Amid opposition's demand for reservation in promotions for SCs, STs and the OBCs in government jobs, Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party founder Ram Vilas Paswan on Monday met with more than 50 MPs belonging to SC and ST communities at his residence here. ....

The Centre on Monday told the Lok Sabha that it would take "appropriate steps" following the Supreme Court's ruling on reservation in jobs and promotions for SCs/STs after considering the issue at the highest level. ....

The Government on Monday introduced the Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Bill, 2020 in the Lok Sabha which seeks to confer the status of institution of national importance to a cluster of ayurveda institutions in Gujarat Ayurveda University campus in Jamnagar. ....

After Rahul Gandhi, now Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi mounted attack on the RSS on Monday after the apex court said in a judgement that there is no fundamental right to claim reservation in promotion and states are not bound to provide reservation in appointments. ....

Former Chief Minister and president of the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM), Babulal Marandi is likely to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on February 17 in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. ....

Launching a blistering attack on the Modi government over the state of the economy, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Monday said the government had masked the current situation with numbers and it had no money to spend. ....

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Monday expressed happiness that cheap electricity has become part of nationwide political discourse, adding that Delhi has shown that it also gets you votes. ....

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday launched a scathing attack on the BJP and the RSS on the issue of quota in promotion after the Supreme Court ruling that there is no fundamental right to claim reservation in promotion. ....

In a significant judgement, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the constitutional validity of the SC/ST Amendment Act, 2018. ....

Omar Abdullah's sister on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging his fresh detention under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA). ....

Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj on Monday slammed the BJP for drowning economy, while the central government ministries were busy in state elections. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered assistance to Chinese President Xi Jinping in the fight against the ongoing novel coronavirus epidemic that has killed over 800 people and infected around 35,000 in China. ....

India and Sri Lanka on Saturday agreed to furthering cooperation with each other in combating terrorism in South Asia. ....

An Indian soldier was killed as Pakistan violated the LoC ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Saturday evening, defence officials said. ....

With Delhi now having decided whom it wants to handover the baton to rule for the next five years, a loss to either the AAP or the BJP, will deal a huge blow. Delhi elections have always been much more than just a state assembly poll. And this poll especially is an existential crisis for one versus the loss of face to another. ....

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be visiting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi on Sunday to participate in Guru Ravidas birth anniversary celebrations. ....

A motorcycle owner has been slapped with a fine amount of Rs 42,500 for allowing a minor to ride his motor bike violating traffic rules under new Motor Vehicles Act 2019 in Odisha's Bhadrak district, said an official on Saturday. ....

A delegation of Congress including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former party chief Rahul Gandhi met Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa here on Friday and discussed ways to strengthen the relationship between the two countries. ....

An estimated 5.64 per cent of 1.47 crore eligible voters have exercised their franchise till 10 a.m. on Saturday in the election for 70 Delhi Assembly seats. ....

A Delhi Court on Friday allowed NRI businessman CC Thampi, who was earlier arrested in a money laundering case but later bailed out, to travel for a week to the United Arab Emirates. ....