Union minister Smriti Irani has debunked claims that the coronavirus-induced lockdown led to an increase in cases of domestic violence against women.Replying to a question that the lockdown has increa...
The BJP on Thursday appeared in a bind over growing demands for Union minister M.J. Akbar’s scalp following multiple allegations of sexual harassment, worried that sacking him would make the governm...
Textiles minister Smriti Irani on Saturday urged the industry to go for innovation and come forward in taking new initiatives.She said the government was pushing for small firms to become mid-sized as...
It is thrilling that the group of ministers for sexual harassment comprises Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Ramesh Pokhriyal and Smriti Irani. With the most powerful ministers taking harassers in hand,...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea by the Gujarat Congress challenging the Election Commission's decision to hold separate bypolls to two Rajya Sabha seats that have fallen vacan...
Tight reinAll battles have winners and losers. But defeat can be hard. For many member of the Grand Old Party, the temptation to blame electronic voting machines as soon as the trends showed a BJP swe...
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his victory and declared he would obey the people’s order to sit in the Opposition. He avoided making any c...
Condemning the attack on students and teachers at JNU, Union minister Prakash Javadekar slammed the Congress, AAP and the Left parties, accusing them of creating an atmosphere of unrest in the country...
The contest: Shabbir Balmiki (Samajwadi Party) vs Akshaibar Lal (BJP)Seat: Bahraich, Uttar PradeshInterest quotient: In Bahraich, BJP’s Lal had defeated Balmiki by a margin of about 95,000 votes. If...