Melania Trump says the first couple excited about their India trip

New Delhi/Washington (IANS) US First Lady Melania Trump, who is visiting India with her husband President Donald Trump later this month, has expressed her excitement about the forthcoming trip.

In a tweet, Melania, thanked Prime Minister Narendra…

Parties must publish candidates' criminal cases on sites: SC

New Delhi (IANS) In a significant judgement, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed political parties to upload on their respective websites the details of all pending criminal cases against candidates contesting polls, citing the alarming increase…

High food, fuel prices push Jan retail inflation to 7.59%

New Delhi (IANS) Higher prices of food items such as vegetables, eggs, meat and fish, along with fuel costs, pushed India's retail inflation during January to 7.59 per cent from December's 7.35 per cent that was at 1.97 per cent in the corresponding…

Post Delhi polls, LPG price hiked by Rs 144 per cylinder

New Delhi (IANS) Barely a day after the poll process in Delhi concluded with the AAP bagging 62 seats, the prices of LPG cylinders were hiked by a steep Rs 144.50 to Rs 858.50 per cylinder on Wednesday.

This was one of the steepest increases…

Foreign envoys on 2-day visit to J&K

Srinagar (IANS) More than 20 foreign envoys began their two-day Jammu and Kashmir visit on Wednesday with a Shikara ride in the iconic Dal lake in Srinagar.

Some of the members in the delegation belonged to Germany, France, Canada, Afghanistan,…

Lalu features in 'Thugs of Bihar' poster

Patna (IANS) A day after the Aam Aadmi Party swept Delhi Assembly polls defeating BJP by 62 to 8 seats, a poster war erupted in Bihar targeting former Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) patron Lalu Prasad with state Assembly polls slated…

'Has Cong outsourced task of taking BJP down to state parties'

New Delhi (IANS) Congress leader Sharmistha Mukherjee on Wednesday lashed out at her senior party colleague P. Chidambaram for gloating over Aam Aadmi Party's victory.

Mukherjee, who is the daughter of once veteran Congress leader and former…

SC: Dissent cannot be throttled; it's vital for democracy

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said nobody should throttle dissent and people should be encouraged to question as dissent is an important facet of democracy.

A bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Deepak Gupta made…

Nirbhaya: SC not entertaining Centre's plea seeking stay on Delhi HC order

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain Centre's plea seeking stay on a Delhi High Court order for simultaneous execution of all four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case.

Solicitor General Tushar…

Muzaffarpur home case: Brajesh Thakur jailed for rest of life

New Delhi (IANS) A court here on Tuesday sentenced NGO owner Brajesh Thakur to imprisonment for the remainder of his life in connection with the sexual and physical assault of several girls at his shelter home in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district.