CWC rejects Rahul's offer to quit as Congress chief

New Delhi (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday offered to resign from the post owning moral responsibility of the party's loss in 2019 general elections.

He made the offer at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meet held…

Modi thanks PMO staff, their families for support

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday thanked the staff of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and their families for supporting him during his tenure in the office and asked them to gear up for the second term.

Mamata offers to quit as CM, party doesn't endorse

Kolkata (IANS) Two days after her party suffered serious setbacks in the Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday offered to step down from the post.

Banerjee said that she had expressed her…

Richest candidate got 1,558 votes, lost deposit

New Delhi (IANS) The richest candidate in the Lok Sabha elections -- Ramesh Kumar Sharma, an Independent from the Patliputra seat in Bihar who declared over Rs 1,107 crore -- lost his deposit as he could manage only 1,558 votes.

Muslim family in UP names newly-born son Narendra Modi

Gonda (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) BJP supporters call it the "New India" that wipes away caste and religious boundaries. And offering proof is a Muslim family in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district who has named their newborn son Narendra…

Modi calls for removing fear among minorities

New Delhi (IANS) Accusing opposition parties of using minorities for electoral gains, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the BJP and his allies should remove the sense of fear among them as everybody needs to be taken along for…

Musa eliminated: Clamp down in Kashmir

Srinagar (IANS) Hours after Kashmir's most wanted militant commander Zakir Musa, who headed the Al Qaeda affiliate Ansar Gazwatul Hind, was killed, nocturnal protests broke out in parts of Srinagar, Pulwama, and Shopian forcing authorities…

Party is over for Samajwadi family, gain for BJP

Lucknow (IANS) The defeat of three members of the Samajwadi Party -- Dimple Yadav, Dharmendra Yadav and Akshay Yadav -- is perhaps the biggest jolt that SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has received in recent times.

Dimple Yadav lost in Kannauj, Dharmendra…

Modi's mega swearing-in ceremony likely on May 30

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be sworn-in for the second term on May 30 and some world leaders could be invited for it, making it an event bigger than 2014 when heads of governments of SAARC countries were invited, sources…

At least 15 students killed in major fire in Surat

Surat (IANS) At least 15 students were killed and several others injured in a devastating fire at a coaching centre atop a four-storey building in Sarthana area of Surat in Gujarat on Friday evening.

Official sources said some…