It seems all is not well within the so-called moderate faction of the separatist Hurriyat Conference alliance even after it revoked its earlier decision suspending one of its founding constituents, Jammu and Kashmir Itehad-ul-Muslimeen, over its patron moulvi Abbas Ansari’s holding a meeting with the Centre’s interlocutors in April 2011.

Six months after settling back in power armed with a massive mandate, the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar is now finding itself increasingly under political attacks due to the inappropriate behaviour of some of its ministers and MLAs and taking cautious steps at corrections.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Thursday announced a new “farmer-friendly” land acquisition policy after discussing it with farmers at a “kisan panchayat” here.

Politics that started over death convict Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar in Punjab has infected Assam also with kin of death convict Mahendra Nath Das and human rights activists urging Assam governor J.B. Patnaik and chief minister Tarun Gogoi to intervene to put his hanging on hold.

The people of Tamil Nadu will again “officially” celebrate the Tamil New Year on April 14, the first day of the Tamil month of Chithirai, as the AIADMK regime is likely to reverse the policy decision taken by the previous DMK government.

Pleading that he was in no mood to celebrate his 88th birthday, on Friday, DMK president M. Karunanidhi asked his followers not to visit him either at home or party office. His misery got compounded with news from Delhi that the bail petition of his daughter and party MP, Kanimozhi, has not been listed for court order on Friday, which could

Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Wednesday demanded the resignation of DMK leader and Union textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran following charges that his family-owned Sun TV Network was a beneficiary of pay-offs by a Malaysian telecom company which benefited from equity sold by Aircel.

The general council of Bhopal Municipal Corporation has put the lid, at least for the time being, on the controversial issue of renaming Bhopal as Bhojpal, in honour of the 11th century AD philosopher king of Malwa, by rejecting a resolution in support of this move through a majority decision backed to the hilt by the Congress corporators.

The CBI has now started investigating the circumstances under which Aircel was not granted telecom licence when the company had applied first during the tenure of former communications minister Dayanidhi Maran. Sources in the agency said the CBI is also scrutinising the documents on the basis of which the same telecom company was granted licence after a few years during Mr Maran’s tenure.

The mysterious death of CPI(M) MLA Mostafa Bin Qasem took a new turn Wednesday when his family refused to accept that he had jumped to his death at the MLAs’ Hostel on Kyd Street, and alleged foul play.