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Rashtrapati Bhavan (Photo: File)

No card, only hard cash for President nomination in Digital India

Candidates who wish to be president have to deposit Rs 15,000 with the returning officer while filing their nomination...

18 Jun 2017 5:28 PM IST

CPI (M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Sitaram Yechury not to seek re-election to Rajya Sabha

Yechury said he would not seek another term as the party's norm does not allow a leader to get elected to the Rajya...

30 April 2017 5:09 PM IST

Players at the inauguration of the Biju Patnaik Rural hockey championship that commenced in Rourkela last week.

Sticks over guns as Tirkey takes hockey to villages

The Adivasi tournament is known more for its fierce competition and most intriguingly, its prize a goat.

17 Dec 2016 1:54 AM IST

DMK treasurer M.K. Stalin leaves Kauvery hospital after visiting his father and party chief 92-years-old Karunanidhi who underwent tracheostomy in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

Surgery for M Karunanidhi to improve breathing

The hospital had last night said he was admitted with breathing problems due to throat and lung infection.

17 Dec 2016 6:04 AM IST

Calcutta HC extends MP Kunal Ghosh's interim bail

He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in April 2012.

23 Dec 2016 4:07 AM IST

Parliament house, New Delhi (Photo: PTI)

Rajya Sabha may take up bill on disability today

The new draft bill proposes to expand the list of disabilities from seven to 21.

2 Dec 2016 1:18 AM IST

Samajwadi Party member Naresh Agarwal speaks in the Rajya Sabha in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Uproar in Rajya Sabha after charges against Chair expunged

The Chair also ordered remarks against Leader of the House and finance minister Arun Jaitley by Mr Ramesh to be...

2 Dec 2016 1:08 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rajya Sabha in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi's presence fails to end House logjam

Govt charges Cong, others of changing goal posts' on note ban debate as Opposition seeks Modi's apology.

2 Dec 2016 12:45 AM IST

Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad in the Rajya Sabha in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Oppn sees plot to kill Mamata in plane delay

'When there is no fuel, it's the duty of ATC to have allowed landing of Mamata Banerjee's flight, her life is in danger,

1 Dec 2016 11:30 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley speaks in the Rajya Sabha in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Sharad Yadav, Arun Jaitley exchange barbs over note ban

The JD-U leader said it is unprecedented that there is no obituary reference for the seven Armymen.

1 Dec 2016 1:49 AM IST

Indian Parliament (Photo: PTI)

Winter Session appears headed for a washout

Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha continued to be deadlocked over the way a debate should take place on demonetisation.

10 Dec 2016 3:32 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Senior leader L.K. Advani during BJP parliamentary party meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Modi has misread the response to note ban

Other economists have predicted in a fall in the growth momentum, whose effect will be difficult to work out now.

8 Dec 2016 6:35 AM IST