Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said that he was “anxiously waiting” for Prime Minister Manmohan Sin-gh’s response to his request to reduce his burden of ministerial responsibilities.

Alleging that the Congress was “shedding crocodile tears” over Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru’s conviction, the main Opposition BJP on Tuesday said Congress was also disrespecting the patriotism of Indian Muslims by raising Hindu-Muslim terror issue. A recent remark by BJP chief Nitin Gadkari on this issue, where he had

The ruling JD(U) camp in Bihar is rife with anticipation that two of its prominent rebel leaders, namely Rajiv Ranjan (Lallan) Singh and Prabhunath Singh would soon join the RJD and the Congress respectively, which could make inroads in the ruling party’s support base in the upper caste in the state. The party leaders attribute the move

In the wake of reports stating that certain senior RSS functionaries are under the CBI’s scanner for allegedly shielding a prime suspect in Ajmer terror blast case, the RSS on Tuesday said its functionaries will “cooperate” with agencies probing alleged links of right wing groups in certain bomb blast cases. But the Sangh vehemently denied that its members were involved in any terror attack, terming as “baseless” suggestions that some of its members were involved in the crimes.

The JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav is pinning hope on Opposition unity in the upcoming Parliament Session to corner the UPA government on the issue of price rise. Mr Yadav has expressed hope that all Opposition parties would support the demand of rollback of fuel price hike in Parliament. Mr Yadav is likely to reach out to leaders of all

While the Delhi government is intensifying measures to check pollution in the city for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, some athletes from Canada and New Zealand have decided to train themselves in Singapore to avoid pollution. The athletes will be reaching Delhi just a day before the opening ceremony of the Games.

A temporary roof of a table tennis court in the Yamuna Sports Complex, one of the venues for the Commonwealth Games, collapsed in the heavy rains that lashed the capital, an official said on Tuesday.

A day after heavy rain blew away the claims of the civic agencies about preparing the city for the Commonwealth Games 2010, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday asked the agencies to ensure that waterlogging did not recur. There were also reports that she pulled up the civic agency officials in the morning for the chaos

Angry residents of northwest Delhi’s Sonia Vihar on Tuesday held protest and set on fire the residences of three men allegedly involved in the murder of a Delhi University student.

A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice S.H.