Sumitra Mahajan Likely To Be Next Lok Sabha Speaker, Parliament To Be Adjou...
New Delhi: Sumitra Mahajan, an eight-time BJP member of Parliament from Indore, is set to take over as the next Speaker of the Lok Sabha, BJP sources confirmed today. The new Speaker will be elected on Friday. Ms Mahajan will be only the second woman Speaker ever; Meira Kumar, who presided over... read more »
Underwater sound examined for links to missing jet
A team of Australian researchers looking into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 released data on Wednesday about an unusual underwater sound recorded around the time the plane vanished, though the lead scientist acknowledged the chances it is linked to the jet are slim. The... read more »
AIADMK not to join NDA
While ruling out the entry of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam into the National Democratic Alliance, party chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday kept the door open for support to the Narendra Modi government in the Rajya Sabha, where the alliance does not have the... read more »
Gopinath Munde’s body flown to Latur
The body of Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde’s, who died in a road accident in New Delhi on Tuesday, is being flown to his native place in Beed district of Marathwada for cremation later on Wednesday after being kept at the BJP office here overnight. Munde’s body which was flown... read more »
Narendra Modi to accompany LK Advani as he files nomination today
Gandhinagar, Gujarat – Senior BJP leader LK Advani, who courted controversy over the selection of his Lok Sabha seat, will file his nomination from Gandhinagar in Narendra... read more »
Biggest search yet for Malaysian jet in Indian Ocean
Four weeks after the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner, searchers on Saturday launched the most intensive hunt yet in the southern Indian Ocean, trying to find the plane’s... read more »
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is a divided house in Manipur
The Aam Aadmi Party whose Manipur unit was opened very recently is today a divided house. The issue came to the fore when one faction said that its poll manifesto would be released on... read more »
Three repeat offenders get death penalty in Shakti Mills rape case
A sessions court here awarded the death penalty, under a new IPC section, to three repeat offenders – Vijay Jadhav, Qasim Sheikh, alias Bengali, and Salim Ansari – who... read more »
Arvind Kejriwal punched in Delhi, attacker beaten by AAP men
New Delhi – Arvind Kejriwal, the top man of the Aam Aadmi Party or AAP, has been hit in Delhi while campaigning. Mr Kejriwal was punched in the back in the Dakshinpuri area of South Delhi while... read more »
