The Congress party Friday strongly rejected a former prime ministerial aide P.C. Alexander’s indication that the then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi had helped Warren Anderson, the CEO of Union Carbide Corp in 1984, escape from the country within days of Bhopal gas tragedy.
Alexander reportedly stated that Gandhi and then Madhya Pradesh [...]
The contentious Telangana issue appears to have come back to square one with yet another confusing statement of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram.
Chidambaam’s comment that the formation of Telangana state is not in the hands of the Centre, but it depends on the consensus to be achieved in the State, has [...]
Whenever opposition is weak, the ruling party gets horns in its head. And Congress is not immune to that phenomenon. Once upon a time, when every opposition party was weak, Congress has shown its airs and a coterie was formed to run the government.
Rajiv Gandhi for quite a long time was [...]
It is a testing time for Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu in the selection of candidates for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections.
The TDP will get just two seats in the RS polls, but there are more than a dozen contenders for the same. Every time, Naidu does a lot of [...]
With Telangana leaders rejecting the terms of reference of the Srikrishna panel and student groups calling for a shutdown Saturday, police went on alert in Hyderabad and nine other districts of the region.
Anticipating violent protests, police tightened security at the chief minister’s camp office, universities, the state assembly and other vital installations.
As soon as the [...]
Normal life was paralysed in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh for the second consecutive day on Thursday due to bandh called by Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) to protest the police cane-charge on students in Osmania University here.
The Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) has suspended its services in Telangana districts like Nalgonda, Medak and [...]
Nearly two and a half months after imposing a ban on pre-paid mobile phones in Jammu and Kashmir, the Centre on Thursday lifted its order with immediate effect but put stringent conditions on operators for verification of customers.
The decision to lift the ban was taken after the Centre finalised a “foolproof” plan to ensure proper [...]
People in Ladakh had some respite from the cold wave on Thursday, while the rest of Jammu and Kashmir reeled under intense cold.
Ladakh, which recorded a drop in night temperature, experienced snowfall this morning, Met office said.
Leh registered a low of minus 7 deg C, while Kargil recorded minus 8 deg C.
Night temperature further dipped [...]
A division bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday ordered CBI probe into the Paul M. George murder case. The Bench comprising chief justice S.R. Bannurmath and Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan issued the directive while allowing a writ petition filed by M.G. George (Muthoot group), father of Paul M. George, seeking CBI investigation into [...]
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday suggested that there was a case for a rise in milk prices to help augment supply, but dismissed any suggestions that a price hike was imminent.
When confronted by reporters after a speech he made at a function here as to when a decision would be taken on raising milk [...]
