The Supreme Court has said bureaucrats couldn't be allowed to "frustrate grassroot democracy" and upheld a Bombay high court order reinstating a woman as the sarpanch of a Maharashtra village.......
Two persons attempted self-immolation, flaring tensions in Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh on Friday as protests against the planned disposal of 337 tonnes of hazardous waste from Union Carbide......
The Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party combine is heading for a clean sweep in the Zila Parishad and Block Samiti polls with winning 14 Zila Parishad and 130 Block Samiti seats and leading......
The daylong nationwide strike called by some Dalit and Adivasi groups against the Supreme Court's verdict on the sub-classification of Scheduled Castes affected normal life in Bihar and Jharkhand......
A case was registered by the police against Congress MLA Channareddy Tannur and his son Pampanagouda Tannur on Saturday after a Dalit sub-inspector allegedly died by suicide, following his transfer......
Villagers protesting the location of South Korean steel major Posco's proposed 12 million tonne steel project near here blocked all major roads leading to the project site after Orissa government......
Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti, the organization spearheading agitation against the 12 million tonne steel plant of Posco in Orissa, decided on Wednesday to re-erect the barricades blocking the......
Singur farmers did not want the Tatas to leave as they were upset only with the government package, and today the same farmers were not in the mood for any agitation, Anuradha Talwar, the president......
Fresh violence in Haryana; death toll hits 16; Centre directs security forces to use force to clear blockades Violence continued in Haryana on Monday, with stone-pelting mobs attacking security......
Govt assurances fail to cut ice with Jat leaders as agitation intensifies, Maruti halts production at two plants; highways, railway lines blocked Chaos reigned in Haryana on Saturday with......
Will a threat issued by the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti or Patel agitation affect the game? IMAGE: The Indian team celebrates a wicket. Photograph: BCCI High on confidence after levelling......