Sagar: The Congress will conduct a caste census in Madhya Pradesh after winning the assembly polls in the state, said party president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday, accusing the regime at the Centre of wishing to change the Constitution. He was addressing a public rally in Sagar in MP’s Bundelkhand region. Assembly polls are expected to be…
New Delhi: Batting for resumption of dialogue with Pakistan, diplomat-turned-politician Mani Shankar Aiyar says India will not be able to take its due place in the world as long as its western neighbour is an “albatross around our necks”. The Congress leader, who served as India’s consul general in Karachi from December 1978-January 1982, has dedicated…
A sudden spurt in rape cases across the country has once again brought the issue to the debating table in the public domain over failing laws as well as the slow judicial process to ensure justice for the victims. The last political storm that rocked the nation was when a Delhi girl, Nirbhaya, was gang…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday left for South Africa to attend the 15th BRICS summit, expressing confidence that it will provide a useful opportunity for its members to identify future areas of cooperation and review institutional development. In his departure statement, he said BRICS has been pursuing a strong cooperation agenda across…
Do ghosts and spirits exist? Dayyams and bhoothams, that is? Some say yes, others don’t. Sometime in the late 80s, I and our photographer traveled to Rollapadu in the Kurnool district to do a story on the Great Indian Bustard, an endangered species which was in a revival mode at the time. On the way…
New Delhi: Police on Monday arrested a Delhi government officer, who allegedly raped a minor several times and impregnated her, and his wife after questioning them and recording the statement of the victim, officials said. Shortly before he was arrested in the case which was registered on August 13, Premoday Khakha was suspended from his post…
New Delhi: Ahead of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, India on Monday said it has a “positive intent” and an “open mind” for the expansion of the five-nation grouping. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting the South African city from August 22 to 24 to attend the 15th BRICS summit at the invitation of South African…
Mumbai: Facing prospects of his bungalow in Mumbai being auctioned to recover unpaid loans, Bollywood actor Sunny Deol has offered to settle all outstanding dues, prompting state-owned lender Bank of Baroda to drop auction proceedings for the property. The lender issued a statement on Monday, saying that Deol has offered to settle the dues, hours…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was among nine MPs who took the oath as members of the Rajya Sabha on Monday. The oath was administered by Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar in the Rajya Sabha chamber in Parliament House. Jaishankar took the oath in English. This is his second term as a Rajya Sabha MP. He…
Hyderabad: As promised the state Chief Minister Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday released his party first list of candidates for the upcoming assembly polls. KCR looks confident of his party returning to third consecutive term and set a sort of history. This despite, fears over some non-performing sitting MLAs, whom he thought of replacing, but…
