Manish Tewari for Bharat Ratna to Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev

New Delhi (IANS) Congress leader Manish Tewari on Saturday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to award Bharat Ratna to freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev posthumously.

In a tweet, Tewari said he had written a letter…

Two year old gets trapped in borewell, rescue efforts continue

Chennai (IANS) Rescue efforts continued on Saturday to save a two-year-old boy who fell into a 30-ft abandoned borewell in a village in Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirappalli district.

The boy fell into the borewell at about 5.30 p.m. on Friday.…

Didi jogs 10km in Darjeeling hills

Darjeeling (IANS) Known for her passion for walking, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee went on a 10-km jog along with senior bureaucrats, police officers, and local Trinamool Congress workers in the picturesque northern Bengal hill town of…

Congress to try and form government in Haryana

New Delhi (IANS) Despite falling short by 14 seats to get the magic figure in the 90-member Haryana Assembly, the Congress is hopeful of forming government in the state with the support of Dushyant Chautala's JJP and Independents (mostly BJP turncoats),…

No reaction from Rahul on poll results so far

New Delhi (IANS) The results of the two states are out and the Congress has improved its tally. All have spoken about the results, but Rahul Gandhi is yet to react.

In Haryana, Congress did an impressive performance, forcing the Bharatiya Janata…

Don't burst crackers, just eat them now

Lucknow (IANS) Crackers, rockets and "Sutli bombs" that you can eat and not ignite, cash notes that you can give but not preserve and playing cards that you can snack on but not play.

Bakers, sweet shops and even private entrepreneurs have…

UP bypolls: Cong draws blank, doubles vote percentage

New Delhi (IANS) The Congress in Uttar Pradesh has doubled its vote percentage even though it failed to win a single seat in bypolls in 11 seats.

The Election Commission said that the Congress got 11.6 per cent of votes.

The party contested…

SC asks govt how long restrictions will continue in J&K

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre that how long it intends to continue with the restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370.

"How many days you want restrictions. It is already two months…

BJP to stake claim to form government in Haryana

Chandigarh (IANS) The ruling BJP in Haryana, which failed to cross the halfway mark in the 90-member Assembly, will present its case to form the government late Thursday evening, it is learnt.

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will be meeting…

Post 370, J&K, Ladakh govt employees to get 7th pay panel benefits

Srinagar (IANS) In a major relief after the abrogation of the Article 370 of the Constitution on August 6, now the government employees of the newly created Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir as well as Ladakh will get all the Central Pay Commission…