Social activist Niranjan Bhatwal from Maharashtra has moved a Public Interest Litigation in the Supreme Court seeking that the country be called 'Bharat', and not 'India' as the latter is of colonial origin, and that the constitution makers intended that 'Bharat' be used for all official and unofficial purposes, and not 'India'.
Sharad Yadav says that reports about disquiet among the factions are 'sponsored'.
BSP chief says Ambedkar talked of separate electorates for Dalits; didn't believe in Hindutva.
Family feuds, in what are essentially family-run outfits, have cast a shadow over the reunification efforts of Janata Party.
While PM Narendra Modi-Amit Shah dominated the national executive, senior chief ministers and 'margdarshaks' LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi were ignored
The top two in the government and in the Bharatiya Janata Party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party President Amit Shah, respectively, spent the day trying to hard sell not just the contentious land Bill but also how the Modi government stood for the welfare of farmers.
Virat Kohli remained the highest-placed Indian batsman at fourth even as Shikhar Dhawan rose a rung to sixth in the latest ICC ODI rankings.
BJP gives only 7 per cent instead of promised 33 per cent representation to women in its national executive
The Indian woman IT professional, who was stabbed to death in a Sydney suburb, is believed to have seen her attacker approach and begged for mercy in her final moments, even as the police were investigating if the assault was related to the sex attacks last year.
'Could this be a random attack? Well, yes it could. It could be a whole range of scenarios... and we are considering all of them.'
The government's top leadership was happy with Prabhu's Budget.
The rules seem to show he could have kept it, despite its much-reported value
Execs of RIL, Essar, Cairn India, Jubilant Energy, ADAG detained.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to expand his cabinet when Parliament breaks for recess during the Budget Session. Archis Mohan reports
Allies, Opposition increase volume of criticism; hope in Kashmir, Assam
Sangh parivar is relying heavily on first-time voters and hopes women will also vote for Bedi. Archis Mohan reports
support for the AAP notwithstanding, the BJP is convinced it will win Delhi.
Several former colleagues say Kejriwal is undemocratic. But his loyalists stand stoutly behind him
Ashley J Tellis, a leading authority on Indo-US relations, tells Archis Mohan in an emailed interview that it is time Washington and New Delhi agreed on the contours of their 'strategic partnership', and that India's elite could learn from Prime Minister Narendra Modi in how he has put India's interests first and his own sentiments about the Americans second.
Dr Pranav Shetty, a prominent Indian-American doctor fighting the dreaded ebola disease in West Africa, was the lone representative of the community to be present in First Lady Michelle Obama's box during the State of the Union Address.
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