Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Friday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "messiah Indians had been waiting for to appear for a thousand years" who has solution to all their problems.
At least two people were killed in a stampede at New Delhi Railway station Sunday afternoon, fire brigade officials said. At least five others are said to be injured in the freak mishap.
'In a democracy, there is nothing like 'I am right'.' 'You can be wrong, so somebody has to point that out.'
In yet another ceasefire violation along the Line of Control, Pakistani troops on Monday evening fired small arms and rockets on Forward Defence Locations in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior army official said.
Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
'Mr Kejriwal has played it cool in distancing himself from Delhi's hotspots, adroitly pandering to the BJP's Hindu vote.' 'He neither visited the scene of JNU violence nor has he dropped by at Shaheen Bagh,' notes Sunil Sethi.
Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate L K Advani, who chose to stay away from the all-party meeting called by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh flayed the Centre for not finding an amicable solution to the problems raised by the people of Jammu. He was addressing a Yuva Kranti Rally organised by Amit Thakar, president of Yuva Janata Dal.
A man demanding reservation for the community jumped to his death in a river in Aurangabad district.
The veteran actor was admitted to Lilavati hospital on Sunday, Septmember 15.
Saluting Tom Alter, who passed into the ages on September 29.
With his swearing-in, the five-decade-long practice of retired bureaucrats being appointed to the post has ended.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday took a potshot at Bharatiya Janata Party for raising the issue of 'love jihad'(affairs involving Muslim boys and Hindu girls) by suggesting that its MP Hema Malini had no qualms about acting in movies which showed such relationships.
'Or does India belong to the agricultural community that forms 70 per cent of this country? Which is the real India?' asks activist Ulka Mahajan.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi held a meeting with senior party leaders on Wednesday amid reports that a final call on the fate of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna will be taken soon.
He finished the digging in a mere 40 days and was pleasantly surprised to find water.
In a communication to L&T, the financial institutions on Thursday said they were withdrawing the nominations of Sinha and Deshmukh from the board with immediate effect.
Barred from flying, Gaikwad has to take a train to travel to Mumbai.
Train services resumed on Thursday through Chhapra line under Sonepur division after debris was cleared from the track in the wake of derailment of the New Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani at Goldenganj station which killed four persons and left 23 others injured on Wednesday.
Shiv Prasad Choudhary and his wife, parents of former chief minister Rabri Devi, were found traveling without ticket near Chapra railway station during a ticket-checking drive launched by the East Central Railway
The ministry said that states can also develop their own protocol with regards to quarantine and isolation as per their assessment.
He called for all-round efforts to inculcate a knowledge of history among the masses.
They are marching towards Delhi as part of the Bharatiya Kisan Union's protest call over demands ranging from farm loan waiver to cut in fuel prices
The decision was taken after opposition by right wing Hindu groups across the country, who have called for expulsion of Pakistani artistes from India after the Uri attack that killed 18 soldiers.
The Larsen and Toubro employee stock option controversy is becoming a major face-off between the financial institutions and the construction major.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister B C Khanduri won the trust vote in the state Assembly on Wednesday.
Rai said Salem's lawyers were making efforts to get his name registered in the voter list in Mubarakpur assembly segment.
Ten bogies of Guwahati-Delhi Sampark Kranti Express derailed near Mokama railway station in Patna district Sunday morning, injuring some passengers.
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A financial loss of Rs 8 to Rs 10 crore has been estimated due to the violence.
Munde expressed confidence that the BJP, which won 34 seats and fell short of majority by just one seat in the 70-member state assembly with an effective strength of 69 would prove its strength in the House.
Co-stars, colleagues, friends, everyone who knew him... paid homage to Vinod Khanna.
On a tip-off from intelligence agencies, the Crime Branch team apprehended Ajit Pal Singh and Rajender Singh on Thursday evening, said a senior police officer.
Comprising participants from far-off areas, including Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar and Jammu and Kashmir, the marchers followed a special team of 85 Army personnel who were horse-back.
Verma, a Kurmi who recently formed the Samajwadi Kranti Dal (SKD) after breaking away from Yadav, has fielded candidates in almost all seats in the area and appears set to corner a large chunk of votes from his community.
'Neither Aamir's hard-at-work whimsicality nor Amitabh Bachchan's stoic presence can salvage a second of this bloated, blundering bore,' fumes Sukanya Verma.
Sena has not supported Gaikwad's act but senior party leaders have expressed reservations over the airlines' action against him
BJP has won 34 out of the 69 seats, which went to polls, thus falling short of one seat from a clear majority.
The BJP won in 34 of the 69 constituencies where elections were held, while Congress bagged only 21 seats.
Kabir Kala Manch activists had allegedly made provocative speeches leading to violence at Koregaon Bhima in the district, according to an FIR registered at Vishrambaug police station after the event.
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