BJP MP Varun Gandhi’s prolonged absence form Uttar Pradesh politics has started irking party cadres and legislators who are seeking re-election are getting increasingly restive.

Former Union minister and Samajwadi Party MP Rasheed Masood on Monday joined the Congress ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
The RLD’s joining the UPA and Mr Masood’s quitting the SP have come as a

We’ve all heard about Tom Cruise’s stay at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in South Mumbai on his recent trip to India. Among other things, the Hollywood superstar was served gulab jamuns and Zafrani seekh kebabs. The iconic hotel has seen

Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa is reportedly pulling out all stops to prevent incumbent chief minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda from filing his nominations for the Legislative Council on Monday.

Some of the patients were critical while some were about to be discharged, but destiny had something else in store for them. The ill-fated Friday turned AMRI Hospital into a tinderbox. By 7 am, the AMRI Hospital witnessed heart-wrenching scenes. The premise was filled wails and cries of the patients’ families.

In its efforts to win back Brahmins, the Bahujan Samaj Party is now finding it difficult to keep the Thakurs in good humour.

The Cabinet Committee on Security is expected to meet and discuss the Jammu and Kashmir interlocutor report and make it public before December-end.
The three Centre-appointed interlocutors met Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Friday amid rising concerns in the Valley about a possible

Farooq, the driver of Bhanwari Devi, has turned into a prosecution witness in the missing case of the 36-year-old folk singer. The CBI, which is probing the case, has recorded his statement under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), which will be considered as an evidence in the court of law.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday turned 66. The first among those who wished her was Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Dr Singh called her up on the phone and sent a bouquet to her.

The Congress top brass, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party president Sonia Gandhi, on Friday held consultations in the backdrop of plans by the government to bring the Lokpal Bill in Parliament next week and Team Anna’s opposition to certain provisions.