CBI raids 3 places in Kolkata over financial scams

Kolkata (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is conducting raids at three places in Kolkata on Tuesday in connection with its ongoing probe in a financial embezzlement scam.

Three teams of the CBI's anti-corruption wing are…

Is Rajasthan heading towards President's rule?

Jaipur (IANS) Amid the ongoing crisis in Rajasthan and the silence adopted by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Speaker C.P. Joshi on around 92 resignations reportedly tendered by the MLAs, speculation was rife in the state whether it is heading towards…

NIA conducts pan-India raids against PFI, 50 detained

New Delhi (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) was conducting raids in over eight states and at multiple locations linked to the Popular Front of India (PFI) members on Tuesday.

Sources said that more than 50 people have been detained…

Jaishankar slams F-16 deal, teases Ukraine mediation

Washington (IANS) India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has slammed the Biden administration's proposal to provide $450 million worth of spares and services for Pakistan's F-16s, saying no one is fooled by claims that these highly…

R'than crisis: CLP meet cancelled as over 90 MLAs threaten to resign

Jaipur (IANS) The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting called on Sunday at Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's residence has been cancelled as more than 90 Congress MLAs loyal to the veteran party leader threatened to resign, while demanding…

Anyone living in India is Hindu, says RSS chief

Shillong (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said all people living in India are Hindus in terms of identity.

Elaborating the RSS' philosophy, Bhagwat said that Hinduism is not a religion but a way of…

Gehlot MLAs oppose Pilot as CM, reach Speaker's residence to submit resignations

Jaipur (IANS) Politics in Rajasthan took a new twist on Sunday with around 70 MLAs, who are staunch supporters of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, gathering at the residence of state minister Shanti Dhariwal, to chalk out a strategy to eliminate Sachin…

Nitish, Lalu Prasad reach 10 Janpath to meet Sonia

New Delhi (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad on Sunday reached 10 Janpath to meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi to discuss matters pertaining to opposition unity.

The two leaders will brief the Congress chief…

No peace overtures expected between India and Pakistan

Islamabad (IANS) An escalation between India and Pakistan is highly unlikely, but the upcoming change of command in the Pakistan Army and general elections in both neighbouring countries would not allow for any major progress towards normalisation…

Congress prepares for first non-Gandhi president after 1998

New Delhi (IANS) The coming week Congress leaders will be filing nomination papers for the presidential poll. It now seems that apart from Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor, Manish Tewari will throw his…