Politics

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal had reached out to non-BJP chief ministers to mount political pressure on Narendra Modi government even as the matter over ACB's jurisdiction have reached the Supreme Court.

While Finance Minister Arun Jaitley attended the meeting on selection of Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), Home Minister Rajnath Singh attended the other meeting on Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC).

Earlier in May, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi had questioned the delay in appointments of chiefs of CIC, CVC and Lokpal by the Modi government. Many RTI activists have also questioned the delay in appointments.

Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Saturday said he had written to the PM Modi suggesting ways to bring the black money back, and the present measures were not enough.

After the Delhi HC termed the Home Ministry notification on L-G's powers as suspect, the Centre moved the SC via a Special Leave Petition.

Stepping up his offensive, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday hit out at BJP's ideological mentor RSS saying its belief was "murdering" individuality and that thought process is now running the country in which only one man knows everything from farmers to clothes.

Parliament had passed a historic Constitution Amendment Bill seeking to settle India's 41-year-old border issue with Bangladesh.

On the last day of the special session, the resolution was passed by voice vote in the Delhi Assembly.

Differing view points on beef ban had emerged within the government after Rijiju had replied on Naqvi's comment that those who eat beef should go to Pakistan.

The Speaker called in marshals to throw out BJP MLA Om Prakash Sharma who slammed the Speaker and alleged that he was not impartial.

"I told him that following those instructions was dangerous, and could lead to a big scam in 'unbelievable' proportions and that's exactly what happened," he said.

Afzal Guru, who was at serial number 28 in the list of condemned prisoners, was hanged on February 9, 2013.

In an apparent attack at Congress leadership creating a separate power centre during UPA, BJP on Saturday said it has restored the credibility, dignity and stature of Prime Minister's office during its one-year rule and the last word now rests with the Pr...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday termed the one-year rule of Narendra Modi led NDA government at the Centre as "a total failure".

Sources said Mr. Prasad made the proposal at a meeting attended by JD(U) president Sharad Yadav and Samajawadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, called to remove irritants in the way of a merger before the Bihar polls due later this year.

He also said that the IAS association was sleeping like Kumbhkaran when Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary were humiliated and removed.