The oath-taking ceremony of 52 newly-elected members in the Rajya Sabha on Monday reflected the changed power equation in the Upper House following the biennial elections. A maximum of 12 members took oath from Uttar Pradesh, followed by six from Maharashtra, five each from Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan, four from

The government on Monday virtually rejected the Opposition’s demand to discuss the price rise issue under the adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha after realising that it will have to depend on the Samajwadi Party, BSP and RJD for support once again and persuade ally Trinamul Congress for the same if the Opposition presses for a floor test.

After its revival in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress is hoping that Rahul Gandhi’s “right medicine” will help resuscitate the party in poll-bound Bihar, where it has been out of power for the last two decades.

As the Congress-led governments in Delhi and the Centre pray for a successful Commonwealth Games, Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Tuesday said he would be “unhappy” if the Games were a success.

After a delay of 118 days, the CBI has filed an appeal before the Madras High Court Bench here against a lower court verdict acquitting 17 persons, including a DSP, in the 2007 Dinakaran newspaper office attack case.

A medical student, who allegedly drove a speeding car that ran over eight labourers killing four of them in a South Delhi locality, was arrested on Tuesday while he was trying to flee the country.

Both houses of Parliament were adjourned till 12 noon on Tuesday following protests over price rise by Opposition members as well as Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MPs.

BJP MP and lawyer Ram Jethmalani on Tuesday accused the CBI of leaking to the media details of the chargesheet against former Gujarat minister Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin encounter case.

Health Ministry officials are worried as the number of swine flu cases reported from various parts of the country are increasing with the arrival of monsoon.

The full-scale commercial flight operations at the swanky newly-integrated T3 terminal of the IGI airport in Delhi will begin from Wednesday with all airlines shifting their operations. The Air India flight from New York will be the first to arrive.