Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Supremo) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda took a swipe at the BJP government, remarking that if it could not ensure any worthwhile development in the state in the last three years after assuming office, it may not be able to achieve anything in even 30 years.

In an apparent attempt to galvanise the demoralised supporters, the Left Front on Tuesday hit the streets for the first time after losing power in the state, with a pledge to fight back. Ironically, the responsibility for bringing the party ranks and file out of the shock of the poll defeat, fell on the shoulders of the same man who is held responsible for

The state government had not violated constitutional provisions and there was no constitutional break down in the state, chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa said in his reply to the advisory sent by Union home minister P. Chidambaram. The Centre had sent an advisory after rejecting the governor’s recommendation for imposition of

Thirty-three people were killed and 28 others injured in two separate road accidents in the last 24 hours. In the first incident, at least 28 passengers were killed when a bus carrying a marriage party plunged into a pond on Monday night that turned a wedding celebration into a tragedy.

Taking a tough stand on the cross-voting issue by its Jammu and Kashmir MLAs, the BJP on Tuesday expelled its legislative party member in the state Assembly Chaman Lal Gupta from the primary membership of the party for six years.

The CBI has initiated its investigation into the preliminary enquiry (PE) registered to probe criminal aspects, if any, in the allotment of spectrum licences since 2001.

Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan’s remarks praising the agricultural growth of Narendra Modi-run Gujarat has created a controversy.

An Indo-German higher education summit may soon be hosted later this year to explore issues like mutual recognition of qualification and joint research programmes.

Andhra Pradesh state endowments minister Jupally Krishna Rao became the first minister on Tuesday to resign from Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy’s Cabinet citing the Telangana issue.

Against the backdrop of fear expressed in the country, particularly after the recent nuclear crisis in Japan and Germany deciding to dismantle it all nuclear power generating installation by 2022, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has convened a special meeting on Wednesday to discuss issues relating to safety and security of existing and proposed nuclear installations in the country.