The Congress party Sunday wrested the prestigious Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat in Chhattisgarh from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Congress' Devrat Singh defeated BJP candidate and former minister in undivided Madhya Pradesh Leelaram... More

US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton raised a record $26 million for her presidential campaign in the first three months of this year, her aides announced Sunday. The amount outdistanced past presidential election records and showed the strength of... More

Former Pakistan prime ministers Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto have stepped up their overtures to the Bush administration, apparently in the belief that that the US alone can nudge President Pervez Musharraf towards holding free and fair... More

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has come under sharp criticism after the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to retain the Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat, which was his home turf and had been considered a safe bet. The party's... More

Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti is confident of wooing many leaders of her former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) into her fold in Rajasthan. With Rajasthan assembly elections set to take place next year, Uma Bharti's Bhartiya... More

The government Friday said there would be no compromise with its commitment to securing social justice for weaker sections and it would go ahead with the implementation of reservation for backward classes in higher educational institutions. The... More

The Narendra Modi government, "accused of direct complicity in the 2002 Gujarat riots, is continuing with its persistent unrepentant attitude" in the rehabilitation of the displaced victims, alleged Amnesty International. In a report released... More

Veteran Kerala leader K. Karunakaran indicated Friday he could return to the Congress, almost two years after he left it, if the call comes from 'some responsible people' in the party. Kerala Congress president Ramesh Chennithala said there was... More

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday lavished fulsome praise on late prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, upholding him as an ascetic in politics and a modernizer who gave impetus to economic policies. "As I saw him from close quarters, he was... More

chief N. Chandrababu Naidu Saturday sought the dismissal of the Maharashtra government if work on a proposed dam on the Godavari river was not immediately halted. Naidu made the demand ahead of a meeting scheduled between Prime Minister Manmohan... More