Criticising the recent suicides by farmers in Madhya Pradesh, senior Congress leader and MLA Ajay Singh on Friday said it is a matter of shame for the ruling BJP in the state.

Two trains collided in bad weather in central India on Monday in an early morning accident that left 13 dead and dozens injured, railway and police officials told AFP.

Hyderabad, Sept. 17: Mr Vijay Jawaharlal Darda, the Rajya Sabha MP and chairman and managing director of the Lokmat group of newspapers, was unanimously elected as the chairman of the Audit Bureau of

To ensure that untoward incident follows the judgement on the Ayodhya case on September 24, the ruling BJP has stepped up the security forces in the state.

Following the riots which took place after

With the recovery of seven more bodies from the swollen Bagdi river on Thursday, the death toll in the Khategaon bus mishap here has risen to 21.

"Seven more bodies were recovered this morning from

Australian Prime Minister, Ms Julia Gillard, courted one of five minority lawmakers key to resolving the nation's political stalemate on Saturday, as polling showed their voters favoured her rival.

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The much talked about bill to hike salaries of MPs by over three times from Rs 16,000 to Rs 50,000 and doubling two of their key allowances to Rs 40,000 each was passed in Lok Sabha on Friday.

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The union cabinet will meet here Monday to reconsider and bring amendments to the MPs' salary hike bill it had cleared last week. It was severely opposed by parliamentarians who were demanding a 500 p

The basic pay of Members of Parliament was on Friday hiked by more than three times from Rs 16,000 to Rs 50,000 by the government which also doubled several other emoluments for them.

SP, BSP and RJD members on Friday forced adjournment of Lok Sabha for an hour voicing dissatisfaction over the quantum of proposed salary hike for MPs.

Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav (SP) and Mr Lalu Prasad