The CWC, the party’s highest decision-making body, also extended the process of the organisational elections which were scheduled to be completed by December 31. The Congress has struggled with its membership drive preceding the election process since it lost the ....

Students and activists, who expose failures of governments, are viewed as a threat by the establishment and the state wants to destroy this threat,” opined Mr. Hem Mishra, a student of prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University after his release from the Nagpur central j ....

According to Home Minister K.J. George, Megha Pansare, daughter of CPI leader Govind Pansare who was killed in a similar attack in Maharashtra, had appealed to the government against handing over the case to the CBI. She had pointed out that the inquiry into the murder ....

Live updates: 10.45 am: Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Pon Radhakrishnan arrives. He greets Mr Paneerselvam and other MPs. 10.40 am: Minister for Finance and Public Works Department O. Paneerselvam arrives at GIM 2015. Minister f ....

According to the FIR filed by the police in Gurgaon, the two women had been lured to India with a false promise of jobs, and then sold to the diplomat, who is the First Secretary at the embassy. According to the statements of the victims, aged 30 and 32, they were he ....

Inaugurating the world class manufacturing facility built exclusively for Airbus at Aequs SEZ near Hattargi of Hukkeri taluk, 35 km from here, on Monday, he said: “Trust deficit was highest in the defence department; it still exists and needs appropriate changes. ....

BJP secretary Shrikant Sharma said it was an “empty boast” by General Sharif, adding that his provocative comments were driven by desperation over Pakistan’s internal crisis as well “exposure” of its role in sponsoring terrorism in India. ....

On Monday, several areas were hit by local hartals called by either the CPI(M) or the BJP. The CPI (M) hartals covered the Chunakkara, Vallikunnam, Thamarakkulam, Palamel and Nooranadu panchayats in Alappuzha district, besides Pandalam and Adoor in Pathanamthitta. The B ....

After the massive Ahmedabad rally on August 25, which saw the participation of half-a-million people, Mr. Patel has not been able to organise another rally or event to sustain his movement. On Monday, he and a handful of his supporters went to meet BJP legislator Val ....

In a statement on Monday, a Northern Command spokesman said those sentenced were Colonel Dinesh Pathania; Captain Opendra; Havildar Devender Kumar; Lance Naik Lakhmi; Lance Naik Arun Kumar; and rifleman Abas Hussain. This is the first time Army personnel are being punis ....