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Replying to a specific question on choosing Adityanath, a Swayamsevak, as Chief Minister, RSS Joint General Secretary Bhagaiah told reporters it was a political decision. (Photo: AP)

After Adityanath's elevation, RSS says it has no say in selection of...

Priest-turned politician Yogi Adityanath, the controversial mascot of hardline Hindutva, was yesterday named as next CM...

19 March 2017 2:13 PM IST

This is a major improvisation in a 2007 law that had left it to state governments to frame rules to protect the life and property of senior citizens. (Photo: Representational Image)

Children who abuse parents can be evicted from home: Delhi HC

Justice Manmohan, in his ruling, specified that the house need not be self-acquired or owned by the parents.

19 March 2017 1:06 PM IST

In his address, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon also mentioned Indus Water Treaty, saying it withstood frequent tensions between India and Pakistan, including wars. (Photo: Representational Image)

Indian delegation leaves for Pak, to take part in Indus Commission...

The delegation comprises India's Indus Water Commissioner P K Saxena, MEA officials and technical experts.

19 March 2017 1:00 PM IST

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj

Sufi clerics safe in Pak, will be back to Delhi tomorrow: Sushma...

The two clerics surfaced in Karachi and said that they had gone to meet their devotees in interior Sindh.

19 March 2017 12:19 PM IST

New UP CM Yogi Adityanath. (Photo:

Big assault on secularism, BJP's mask is off: Oppn slams Yogi's choice...

The BJP won a record 312 of the 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh, excluding 13 seats won by its allies.

19 March 2017 11:39 AM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yogi Adityanath returns after he was elected leader of the BJP Uttar Pradesh state legislature party in Lucknow. (Photo: AP)

It's about development, claims BJP on Adityanath's choice as UP CM

State BJP president Keshav Prasad Maurya and the BJP national vice-president Dinesh Sharma will be Deputy CMs.

19 March 2017 10:56 AM IST

Patrol party suspect that some more Naxals might have also been injured in the gun battle as blood stains were found at the spot, police said. (Photo: Representational Image)

5 Naxals, 2 jawans killed in gunbattle in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada

DRG commandos had launched an anti-Maoist operation in the core areas of Aranpur based on specific inputs.

19 March 2017 10:25 AM IST

Asif Nizami and Nazim Nizami, the Sufi clerics who have gone missing. (Photo: File)

'Thank you', missing Sufi cleric's son tells Sushma, Indian govt

Nizami also said that the clerics' mobile phones were now active, adding that they would be able to talk to them very...

19 March 2017 9:44 AM IST

Officials are charting out the power purchase agreement to be signed between Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and developers of the worlds largest solar power plant of 750 MW coming up in MP. (Photo: PTI)

Thanks to Jat quota agitation, no Delhi Metro services from 11:30 pm...

An advisory for commuters has also been issued by the Delhi Police which has ordered the closure of several important...

19 March 2017 9:07 AM IST

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

Tamil Nadu: Man murdered for atheism, B'luru blast convict suspected

Farook was killed because his Facebook post showed one of his children holding a placard saying, 'No God, No God, No...

19 March 2017 8:55 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Like freedom struggle, we need a movement for development: Modi

Prime Minister Modi further said that the new India is about Avsar (opportunity) and not about Upkaar (favour).

19 March 2017 8:29 AM IST

MIM president Asaduddin Owaisi

Yogi Adityanath as UP CM is Modi's vision of 'New India': Owaisi

Owasi, a firebrand Muslim leader, said he was the least surprised by the decision.

19 March 2017 8:17 AM IST