Kerala Governor Nikhil Kumar, while inaugurating the Nava Oli Jyotirdinam celebrations in Santhigiri Ashram in Thiruvananthapuram, has reiterated the need for religious to work in harmony.
The Reserve Bank of India will declare its monetary policy for fiscal year 2013-14 today. The RBI might cut interest rates amidst the government's growing efforts towards fiscal consolidation.
The Reserve Bank of India has set a hawkish tone, painting a gloomy picture in its Macro Economic Report. RBI Governor B Subbarao says there is limited monetary space in fiscal year 2013-14 and we need to take cautious policy stance.
West Bengal Speaker Biman Banerjee calls an all-party meet to arrive on a consensus on how to handle the Saradha chit fund crisis. The TMC, Left and Congress have been at loggerheads over the issue, blaming each other. West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan has als...
West Bengal governor MK Narayanan has expressed an open disapproval of Didi. He says that the Rs 500 crore fund compensation for the investors who have suffered losses in the chit fund scam is not enough and that more things need to be done. He says that the r...
Scores of people have taken to the streets of Delhi demanding justice for the five-year-old who was brutally raped. BJP leaders also marched towards the Parliament, seeking the resignation of Delhi CM Shiela Dikshit. Many of them were detained as they tried to...
The twin blasts, that ripped through the spectators' stand during the annual marathon in Boston, was caught on video by the Boston Globe. The police managed to defuse a third explosive device, sources claim. Meanwhile, surveillance video shows a suspicious man...
Even as US President Barack Obama stops short of calling the twin bombings in Boston a terror strike, the White House has, in a statement, termed the explosions during Boston Marathon an act of terror. However, the authorities are still not sure whether the at...
Actor Sanjay Dutt, who has been awarded five years of jail term by the Supreme Court for his involvement in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, has urged the Apex Court to keep the sentence in abeyance till the Maharashtra governor decides on his plea. He has sought ...
Actor Sanjay Dutt, who has been awarded five years of jail term by the Supreme Court for his involvement in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, has urged the apex court to keep the sentence in abeyance till the Maharashtra governor decides on his plea. He has sought ...
So far, 48 hours have passed since a band of hooligans vandalised Kolkata's Presidency University. Mamata Banerjee hasn't taken any action against the criminals, who are allegedly her party members. Though a handful of foot-soldiers have been arrested, Trinamo...
Two days after the vandalism incident at Presidency University, West Bengal governor MK Narayanan visits the institution. He apologises to the students, teachers and staffers of the University for the recent violence on its campus. Watch the governor's address...
CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury hits back at the West Bengal governor, who has sought an apology from Left parties, alleging that the attack on TMC leaders, Mamata Banerjee and Amit Mitra, at the Planning Commission office in Delhi was preplanned.
Reacting to the news that Bombay blasts accused Zaibunnisa Kazi's daughter has sought appointment with Maharashtra Governor, seeking pardon for her mother, Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju says that an appeal has to be filed with the Pre...
Bombay blasts convict Zaibunissa Anwar Kazi's daughter, who is fighting for pardon for her mother, has sought an appointment with Maharashtra Governor. She is also planning to file a review petition in the Supreme Court. However, the Governor hasn't so far giv...
Newshour | Top lawyers Mahesh Jethmalani and Markandey Katju fight it out and debate the issue of pardoning Sanjay Dutt. Sources close to Dutt reveal that the actor might surrender a few days before his deadline. In the meanwhile, Katju has been filing petitio...
Sources close to Sanjay Dutt reveal that the actor might surrender a few days before his deadline. He has been found guilty of possessing arms and ammunition in connection with 1993 Bombay blasts case.
Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy has lashed out at Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju for pressing for pardon for actor Sanjay Dutt and has said that he will now present a petition to Maharashtra Governor, asking him to reject the mercy pl...
A snapshot of Holi across Andhra Pradesh: at Rajbhavan, the CM's camp office, at Malaysian Township in Hyderabad, at Classic Gardens in Secunderabad, at RK Beach in Visakhapatnam, and on the streets of Warangal. The story also has snapshots of Holi being celeb...
Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan played Holi at the Raj Bhavan with full gusto. With wife and family members around him, and special invitees, the governor sprayed colours on those present.
Press Council of India Chairman Markandey Katju has written to the Maharashtra Governor seeking pardon for Zaibunissa Kazi, who was convicted under TADA 1993 blast case and was also sentenced to five years in prison.
Expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and Lok Sabha MP from Rampur Jaya Prada today met Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan, to seek pardon for actor Sanjay Dutt. According to them since Sanjay has already served 18 months of his jail term and is the ...
An entire brigade of politicians and those from the Bollywood film industry are fighting, demanding that actor Sanjay Dutt be pardoned on humanitarian grounds but no one is doing the same for the other accused in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case Zaibunissa Kazi. On...
Activist and lawyer Abha Singh has written to the Maharashtra Governor to not get swayed by PCI Chairman Markandey Katju's letter seeking pardon for actor Sanjay Dutt.
Maharashtra Governor has gone through the letter written by Justice Katju seeking a pardon for Sanjay Dutt. The Governor is likely to consult the state government on the issue.
The chorus to grant pardon to Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt is growing louder. People who demand that the actor be pardoned claim that Dutt has suffered enough. Dutt's friends Amar Singh and Jaya Prada are set to meet Maharashtra governor with this demand. But i...
Newshour | Top lawyers Mahesh Jethmalani and Markandey Katju fight it out and debate the issue of pardoning Sanjay Dutt/. Does the law permit the Governor to pardon a person accused of carrying illegal arms and ammunition, which were later used for a terror at...
Politicians Jaya Pradha and Amar Singh have sought an appointment with the Maharashtra Governor to plead for actor Sanjay Dutt's pardon. The Supreme Court had earlier sentenced him to a five year imprisonment for the possession of illegal arms during the 1993 ...
Nikhil Kumar will swear in as the 20th governor of Kerala at Raj Bhavan, Thirunvananthapuram, today. Chief Justice of Kerala Manjula Chellur administered the oath of office to him.
After former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju, wrote a letter to the Maharastra Governor requesting him to review Sanjay Dutt's case and pardon him for the same, many political parties have also come forward in support of the actor. According to many politi...
Former Supreme Court lawyer and PCI chief, Markandey Katju writes a letter to Maharashtra Governor, K Sankarnarayanan requesting him to look into Sanjay Dutt's case and pardon him for the illegal possession of arms and ammunition in the 1993 Bombay bomb blasts...
Former Supreme Court lawyer and PCI chief, Markandey Katju provides Sanjay Dutt and his family with a glimmer of hope. He has written to the Maharashtra Governor K Sankarnarayanan to be pardon Sanjay Dutt for the possession of illegal arms and ammunition durin...
Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Assembly today received two notices to table a no-confidence motion against Kiran Kumar Reddy-led government. One was from the TRS and the other from YSR Congress. The Congress, however, is confident of its numbers, but is tense about...
TRS is miffed with the TDP, the main Opposition party in the state Assembly, for declining to support its no-confidence motion against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government. KCR called TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu a chameleon, said the party's founder NTR would be a...
TRS has tabled a no confidence motion against the state government of chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy. But TDP refused to be a part of it. KCR called TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu a 'chameleon' for not helping to bring down the Congress government, it arch riva...
Congress MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy blasts the TRS MLAs for throwing paper balls on Governor ESL Narasimhan during his address on the first day of the Budget session today. Ponguleti demanded action on the MLAs for their behaviour.
On the first day of the Budget session of the Assembly, Governor ESL Narasimhan delivered his address, that was disrupted by paper balls from the TRS and walkout by the TDP. Chandrababu Naidu says the address has become a mere formality and chief minister Kira...
TDP's Mothkupalli Narasimhulu said the no confidence motion being tabled by the TRS in the budget session is just to seek to blackmail the state government. He also said the YSR Congress supported the motion since it was just seeking to pressure the government...
TRS leader T Harish Rao said state Assembly should have brought forth a resolution on the issue of Telangana in its Budget session. He said the other parties had failed to cooperate to pass an Assembly resolution on the issue that could be sent to the Centre.
TRS MLAs lobbed paper balls at Governor ESL Narasimhan during his address to the Assembly at the start of the Budget session today. TRS said the address did not contain any mention of the demand for Telangana, and pointed out to the unprecedented presence of s...
The Telugu Desam Party boycotts the Governor's address to the state Assembly at the start of the Budget session. TDP leaders address the media to explain the reasons for the boycott, specifically the government's failures to honour its promises made during ear...
The TRS has decided to field a motion of no-confidence against the Congress government of Kiran Kumar Reddy. However, the TDP is not in favour of this decision. An angry TRS takes TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu to task over the party's stance. TRS leaders also re...
Paper balls rent the air at the start of speech by Governor ESL Narasimhan. The Budget session 2013 starts with national anthem, followed by the speech by the Governor. The speech, delivered amidst constant shouts by pro-Telangana parties, lays out the governm...
