Furious Congress prepares to contest in all seats in UP
A day after the SP and BSP reached an agreement to contest in the upcoming general election together in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, the Congress, which is evidently unhappy with the rejection...
SP, BSP to fight together against BJP in 2019 Generals
The 2019 General Election is very crucial. It will decide the future of the country, and the political future of many political parties in the country. No other state in the country is as...
Arrested alleged AgustaWestland middleman granted consular access
Christian Michel, one of the three alleged middlemen of controversial AgustaWestland deal besides Guido Haschke and Carlo Gerosa, has been granted consular access by the Indian government. He has been languishing in the Tihar...
Army refuses to accept the SC’s view on homosexuality and adultery, says it is conservative
Saying that it is conservative, the Indian army has refused to make changes in their legal framework in accordance to the Supreme Court’s order that decriminalises homosexuality and adultery. When the order decriminalising homosexuality...
Economic backward quota bill challenged in SC
A bill aimed to provide ten per cent reservation for economically-backward people in general quota in jobs and educational institutions has been challenged in the top court of the country, on the ground that...
Congress gets its first transgender national-level office bearer
The grand old party has appointed activist-cum-journalist Apsara Reddy as a general secretary of the All India Mahila Congress. With Apsara, the Congress Party has become the first political party to appoint a transgender...
Citizenship (Amendment) Bill reaches parliament, amidst growing protest against it in Assam
The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016, which is considered as an anti-indigenous bill by several states located in the north-eastern region of India –primarily, Assam, has reached the Indian parliament today –a day after it...
India’s effort to convince the US to extradite 26/11 key accused fails
The Indian authorities’ effort to convince the United States counterparts to extradite a prime accused in the infamous 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who was the school friend and close associate...