The police has intensified its probe against former minister Babulal Nagar over the charge of rape against him while the governor has accepted his resignation. Mr Nagar’s family members came out in his support and said he was innocent. The victim’s statement will be recorded under CrPC Section 164 on Saturday. The Opposition BJP, meanwhile, sharpened its knives against the Congress government and sought a CBI probe against Mr Nagar.

In what appears to be a split wide open within the Trinamul Congress, the party’s three MPs — Kunal Ghosh, Tapas Pal and Shatabdi Roy — were the latest to join the group of disgruntled party leaders on Friday.

British scientists claim to have found “alien” organisms in Earth’s atmosphere, suggesting that life is continually arriving to our planet from space and did not originate here.

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday met President Pranab Mukherjee and leaders of political parties in an attempt to find an amicable solution to the problem of division in Andhra Pradesh and creation of Telangana state.

In a big relief to Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, the CBI Friday closed a 6 year old disproportionate assets case against him citing lack of evidence.

Amid mounting pressure over rape charges against him, Rajasthan minister of state for khadi and dairy Babulal Nagar on Thursday resigned from his post.

Pre-poll predictions of a wave in favour of the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi may consolidate minorities against him and the saffron party.

Thanks to the “NaMo” wave, BJP’s Uttar Pradesh unit is busy sorting out the 800-plus applications received by it to contest the 80 parliamentary seats in the general polls.

Narendra Modi’s projection as prime ministerial candidate will lead to “jacking up” of communal temperature and there can be more riots like Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, Congress leader and Union m

With both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi said to be extremely concerned about the recent communal carnage in Muzzafarnagar, the Centre will, in all probability, issue a