Members of BJP's Margdarshak Mandal L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, and other senior leaders such as Yashwant Sinha and Shanta Kumar delivered a scathing indictment of the current leadership in the BJP, over the failure to fix accountability for the loss in Bihar. In a joint statement released

CHENNAI: Ancient Indian scriptures imposed no bar on eating beef and, in fact, ayurvedic Acharya Charaka had recommended beef for some disorders, said veteran scientist P M Bhargava in his letter to President Pranab Mukherjee marking his returning the Padma Bhushan. TOI on October 29 first report

NEW DELHI: Come November 12, you can book a railway ticket online 30 minutes prior to the departure of a train. In a passenger-friendly move, Railways has also made changes in its system of preparation of chart, which would now be prepared twice. First reservation chart would be prepared four

VASCO DA GAMA: The behaviour of ex-servicemen protesting the notification on OROP scheme is "unlike that of a soldier" and they have been misguided, defence minister Manohar Parrikar said on Tuesday, a day after the war veterans decided to return their medals. He termed one rank, one pension (ORO

International media presented the Bihar results as a referendum on Prime Minister and a setback to his government's reforms. Many also mentioned the BJP's divisive campaign and the perception of deepening religious tension. Pakistan actually played a role in the election, as the BJP's favourite r

BCCI president Shashank Manohar is set to replace N Srinivasan for the remainder of the latter's term as ICC chairman. Manohar will occupy the position till end of June next year. The BCCI also appointed former ICC president Sharad Pawar as the second nominee to attend ICC meetings in case Manohar w

NEW DELHI:  If the BJP's "interference" in governance in states does not stop, chief ministers from various states may form a coalition against it, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal told NDTV today. "Today's result is a slap in the face of hate politics of BJP," said the Delhi Chief Minister -

NEW DELHI: The Bihar election results on Sunday saw Grand Alliance leaders Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad have the last laugh as they decimated the BJP-led NDA in a bitterly-contested assembly polls. The Mahagathbandhan of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad swept the poll bagging 178 assembly seats, five

New Delhi: The mandate in Bihar was a vote against "intolerance" and "hatred" said the Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party and the ruling Trinamool Congress of West Bengal as the counting threw up a clear lead of the Grand Alliance over the NDA. "This is a victory of unity over divisiveness

NEW DELHI: The Nitish Kumar-led Grand Alliance has now pulled way ahead of the BJP on a dramatic Sunday morning that has seen unprecedented confusion as votes are counted for the Bihar assembly elections. Here are the latest developments in this story: The Grand Alliance is now leading in 128

The Railways has announced new refund rules while doubling cancellation charges for all classes with effect from November 12. With this, the minimum cancellation charges for confirmed tickets 48 hours prior to scheduled departure will be Rs 240 for AC-1 executive class, Rs 200 for 2AC/1st class,

BALI:  Amidst the ongoing debate back home on intolerance, Vice President Hamid Ansari today said India is a pluralistic society and there are constitutional guarantees to ensure diversity and a secular state that shows equal respect for all faiths and religions. He also said that India is a coun

Chhota Rajan, one of India’s most wanted criminals who has been on the run since 1988, underwent preliminary questioning soon after he was brought to New Delhi from Bali on Friday in an IAF aircraft by a team headed by CBI officials. The team of seven officers were drawn from the CBI, Delhi Polic

More filmmakers joined the protest against intolerance as 25 eminent personalities on Thursday returned their awards to the government opposing the suppression of freedom of speech and the way Gajendra Chauhan was appointed chairman of the Pune-based Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).

Eight people were injured on Thursday when supporters of the joint action committee (JAC) on the killing of Mohammad Hasmad Ali alias Babu tried to storm the Irilbung police station in Imphal East district of Manipur, leading to a scuffle. Ali, a madrassa headmaster, was beaten to death on Novemb

After being on the run for the past 27 years, underworld don Chhota Rajan was brought here early this morning from Indonesia by a joint team headed by CBI officials for facing trial in various criminal cases registered against him in Delhi and Mumbai. The 55-year-old gangster, whose real name is

A clutch of exit polls on the Bihar elections gave the Grand Alliance led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a slight edge, while one pollster bet on rival NDA to get a two-third majority. Four pollsters - C-Voter, AC Nielsen, CNX and News Nation (TV channel) - gave the JD(U)-RJD-Congress combine the

Just when the BJP was clearing the air over its leader’s controversial remark on actor Shah Rukh Khan, party MP Yogi Adityanath started a fresh fire when he said Khan and 26/11 attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed "speak the same language”. "...I am saying these people are speaking in terrorists’ langu