Taking a tough stand on the cross-voting issue by its Jammu and Kashmir MLAs, the BJP on Tuesday expelled its legislative party member in the state Assembly Chaman Lal Gupta from the primary membership of the party for six years.

The CBI has initiated its investigation into the preliminary enquiry (PE) registered to probe criminal aspects, if any, in the allotment of spectrum licences since 2001.

Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan’s remarks praising the agricultural growth of Narendra Modi-run Gujarat has created a controversy.

An Indo-German higher education summit may soon be hosted later this year to explore issues like mutual recognition of qualification and joint research programmes.

Andhra Pradesh state endowments minister Jupally Krishna Rao became the first minister on Tuesday to resign from Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy’s Cabinet citing the Telangana issue.

Against the backdrop of fear expressed in the country, particularly after the recent nuclear crisis in Japan and Germany deciding to dismantle it all nuclear power generating installation by 2022, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has convened a special meeting on Wednesday to discuss issues relating to safety and security of existing and proposed nuclear installations in the country.

Delhi was once again hit by a security scare on Monday when a bag filled with explosive material was found lying near Delhi University’s Gargi College in south Delhi.

Passengers of Air India and Kingfisher Airlines using Delhi and Hyderabad airports from June 1 can breathe easier now, with senior officials of the GMR group expressing confidence on Monday evening that the process of payment of arrears by these two airlines to the two consortia will start. So far as Air India is concerned, the

Decks have been cleared for the three-way division of the MCD as the Delhi Cabinet on Monday gave nod to the proposal, giving due consideration to the dissenting voices in the party against increasing the number of wards and the consequent shrinking sphere of influence of its councillors. The city government will now move a

After framing strict guidelines on phone-tapping by the central agencies, the Centre has convened a meeting of chief secretaries and DGPs of all states on Tuesday to discuss putting in place a heavily-guarded mechanism to curb illegal phone-tapping and prevent misuse by state agencies and service provides by imposing heavy