New Delhi: After leading a protest march of party lawmakers to Rashtrapati Bhawan, Congress president Sonia Gandhi attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, accusing him of "silence" amid "an atmosphere of fear, intolerance and threat" that she alleged was being scripted by organisations associat

Congress president Sonia Gandhi called on President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday evening where she is learnt to have voiced concerns over "growing incidents of intolerance” across the country. Sonia’s 40-minute meeting with Mukherjee comes on a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a sharp

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi must keep "his party members in check" from making controversial statements "or risk losing domestic and global credibility", an arm of global ratings agency Moody's said on Friday while urging the government to focus its attention on the reforms agenda. Mo

FARIDABAD:  Forensic experts in Haryana have concluded that the fire which killed two Dalit children and injured their parents started inside their house and not outside as claimed by the victims, reports said. The Haryana forensic team, that visited the village yesterday, has submitted its repor

After writers, scientists and filmmakers, more than 50 eminent historians, including Romila Thapar, Irfan Habib and M G S Narayanan, have now come out in protest against what they described as a "highly vitiated atmosphere of intolerance in the country.” Expressing anguish over the "prevailing situ

Delhi Police arrested Hindu Sena leader Vishnu Gupta on Wednesday for allegedly making a “false complaint” about beef being served at Kerala House, hours after chief minister Oommen Chandy asked the Prime Minister to act against policemen who conducted a “raid” on the state guest house. “Gupta ha

The killing of writer M M Kalburgi and rationalist Narendra Dabholkar and the Dadri lynching form a "dangerous” trend, said Abhitej Singh Sandhu (in picture), the grandnephew of freedom martyr Bhagat Singh. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, he lamented the youth had become intolerant towards othe

NEW DELHI/CHENNAI: The protest begun by writers has spread to other sections of the intelligentsia, with artists and scientists, in separate petitions on Tuesday, speaking out against what they described as a systematic spread of intolerance. More than 400 members of the artist community, includi

New Delhi: Politics over beef found a new address today as the Kerala House in Delhi took buffalo meat off its menu after a "raid" by 20 policemen over a complaint from a fringe group. After a day of protests against what many saw as bullying, Kerala House decided to bring back buffalo meat, send

Fugitive underworld don Chhota Rajan, one of India’s most wanted criminals and a leading figure in the Mumbai underworld, was arrested at Bali in Indonesia on Sunday. Rajan gained widespread sympathy and public attention after he broke away from Dawood Ibrahim gang, condemning it for carrying out th

NEW DELHI: Former Navy chief Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas has written an open letter to President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemning the attacks on minorities and Dalits under the rule of the current government. "The Hinduism I knew and experienced was gentle, inclusive,

A major fire broke out in South Mumbai's busy Crawford market in the wee hours today, gutting over 60 shops. Fire officials said there was no casualty reported in the blaze. "Our control room received an alert at 5:23 AM that a massive fire broke out at Crawford market. Soon 10 fire tenders and e

The Sahitya Akademi finally broke its silence on Friday and condemned the incidents of violence against "fellow citizens” as well as the murder of Kannada writer M M Kalburgi and other progressive thinkers. "As the only autonomous institution of Indian literature in all its diversities, the Akade

NEW DELHI: BJP's run of controversial statements continues with minister of state V K Singh's ill-phrased comment that the government cannot be held responsible if a stone is thrown at a dog - in the context of the murder of two dalit children in Faridabad - inviting a storm of criticism from opposi

Urdu poet Munawwar Rana, who has returned his Sahitya Akademi award would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi soon. “I got a call from PMO on Tuesday with a request to meet him the next day. As I was in Gwalior I said that it was not possible and the date and time should be fixed for some other day

NEW DELHI:  Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today led a cycle rally to mark Delhi's first ever 'Car-Free Day'. Hundreds of people took part in the cycle-rally, which was held between Red Fort and Bhagwan Das Marg. The Car-Free Day is aimed at encouraging people to use public transport. Deputy C

New Delhi, Oct 21: Adding a fresh twist to Dadri lynching incident, a National Minority Commission (NMC) inquiry has submitted a report terming the Dadri lynching a ‘planned incident’. The one-member commission probe concluded that death of Mohammad Akhlaq by mob was not ‘spontaneous act’. “Every

After President Pranab Mukherjee reiterated his concern over growing intolerance in the country for the third time on Tuesday, the Modi Government broke its silence on the recent debate on communal violence. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley asked people to engage in "debate” and not "vandalism