CPI(M) on Friday accused Air India honchos of showing an "attitude of repression" towards its striking pilots by derecognising their union and demanded that the management sit with protestors to resolve the issue.

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday took a dig at Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani saying it was baffling that the hardline separatist leader could meet Lok Jan Shakti president Ram Vilas Paswan, who’s just an MP, yet was not willing to meet interlocutors appointed by the Centre.

Karnataka government on Friday told the Supreme Court that PDP leader Abdul Nasser Madani, a key accused in the Bengaluru bomb blast case, could pose a major threat to national security if released on bail.

BJP chief Nitin Gadkari has appointed national general secretary J.P. Nadda as the eighth spokesperson of the party.

K. Balachander, who brought a whiff of fresh air with daring new style in direction and filmmaking in Tamil cinema in the 1970s, was on Friday chosen for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2010.

Senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for “washing his hands off” the corruption allegations against his government despite being its leader. Ms Swaraj said the PM can neither evade the responsibility of corruption and scams in his tenure

In a setback to Union minister M.K. Alagiri, the Madras high court on Thursday refused to discharge the DMK strongman and his three associates from an assault case rejecting their plea that there was no case since the alleged “victim” had withdrawn his complaint.

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a clear report from five expelled Independent MLAs of Karnataka whether they had at any point of time attended BJP’s meetings and functions, which were purely related to its internal party matters. A bench of Justices Altamas Kabir and Cyriac Joseph sought the details in view of the case revolving

Taking a serious view of the conduct of the Allahabad Bank and United Bank of India which made drafts to the tune of `1.33 crores against cash payments for Trinamul Congress, the EC has directed the RBI to probe the alleged election expenditure guidelines’ violation.

A meeting of parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting turned ugly on Thursday with panel chief Murli Manohar Joshi walking out in anger and members of the ruling combine replacing him with Saifuddin Soz to move a resolution rejecting the draft report on the 2G spectrum case.