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UP BJP chief hits out at SP, Cong, terms PDA 'Parivarik Dal Alliance'

LUCKNOW, Dec. 24 -- Newly appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary on Tuesday attacked the Samajwadi Party and Congress, accusing them of doing family-based politics. He assured BJP work... Read More


AIADMK, BJP initiate preliminary talks ahead of TN elections

Chennai, Dec. 24 -- NDA constituents in Tamil Nadu--the AIADMK and the BJP on Tuesday initiated preliminary talks ahead of the 2026 Assembly polls in the state, with saffron party leader Piyush Goyal ... Read More


Aravallis definition exempts mining for 'critical minerals'

New Delhi, Dec. 24 -- The Union government's new definition of Aravallis, accepted by the Supreme Court on November 20, and which has raised widespread concerns about the opening up of the Aravallis t... Read More


Survivor protests, briefly detained

NEW DELHI, Dec. 24 -- The Unnao rape case survivor on Tuesday staged a protest at India Gate hours after the Delhi high court suspended the jail term of the expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar. S... Read More


Regional languages take precedence in Ls addresses

New Delhi, Dec. 24 -- Aided by live translation in 22 languages, more lawmakers in the Lok Sabha are making speeches in their mother tongue, the Lower House secretariat's data has revealed. In the win... Read More


MGNREGA workers to get wages within 7 days, UP govt tells House

LUCKNOW, Dec. 24 -- The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday said that the wages of MGNREGA workers will now be paid in seven days, instead of 15, and the guaranteed number of work days will be increas... Read More


Apex court expands scope of 'victim', allows heirs to continue criminal cases

New Delhi, Dec. 24 -- The Supreme Court has advocated an expansive and purposive understanding of who qualifies as a "victim" under criminal law, holding that children or other legal heir of a decease... Read More


War of words in Council over Codeine syrup, Vande Mataram, SIR

LUCKNOW, Dec. 24 -- Samajwadi Party and Bharatiya Janata Party lawmakers came face to face in the legislatative council on Tuesday over the codeine cough syrup row. The issue was raised by SP lawmaker... Read More


BJP chief slams Tejashwi & Rahul on Bihar return

PATNA, Dec. 24 -- Newly-appointed BJP national working president Nitin Nabin on Tuesday took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and called him a "part-time politician who came to Bihar only during ... Read More


hc suspends jail term of sengar in unnao rape case, grants bail

New Delhi, Dec. 24 -- The Delhi High Court on Tuesday suspended the jail term of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who is serving life imprisonment in the 2017 Unnao rape case, while imposing ... Read More