Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s ongoing Seva Yatra of the state is facing public anger in ways unexpected by the ruling JD(U) and BJP. Mr Kumar’s disregard to the protests has prompted the Opposition parties to renew their criticism of his much-hyped yatra.

The government on Thursday cleared a proposal to set up 2,500 model schools on Public-Private-Partne-rship (PPP) model across the country at the block level, which are not considered to be educationally backward.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday, took his battle in Uttar Pradesh to the next level when he directly accused Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and UP chief minister Mayawati of betraying the people of UP.

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections are expected to be held in February with Punjab and Uttarakhand.
While the Congress party expects an early elections, the feedback coming from the state is of a hung Assembly. According to the highly-placed sources in the

The Delhi high court will on Friday hear bail pleas by DMK MP Kanimozhi and five other accused in the 2G scam, who sought an earlier bail hearing after the Supreme Court gave bail to five others on Wednesday. Their hearing was earlier on December 1.

Children’s literature festival Aviva Bookaroo is back in the city for the fourth year. Several city schools are joining the three-day festival, which aims at bringing children and books together, on Friday at Sanskriti Kendra on the Mehrauli Gurgaon Road. The world of books will be open for all word lovers on Saturday and Sunday.

The country’s most wanted Maoist leader, Koteswara Rao, better known as Kishenji, was killed by joint forces in the biggest operation launched since the new West Bengal government assumed office in May. The development is a major shot in the arm for the Mamata Banerjee government,

The average number of dengue cases reported per day is declining in the city even as the number of those affected by the virus rose to 1,064.

A 28-year-old man was abducted by unknown persons in a car from Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg on Monday evening. The abductors have demanded `50 lakhs in ransom from his family for his safe release.

“Dear Omar Abdullah. why are you wasting your career on Twitter. You are CM of a state and need to be careful while speaking”. This message on social networking site Twitter sparked a flurry of conversations last month, denouncing