Malaysia Airlines plane crashes with 295 on board over Ukraine near Russian...
A Ukrainian official said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down on Thursday over a town in the east of the country, and Malaysian Airlines tweeted that it lost contact with one of its flights over Ukrainian airspace. | Malaysian Airlines plane shot down over Ukraine Malaysian Prime... read more »
BJP set to form government in Delhi? AAP alleges horse-trading
NEW DELHI: Under pressure from its MLAs, BJP is exploring options of forming a government in Delhi, but is faced with the uphill task of breaking away two-thirds of either Congress or Aam Aadmi Party, both of which are said to be playing hardball with BJP. Newly appointed president of Delhi BJP,... read more »
Typhoon Rammasun kills 38 in the Philippines
The strongest storm to hit the Philippines this year killed 38 people and left millions without power for a second day, disaster management officials said on Thursday. Most of the deaths were caused by toppled trees, collapsed structures and other debris whipped up by typhoon Rammasun’s winds of... read more »
Rajnath Singh rebutts Arvind Kejriwal’s claims of BJP indulging in &#...
In a series of tweets, Kejriwal alleged that the L-G would be encouraging horse trading by inviting the BJP as the party lacks majority in the house and would have to poach on MLAs from the opposition to be in a position to form the government. Even AAP leader Manish Sisodia came forward and... read more »
CWC rejects Sonia Gandhi, Rahul resignations
The offer of resignation by Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi, following the party’s worst-ever electoral defeat, was expectedly rejected by the Congress... read more »
Modi to stake claim to form govt today; silent on cabinet
In the first sign of a thaw in their chilly relationship, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Monday drove down to Gujarat Bhawan for her first one-on-one meeting with PM-designate Narendra Modi... read more »
Not the first CM to become PM
Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi is not the first Chief Minister to move to the seat of power at the Centre. The distinction goes to former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, who,... read more »
17 killed as bus plunges into gorge on Jammu-Srinagar highway
Seventeen commuters died and 32 others were injured when a Srinagar-bound 48-seater bus skidded off the road and rolled down the slope into a 300 feet deep rivulet near Digdol on... read more »
Why egoistic Nitish cheated Bihar by making Manjhi CM
Nitish Kumar is now former chief minister of Bihar. But in his own estimation he has elevated his stature to that of a puppeteer. In Jitan Ram Manjhi he will install his man as the new chief minister... read more »
