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 »
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... read more »
Cobrapost sting on‘sponsored’, says BJP
Questioning the timing of a sting operation on the Babri Masjid demolition, the BJP on Friday alleged that it was “sponsored”, accusing Congress of using “pawns” to vitiate the... read more »
TRS releases list of ‘69’ candidates for Assembly polls
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao stuck to his lucky number ‘6’ as he released the first list of candidates for Assembly elections with 69 names which ran... read more »
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to examine Ratan Tata, Cyrus Mistry in Radia cas...
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to examine Tata Sons’ former chairman Ratan Tata and its current chief Cyrus Mistry in connection with preliminary enquiries into... read more »
ISRO gears up to launch second navigation satellite
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is looking forward to the liftoff of its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C24 from Sriharikota at 5.14 p.m. today. After more than 19 minutes of... read more »
