Lucknow, Aug 27 – Eight railway stations in the Lucknow division of Northern Railways were officially renamed after saints and freedom fighters on Tuesday, officials said. According to an order issued by the Northern Railways, Kasimpur Halt Railway Station will now be known

Bengaluru, Aug 27 – Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar on Tuesday gave a ‘Raj Bhavan Chalo’ call for an agitation on August 31 to pressurize Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot to give sanction for prosecution in cases against BJP leaders pending before him. The

New Delhi, Aug 27 – BJP national spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain on Tuesday launched a strong criticism against the West Bengal government, condemning its attempts to suppress the ‘March to Nabanna’ protest and labelled Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as a “dictator.” The protest, led

New Delhi, Aug 27 – As chaotic scenes from the streets of Kolkata and Howrah filled the TV screens on Tuesday during the ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ (March to Secretariat) in protest against the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the R.G. Medical

Mumbai, Aug 27 – Amid a raging controversy over the collapse of the 28-foot Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday took a swipe at the Opposition saying that no one should play politics on the issue. “The

Srinagar, Aug 27 – Putting all speculation to rest, former Chief Minister and National Conference vice president, Omar Abdullah will fight the J&K Assembly election from the Ganderbal constituency as per the list of candidates issued by the NC on Tuesday. The NC

Hyderabad, Aug 27 – Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President, KT Rama Rao on Tuesday urged the Chief Justice of India (CJI) and the Supreme Court to initiate contempt proceedings against Union Minister of State for Home, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, for his comments

Hyderabad, Aug 27 – The BJP and Congress in Telangana traded barbs on Tuesday soon after the Supreme Court granted bail to BRS MLC K. Kavitha in the Delhi excise policy case. While the BJP claimed that the Congress and its advocates secured

New Delhi, Aug 27 – In a pre-poll alliance, Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) and Chandra Shekhar Azad’s Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) on Tuesday formed an alliance for the 90 Assembly seats in Haryana that will go to the polls on October 1.

Kolkata, Aug 27 – Tension over the ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ (March to Bengal Secretariat) protest rally condemning the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital earlier this month has now spread to Kolkata from Howrah as

Srinagar, Aug 27 – A US diplomatic delegation, which is in Kashmir meeting various political leaders, on Tuesday met Sajad Gani Lone, president of the People’s Conference. The US diplomatic delegation led by minister-counsellor political affairs, Graham Mayer, first secretary Gary Applegarth and

Patna, Aug 27 – The flood situation in Bihar’s Begusarai District has worsened, with more than five panchayats, including Mirnaipur, Bahadurpur, and Gopalpur in the Balia block, completely cut off from the mainland due to the rising water levels of the Ganga River.

New Delhi, Aug 27 –  The Centre has issued comprehensive guidelines for a time-bound handling of public grievances filed by citizens on an integrated user-friendly CPGRAMS www.pgportal.gov.in portal which will operate as a single window open platform. The timelines for effective grievance redressal

New Delhi, Aug 27 – Delhi BJP MP Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, State President Virendra Sachdeva, and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Raja Iqbal conducted a surprise visit to a Delhi Municipal Corporation school in the Kapashera area of the national capital on Tuesday. Kapashera

Kolkata, Aug 27 – The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Tuesday approached the Calcutta High Court on four student activists associated with the ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ march to the Bengal Secretariat reportedly going missing since Monday midnight. The