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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis (Photo: PTI)

Maharashtra CM Fadnavis holds review meeting on new port policy

During the meeting, plans for development of ports and rail/road connectivity to ports were also discussed.

20 March 2017 7:39 PM IST

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with Deputy CMs Dinesh Sharma and Keshav Prasad Muriya at a meeting of police officers at Lok Bhawan in Lucknow. (Photo: PTI)

Day 1 as UP CM, Yogi Adityanath asks officials to implement BJP's...

Newly-appointed UP CM asked officials to declare their assets in 15 days.

20 March 2017 7:09 PM IST

DVK activist and atheist H Farook. (Photo: Facebook)

Coimbatore: 2 more surrender in connection with atheist's murder

Shamsuddin, hailing from Karumbukadai, surrendered before a Judicial Magistrate Court on Monday evening.

20 March 2017 7:01 PM IST

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar assumes charge of his office in Panaji. (Photo: PTI)

Goa CM Parrikar allots portfolios to Cabinet Ministers

The former defence minister has retained key portfolios such as Home Finance, Personnel, amidst others with himself.

20 March 2017 6:24 PM IST

Devotees take a dip in the river Ganga on the first day of Ardh Kumbh festival at Haridwar. (Photo: AP)

U'khand HC recognises river Ganga as living entity

The new status means if someone pollutes river Ganga, the law will see it equal to harming a human being.

20 March 2017 6:03 PM IST

Indian clerics Syed Asif Nizami and Nazim Nizami (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Indian clerics, who went missing in Pak, working against nation: Swamy

Nazim Nizami, one of the two clerics, said that a newspaper 'Ummat' in Pakistan printed false statements of them being...

20 March 2017 5:43 PM IST

AIADMK leader M Thambidurai along with party MPs talking to the media after meeting Home Minister Rajnath Singh regarding Jallikkattu ban. (Photo: AP)

Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker meets protesting TN farmers in Delhi

However, the farmers have decided not to call off the protest until their demands were met.

20 March 2017 5:32 PM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Assembly in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Bring Mamata under CBI probe into Narada, Saradha scams: CPI-M

The party also demanded that the Trinamool Congress leaders, allegedly involved in Narada scam, be arrested immediately.

20 March 2017 5:19 PM IST

Calcutta High Court Justice C S Karnan (Photo: File)

Justice Karnan making scurrilous' allegations: Mukul Rohatgi

Justice C S Karnan has refused to present himself before the Supreme Court in a contempt case.

20 March 2017 5:16 PM IST

Uttarakhand BJP leader Trivendra Singh Rawat. (Photo: Facebook)

Will make it mandatory for MLAs to provide details of assets: U'khand...

Trivendra Rawat also claimed that his government will effectively look into matters related to Gauvansh Sanrakshan...

20 March 2017 5:09 PM IST

Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik (Photo: PTI)

NIA issues fresh summons to Zakir Naik

The agency had early this month issued the first summons to him asking him to appear on March 14.

20 March 2017 4:51 PM IST

Almost all petrol companies are offering customers petrol-/diesel cards.

Bihar police stations get monthly 110 litre of fuel: minister

Minister in-charge for Home Bijendra Prasad Yadav said the same while answering a starred question of JD (U) Ravi Jyoti...

20 March 2017 4:19 PM IST