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Meetings of UP legislature committees: Move for online presence of senior officers raises eyebrows

Lucknow, Nov. 29 -- The state government's move to allow senior bureaucrats to virtually join the meetings of various committees of the Uttar Pradesh legislature (through video conferencing) has stirr... Read More


BJP calls Hemant govt's six years "Era of Decline", releases chargesheet

Ranchi, Nov. 29 -- The Jharkhand BJP on Saturday mounted a sharp attack on the Hemant Soren government as it completed one year of its second term, releasing a chargesheet that accuses the ruling coal... Read More


Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil moves anticipatory bail amid serious rape allegations

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 29 -- Suspended Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil has approached the Thiruvananthapuram Principal District and Sessions Court seeking anticipatory bail after being booked in a c... Read More


Will continue to fight for restoration of J&K special status, statehood: NC working committee

Srinagar, Nov. 29 -- The ruling National Conference on Friday unanimously passed resolution seeking reaffirmation of commitment to special status and restoration of the statehood at the end of their t... Read More


SC seems to be working under govt pressure: Jamiat chief

Bhopal, Nov. 29 -- Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind president Maulana Mahmood Madani sparked a debate after he made remarks suggesting that the Supreme Court seems to be working "under government pressure," hence,... Read More


Zelenskiy's 'man for all seasons' quits as corruption scandal rocks Ukraine's wartime leadership

KYIV, Nov. 29 -- Ask Ukrainians who the country's most powerful figure was after the president, and many would say Andriy Yermak, his chief of staff and a key negotiator during four years of war when ... Read More


Jaiprakash Gaur's lifetime of building has ended in a legacy of bankruptcy

New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- At 94, Jaiprakash Gaur should have been sitting atop the hill of Indian enterprise, having built a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate from scratch. Instead, he now watches his em... Read More


The week in charts: GDP surprise, emerging markets rankings, informal jobs

New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- From India's GDP growth beating all estimates to record a six-quarter high growth of 8.2% in the second quarter of the current financial year, the International Monetary Fund (IM... Read More


"Time-wasting CM-DCM breakfast meetings": JD(S) takes dig at Karnataka govt leadership tussle

Bengaluru, Nov. 29 -- Even as the Congress makes an effort to portray an image of unity amidst a leadership crisis in Karnataka, the Janata Dal (Secular) on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the ... Read More


Upgrades in House decor spark slugfest

Belagavi, Nov. 29 -- A decision to replace the Karnataka assembly speaker's chair and related furniture at the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha has drawn criticism from activists and political leaders, after di... Read More