is now out in the open that not all within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are happy with their president Nitin Gadkari getting a second term, largely because of an internal struggle for power.

Not just Air India's international operations but even the March's pay of employees have been severely affected due to the ongoing pilots agitation, said an official Saturday.

Highlighting the Congress government's peace and development agenda in Assam, United Progressive Alliance chairperson and party president Sonia Gandhi Saturday appealed to militant outfits to join the central government's peace initiative.

Army chief General V.K. Singh Saturday denied suggestions that he was leaving behind a "divided" force but said there may be "some disgruntled people" in the 1.3 million strong army like any other organisation.

Dimple Yadav, wife of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, will contest the June 24 Lok Sabha by-election from Kannauj constituency, the Samajwadi Party announced Saturday. Akhilesh Yadav, who thrice represented the constituency, resigned after he took over as the chief minister in March, necessitating the by-election.

Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal Saturday said he would send a legal notice to the Indian Express newspaper for publishing a report claiming that fellow activist  Kiran Bedi had written to Anna Hazare doubting the handling of funds by Kejriwal’s NGO.

Team Anna Saturday levelled fresh corruption charges against the union cabinet, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and cited reports of the Comptroller  and Auditor General of India (CAG) to press their claim.

Ruchir Sharma's "Breakout Nations" dominates the non-fiction category again in the bestseller list this week, while Alex Rutherford's "Empire Of The Moghul: The  Tainted Throne" is at the top spot in the fiction section.

Northeastern states of the country have been facing a severe crisis of cooking gas after the production was hit in the Indian Oil Corporation Limited  (IOCL)-owned four refineries in Assam, an official said here Saturday.

Dimple Yadav, wife of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, will contest the June 24 Lok Sabha by-election from Kannauj constituency, the Samajwadi Party announced Saturday.