President Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit stoked a major controversy by describing women participating in Delhi protests against gangrape of a student as ‘highly dented and painted’, triggering angry backlash.

“Naam wahi jo kaam karaye, Sultanpur ka samman badhaye” — posters carrying this slogan along side a photograph of BJP MP Varun Gandhi have set the political cauldron on the boil in Sultanpur district.

Even as the outrage over the Delhi rape case continues, a 38-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped by three persons at a roadways bus stand in Mau district late on Tuesday night.

As scam after scam unfolds, more and more ministers and legislators of the previous Mayawati government are on their way to jail.

The state government employees who had been on strike since December 13 in protest against the quota in promotion bill, finally called off their strike on Thursday night.

In a damage control exercise, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday handed over a cheque of `2 lakhs to the wife of Tehatta police firing victim and offered a job to their son.

In a damage control exercise, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday handed over a cheque of `2 lakhs to the wife of Tehatta police firing victim and offered a job to their son.

Leading civil rights activists and Maoist sympathisers on Thursday condemned the Bihar government’s withdrawal of permission for a major rally in Muzaffarpur scheduled for Friday to protest against th

A civilian was injured when two powerful bombs, suspected to have been planted by militants at a roadside, exploded in Imphal east district of Manipur today, minutes after a CRPF convoy passed through.

In what must have come as a big relief to her, the Calcutta high court on Tuesday dismissed the contempt of court case filed against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for her comments against