Gangster-terrorist nexus case: NIA raids 100 places in six states

New Delhi (IANS) In a major operation, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday was conducting raids at over 100 locations across six states as part of its crackdown on the alleged nexus between gangsters, drug smugglers and terrorist…

'Don't create an atmosphere of fear': SC to ED in Chhattisgarh liquor scam

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday told the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to not create an atmosphere of fear, following allegations by the Chhattisgarh government that the agency was attempting to implicate the chief minister in a money…

Pilot repeats his 3 demands, 15-day ultimatum to Rajasthan govt on Twitter

Jaipur (IANS) After giving an ultimatum to the Rajasthan government to fulfil his three demands in 15-day tenure during the culmination of his Jan Sangharsh Yatra, Congress leader and former deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot on Tuesday repeated the…

Lingayats demand K'taka CM post, lobbying begins for Dy CM

Bengaluru (IANS) As the tussle for the next Karnataka Chief Minister intensifies, the All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha has written to the Congress high command demanding the coveted post for the community.

In its letter addressed to AICC President…