The Regional Meteorological Centre, Alipore, has predicted more rains in the districts of south Bengal Alerts have been issued for Gangetic West Bengal which will witness gusty wind with speed over 50 km/hr as low pressure over Bay of Bengal has intensified further. Fishermen have been advised not to

Launching a scathing attack against Mamata Banerjee government for what he alleged was pursuing a politics of vengeance and vendetta, former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Friday warned that the Left supporters would not take it lying down. “We may have been defeated but we have not and we will not bow our heads,” he thundered.

If outgoing Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa had his way, six ministers would have joined the new Cabinet but the rival camp, led by Jagadish Shettar, reportedly said “thanks, but no, thanks” to the offer on Thursday, hours before new chief minister Sadananda Gowda was sworn in as the state’s 26th chief minister at a crowded function at Raj Bhavan as the lone member of his Cabinet.

The government came under a scathing Opposition attack during a discussion on rising prices in the Lok Sabha Wednesday. This was after the Opposition stalled Parliament for two days, prompting the government to agree to a discussion under a rule that will allow voting.

Outgoing Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa was the only leader smiling among a sea of grim faces as his nominee D.V. Sadananda Gowda was elected BJP legislature party leader in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

The BJP-led Opposition on Monday gave a clear indication that it will tear into the government on a variety of issues, demanding answers on matters ranging from rising prices, corruption and terrorist

Karnataka chief minister B.S.Yeddyu-rappa’s march to Raj Bhavan at the head of some 70-odd supporters as he handed in his resignation was meant to signal that, chief minister or not, he still packed a

As the political drama over selection of Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa’s successor reached a new high, supporters of the leader and his rival, general secretary H.N.

Sikkim high court chief justice P.D. Dinakaran, facing impeachment on charges of corruption and judicial misconduct, submitted his resignation to President Pratibha Patil on Friday, and also informed Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia about this.

The Delhi Police will impose Section 144 of Indian Penal Code from Saturday for a period of 45 days to ban holding of protests in the jurisdiction of Parliament Street police division in the city. The ban has effectively ruled out permission to social activist Anna Hazare to hold his planned indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar from