Regional parties are unlikely to play the role of “kingmaker” at the Centre despite stalling the Lokpal bill in Parliament and compelling the government to suspend its decision on FDI in retail.

Soon after China detonated its first atom bomb in 1964, the CIA tried to plant a nuclear-powered surveillance device atop Nanda Devi to spy on the communist nation.

A 10-year-old girl was raped allegedly by her 25-year-old neighbour on Tuesday evening in northeast Delhi’s Khajuri Khas area.

Bedlam prevailed in the Lok Sabha leading to an adjournment on Wednesday over the alleged harassment of BSP MP Rama Shankar Rajbhar within the precincts of Parliament by the Special Protection Group (

The government is planning to extend Parliament’s ongoing Winter Session by a few days to pass the Lokpal Bill, informed sources said.

Do you know that Rajpath that overlooks the magnificent Rashtrapati Bhavan was once called Kingsway?

Acting on court orders, the Delhi police on Sunday registered an FIR against former top IPS officer and Team Anna member Kiran Bedi for alleged misappropriation of funds meant for her NGOs.

A city court has ruled that maintenance cannot be denied to a divorced wife on the ground that she was involved in an adulterous relationship.

Maharashtra Congress leader Anant Gadgil has urged the party high command to reject the demand for the right to reject and recall.

NCP supremo Sharad Pawar on Sunday openly supported Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s stand on the recent hike in petrol prices, thereby distancing his party from Ms Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamul Congress.