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Ruling BJP confronts its own bureaucracy in MP

India, Dec. 5 -- Ministers and BJP MLAs in Madhya Pradesh are preparing to open a coordinated front against what they describe as an increasingly unresponsive bureaucracy. They have decided to lodge a... Read More


Tezpur University shutdown enters 6th day as proposal rejected

India, Dec. 5 -- The shutdown by students of Tezpur University in Assam entered its sixth day on Thursday over their demand for the removal of the vice-chancellor, while staffers of the varsity reject... Read More


BJP MLAs walk out of Himachal Assembly over alleged lathi charge on ABVP workers

India, Dec. 5 -- BJP legislators walked out of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Thursday in protest of the alleged lathi charge on ABVP workers near the Zorawar Stadium in Dharamshala. Raising a poin... Read More


Centre Begins 100-Day Push for Child Marriage-Free India

India, Dec. 5 -- Union Minister of Women and Child Development Annapurna Devi on Thursday said child marriage snatches childhood away from daughters and pushes them towards early maternity and "unimag... Read More


Odisha Govt Sanctions Rs 1 Crore for Dhanu Jatra Festival

India, Dec. 5 -- The Odisha Government on Thursday sanctioned Rs 1 crore for Baragarh's Dhanu Jatra, during which the town transforms into an open-air theatre with the life of Lord Krishna being enact... Read More


Shiv Sena leader alleges theft from Karnataka bank locker

India, Dec. 5 -- In a shocking development, Shiv Sena (Shinde) deputy leader and former MLA Krishna Hegde has lodged a complaint with the police alleging a 'theft' of valuables from his safe deposit l... Read More


Chaos at West Bengal CEO office as BLOs protest SIR deadlines

India, Dec. 5 -- There was quite a commotion outside the office of the State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) when a large section of the Trinamool Congress-backed booth-level officers - engaged in the s... Read More


Bijapur encounter toll rises to 18 as six more bodies of Naxaliles found

India, Dec. 5 -- Six more bodies of Naxalites have been recovered following an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, taking the toll of cadres killed in the gun battle ... Read More


SC asks States to provide more staff to ECI

India, Dec. 5 -- Taking note of a plea alleging extreme work pressure faced by the Booth Level Officers (BLOs) engaged in the time-bound special revision of the electoral rolls, the Supreme Court dire... Read More


Defining fake news: What is it, after all?

India, Dec. 4 -- Winston Churchill once famously said, "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to put its pants on." Today, in the age of social media, that lie may well tra... Read More