Northeast CMs urge Rajnath to reconsider Citizenship Bill

Representatives of the member parties of the North East Democratic Alliance – a BJP-led non-Congress group of political parties – have met Union home minister Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi, and requested him to reconsider the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016. Read More
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Karnataka: Congress moves its 76 MLAs to resort to ‘protect from BJP’

Four Congress MLAs didn’t turn out despite former chief minister and Karnataka Congress leader Siddaramaiah warning his MLAs of stern action if they fail to attend Friday’s CLP meeting in Vidhan Soudha, Bengaluru. Read More
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Siddaramaiah orders Karnataka Congress MLAs to attend meeting

All the Congress MLAs, who were reported to have rebelled earlier, have confirmed that they are very much part of the party and the reports of their defection are false. Read More
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Karnataka: BJP’s ‘Op Lotus’ fails as Congress rebel MLAs backtrack

The Bharatiya Janata Party failed yet again at installing its government in Karnataka after its efforts to topple the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition government with Congress rebel MLAs after the MLAs backtracked at the last moment. Read More
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Meghalaya: Navy finds body of a trapped miner after over a month

The Indian Navy divers working on the rescue operations spotted a body of a person more than a month after 15 labourers were trapped inside an illegal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills. Read More
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JNU sedition case: Kanhaiya, Umar Khalid among 10 charged

The Delhi Police, on Monday, filed a 1,200-page chargesheet against 10 people in the 2016 case where a group of students and activists allegedly raised anti-India slogans in the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus, in New Delhi. Read More
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One month on, no headway in finding trapped Meghalaya miners

A month after the collapse and flooding of an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district, the rescue operation still continues despite no hopes of the survival of the 15 workers trapped in the “rat hole”. Read More
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Meera Sanyal, ex-banker and AAP member, dies

Meera Sanyal, top banker-turned-politician and social worker, died at her residence in Mumbai after losing her battle with cancer, on Friday. She was 57. Read More
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Michel, alleged VVIP copter middleman, gets consular access

The British high commission in India has been given access to Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper deal. It’s alleged that kickbacks were given in the ₹3,500 deal. Read More
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Government raises GST exemption ceiling from ₹20 lakh to ₹40 lakh

In order to give a relief to the small business just before the upcoming Lok Sabha election, the GST council, on Thursday, approved the doubling of the annual turnover exemption limit for the goods and services tax composition scheme. Read More
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