Mr. Panda was speaking at the second India Ideas Conclave organised by the India Foundation here. During a session on “new politics,” Mr. Panda said very often legislative business ran aground at the Upper House. Constitutionally that could be considered ....

There have been no fresh rains in the city on Tuesday. Personnel from the Madras 4 Regiment of the Indian Army have been pressed into service at Mudichur in Kacheepuram on the request of the district administration even as Air Force has conducted sorties to rescue ci ....

A proposal to extend the state of emergency for another three months would be put for Parliament’s approval on Wednesday, Mr. Hollande said. In this time he will seek to introduce constitutional amendments that would give the government emergency-like powers witho ....

Trains cancelled Train No.12077 / 12078 Chennai Central–Vijayawada-Chennai Central Janshatabdi Express is cancelled on November 16. Trains partially cancelled Train No. 12711 / 12712 Vijayawada-Chennai Central-Vijayawada Pinakani Express is partially canc ....

There seemed to be no respite from the downpour with many parts of Chennai coming under water even as the weatherman forecast more rains for the next 24 hours, beginning 0830 hrs. The India Meteorological Department said in a bulletin on Sunday that the well-marked l ....

While India has “ambitious” plans for addressing the challenges of climate change, the country doesn't see development and climate change as competing objectives, the Prime Minister said in the lead intervention at the G20 inaugural session at Antalya, T ....

The Janata Dal (United), the Congress and the RJD are looking to convert Nitish Kumar’s oath-taking ceremony in Patna on November 20 into a platform where anti-BJP political forces can converge by inviting non-BJP Chief Ministers but excluding all BJP leaders. West ....

The number of deaths in the rain-related incidents in the last one week has gone up to 60. Holiday for schools As a precautionary measure, the administration in many districts, including Chennai, has declared Monday a holiday for schools and colleges. Anna Univers ....

“I am not impressed with the submission that the magistrate did not follow proper procedure in the matter,” Justice J.B. Pardiwala said. Narendra Modi, then Chief Minister of Gujarat, was accused of violating the election code when he addressed a press co ....

"We, the undersigned, return our National Awards, and hope that this symbolic gesture urges you to pay attention to our fears, that the warp and weft of our robust democracy might be coming apart in the current atmosphere," said a statement from the filmmakers ....