LUCKNOW: Union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju on Sunday said that the ministry of home affairs (MHA) has sought a report from Uttar Pradesh government on the violence which erupted in Moradabad district.

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday reiterated that the issue over the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and Katchatheevu islet cannot be treated as settled.

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: The passport delivery system could soon become hassle-free and quick. On the directions of the chief passport officer in the ministry of external affairs, Mumbai may lead the way to do away with cumbersome processes that currently delay the issuance of a passport.

NEW DLHI: The government has almost completed seat allotment for leaders in the 16th Lok Sabha but has to iron out some rough edges with Congress asking for a couple of more seats than the two it is entitled to. If the government agrees to oblige Congress, which is the largest opposition party in the House, it may have to give up a couple of its own seats in the front rows in Lok Sabha.

NEW DELHI: As part of its efforts to clamp down on hoarding of onions and potatoes and rein in their prices, the Centre on Wednesday empowered states to fix a limit on the quantities of the kitchen staples that can be held in stock.

 PATNA: The RJD and Congress on Wednesday attacked the Narendra Modi government for increasing rail fares, hiking prices of petroleum products and for the rising prices of almost all essential commodities, including onions, despite making promises of 'achche din aane wale hain' (good days are coming) to the public during the recent Lok Sabha elections.

NEW DELHI: Yellapragada Sudershan Rao, the new chairperson of Indian Council of Historical Research, is an active member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's Akhil Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Yojana and heads its Andhra Pradesh chapter. He is currently involved in a project that would fix the date of Mahabharata war.

 NEW DELHI: Road transport ministry issued a "whitepaper" on the dismal performance of NHAI while putting all blames on other line ministries during UPA regime

PANAJI: The pre-monsoon churning of currents on the high seas throws up sticky and oily tar balls, which turn people away from Goa's pristine beaches annually. This May to October menace has grown in magnitude over the last four decades since it was first noticed in the 1970s.

NEW DELHI: With reports that US national security agency snooped on BJP kicking up a political storm, a seething India looks set to strongly lodge a protest with the top rungs of the US administration.