Politics

Citing examples of Arab countries where criminals are stoned to death, Lalu Prasad demanded the culprits should be hanged.

The BJP, however, did not make its stand clear on whether it was in favour of deregulation of diesel prices or not.

Some of them tried to stop the jail van and even climbed on to the vehicle, forcing the driver to stop it.

It is not proper to give this kind of statement or to do politics on the issue in this manner, Rashid Alvi said.

Mamata has claimed time and again that her government had within 20 months of taking power completed 90 per cent of the work it had set out to do in five years.

Chief Electoral Officer Asutosh Jindal said that of the 23,52,505 voters, 11,64,656 were women.

MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, accused of delivering a hate speech, will be produced before the court on January 17.

Modi's electoral hat-trick in Gujarat has stepped up speculations about his being the PM candidate of the BJP.

The meeting was called after a CPI(M) rally turned violent and its supporters clashed with TMC workers in South 24 Parganas.

Nitish said Bihar had successfully tested speedy trial in several cases including the one involving a foreigner rape victim.

The Gujarat CM said that in the philosophy of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' lay the answer to terrorism.

The WB govt has withdrawn a petition pertaining to land acquisition on a particular stretch in the metro project from the Kolkata HC.

Karunanidhi had on Thursday hinted that his younger son MK Stalin will be his heir, laying to rest speculation on who will succeed him.

Sonia held consultations with senior leaders, including Sushilkumar Shinde, P Chidambaram, AK Antony and Ahmed Patel.

Yeddyurappa said a final decision on whether to bring down the Shettar government would be taken on January 4.

Congress claimed the BJP leaders had attended New Year celeberations even as the nation mourned the death of the Delhi braveheart.