All 63 MLAs of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh tendered their resignations from the state assembly Saturday in protest against what they termed as "continued recognition to the BSP's 37 defectors by the assembly speaker as members... More

The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday described Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, the main accused in the Bofors gun deal of the 1980s, as Congress president Sonia Gandhi's "gift to India". "It is simple to see when... More

Adam Mohamed Ibrahim has had just about enough. Three days after fleeing his home village of Tebra in northern Darfur, he worries what the future holds for his wife and eight sons. For now he and his family wait at the sprawling Abu Shouk camp... More

The Calcutta High Court Friday slammed the West Bengal government over the method used to acquire land for a Tata Motors small car project in Singur and asked it to file an affidavit detailing the acquisition agreement with the land owners. A... More

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav's bid to use Amitabh Bachchan in advertisements to push his Samajwadi Party's political interests now stands frustrated following the announcement of elections in the state. The Election... More

President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's address to the joint session of parliament Friday had a few surprises in store. Kalam, who was delivering his last speech to a joint parliament session - his term ends in July - surprised MPs by addressing them in... More

Efforts to impose president's rule in Uttar Pradesh have been called off, government sources said Friday even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's communist allies publicly demanded an end to political manoeuvrings to dismiss the state government. ... More

The Punjab and Haryana High Court Thursday ordered that voting for the Beas assembly seat in Punjab be held before Feb 27 superseding Election Commission order which postponed polls for the assembly seat till March 11. A division bench comprising... More

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigned from his post after his government lost a key parliamentary vote on the country's foreign policy. Prodi tendered his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano Wednesday after holding an emergency... More

A day after the nightmare of dismissal blew over the head of the Mulayam Singh Yadav government of Uttar Pradesh following announcement of the election schedule for the state assembly, the Samajwadi Party Thursday found itself in a flurry of... More