The Winter Session of Parliament got off to a rocky start on Tuesday with the Lok Sabha adjourned for the day without transacting business as the Opposition refused to let it function, and the Rajya Sabha adjourned after the obituary references.

A 25-year-old youth from Bihar has been arrested for strangulating two siblings of his landlord to death in northwest Delhi’s Jehangirpuri area, the police said on Tuesday.

Amitabh Bachchan carries his newborn grand-daughter while coming out of Mumbai’s Seven Hills Hospital along with his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai on Tuesday after the baby and her mother were dischar

Commuters walk amidst morning fog at Vijay Chowk in New Delhi on Tuesday. — G.N. jha

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has accepted the resignation of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee as a member of the House from Kolkata Dakshin Parliamentary seat. The Speaker received Ms Banerjee’s resignation on October 9, and it was accepted with immediate effect. Ms Banerjee, who

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee arrived in New Delhi on a four-day visit on Tuesday evening. The main purpose of her visit is to address a seminar “Rising Bengal” at the India International Trade Fair (IITF). Ms Banerjee is expected to be joined at the seminar by Union finance minister Pranab

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot has appointed former MLA Mahir Azad as chairman of state minority commission and Moulana Fazle Haq as chairman of Madarsa Board. The CM seems in hurry to make political appointments to galvanise party’s rank and file. He also appointed former PCC chief and Jat leader Narayan Singh as chairman of Kisan Ayog.

The allegations against UPA government by former Gujarat home minister Amit Shah in the Supreme Court that he was “framed” in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case to “destabilise” the Modi government by using the CBI for this purpose seems to have been taken very seriously by the Centre as it pressed the services of three of its top law officers to take note of the case.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the petition of former BJP president Bangaru Laxman for quashing of the case related to bribe “on camera” allegedly linked to “fictitious” defence deals enacted by Thelka publication in a sting operation during the NDA regime to expose corruption in defence purchases.

CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat has decided to hold the next central committee meet in Kolkata from December 17 to 19 to ensure the presence of former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattachar-jee. Shell shocked by the Left Front’s humiliating exit from power and the decimation of the CPI(M) in Bengal, Mr Bhatt-acharjee has persistently skipped central committee and