Elections

Union Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari Monday inaugurated a web-based payment monitoring system in New Delhi to make the payment process for national highways-related work and services more transparent, an…

The Indian Express dropped a bombshell this morning by publishing the list of 100 Indians, who have amassed huge amount of money in HSBC Bank, Geneva in Switzerland. Noted industrialists Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, Yashovardhan Birla,…

Bihar's ruling JD-U Monday expelled Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi from the party for six years, chief whip Shrawan Kumar said. "(JD-U national president) Sharad Yadav has expelled Manjhi from the party for anti-party activities," said…

Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, who is in revolt against his party JD-U and step down from his post, Sunday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi but said no political issues were discussed. Manjhi, who was here to attend the first…

Emphasising on the need to empower the states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday called upon states to forge a model of "cooperative federalism" to resolve differences even as he flagged poverty as India's biggest challenge. Chairing the…

Despite exit polls predicting a victory for the AAP, BJP leaders on Sunday expressed hope that the party will win the Delhi assembly election as they had done "positive work" at the grassroots. A day after Saturday's polling for the…

Arvind Kejriwal is all set to form government in Delhi with a massive majority, if we believe the exit polls. People of Delhi have given a clear mandate this time and it will be in favour of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), say exit polls. The…

The government Saturday said there was no proposal to increase fares in the upcoming railway budget. According to Minister of State (MoS) for Railways Manoj Sinha, there was no proposal at present to increase rail fares. "There is no…

Uttarakhand Transport and Social Welfare Minister Surendra Rakesh died Saturday after a protracted battle with cancer, a government spokesman said. Rakesh, 44, died at a Gurgaon hospital. A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA, Rakesh was part of…

The JD(U) led by Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav quashed the rebellion of Jitan Ram Manjhi with an iron hand and sacked him as the Chief Minister. At the Legislature Party meeting, the MLAs elected Nitish Kumar as their leaders to take charge…