News Night | Here is a wrap of some of the important news stories on the day. The prime accused in the Delhi gangrape case, Ram Singh, was found dead in his cell in Tihar jail today. Two months ago, the inmates of the jail had said that they were looking for a...
In the elections to the MLC nominations, ten candidates from different parties filed their nominations for the ten seats that became vacant. So the election of the party's official candidates is a foregone conclusion.
The Congress MLC candidate Lakshmi Sivakumari, a little-known politician, had bagged one of the six tickets handed out by Congress for elections to the Legislative Council. In this video, she thanks the CM for giving her the MLC ticket.
PCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana had announced the names of five candidates who would be nominated to the Legislative Council. The five are Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy, Shabbir Ali, Lakshmi Sivakumari, Santosh Kumar from Karimnagar and Veerabhadra Swamy from Viziana...
K Rosaiah tool some time off from his duties as the Governor of Tamil Nadu to arrive at Kurnool and inaugurate a yoga centre-cum-gym, in addition to presiding over the launch of a furniture showroom. Among those present were State and Central ministers, who cl...
Bahujan Samaj Party MLAs created a ruckus in Uttar Pradesh Assembly, disrupting the Governor's address to the joint session of the Assembly. The protesting MLA s raise anti-government slogans and threw paper balls at the Governor. According to the MLAs, in the...
Telangana Congress MPs have met to chalk out a strategy to exert pressure on their party high command for taking a decision on the issue of separate statehood for Telanagana. They MPs are eyeing the party's need for numbers in the Budget session as the lever t...
The Congress government, which seems to be keen on resolving the Telangana crisis, has invited PCC President Botsa Satyanarayana and AP Governor Narasimhan to Delhi to talk about the issue and also find out about other issues plaguing Andhra Pradesh.
Osmania University students had threatened that they will disrupt the arrival of Governor ESL Narasimhan for the convocation function on the University campus. But at the last minute it came to be known that the Governor is not coming. The situation at the cam...
Osmania University today will see a clash between students and police. Only this time it over the students' warning not to allow Governor ESL Narasimhan inside the OU campus for the convocation ceremony of the University. The students opposition to the Governo...
The discussion on the Governor's address will begin in Kerala Assembly today. But the session is likely to be stormy, as the Opposition is set to corner the UDF government on a host of issues. It is expected that the LDF will move an adjournment motion in the ...
KPCC President Ramesh Chennithala has appreciated Governor's address saying that its prime focus is on the development of agriculture sector. Chennithala said that by making Kerala a investor friendly state, employment opportunities will be improved. He observ...
PC George, government chief whip has said that the Governor's address stands as a testimony to Oommen Chandy government's vision about Kerala. He claims that the address clearly mentioned government's future development plans, evading political issues. He appr...
Governor HR Bhardwaj promises three cent of land to landless people from August, in his address to the State Assembly. The Governor pointed out that with the success of 'Emerging Kerala', the State has become investor-friendly. He also appreciated steps taken ...
The pre-budget session of the Kerala Assembly begins with the address of Governor HR Bhardwaj, who highlighted the achievements of UDF government. Governor said that the government will ensure security for women by drawing a legislation and by constituting a f...
According to sources, some private organizations in Tamil Nadu are planning to file cases against Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa for not keeping her campaign promises. During her political campaign before the elections, she had promised to tackle power deficit pro...
The Reserve Bank of India announced its credit policy and slashed its key policy rates. However, it remains cautious about its concerns over inflation. The RBI cut the policy repo rate by 25 basis points and also reduced the cash reserve ratio (CRR), the share...
The Jagadish Shettar government in Karnataka has accused Governor HR Bhardwaj of being a Congress agent. Earlier, Bharadwaj had called upon Shettar to prove his majority in the wake of 13 ruling BJP MLAs announcing their decision to quit the House membership. ...
Karnataka governor HR Bhardwaj today indicated that he might ask chief minister Jagadish Shettar to prove his majority on the floor of the assembly in the wake of 13 ruling BJP MLAs announcing their decision to quit the House membership. The MLAs resigned beca...
The war of words between West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan and chief minister Mamata Banerjee continues, as Narayanan refuses to budge from his stand that 'goondaism' in West Bengal is a real and rampant threat in the state. Reacting to the recent spate of vio...
Reacting to the statement of West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan who referred the clashes between CPM and TMC in the state as goondaism, CPM has said that goondaism is back in the West Bengal and this time around it is encouraged by the state government. Welcomi...
The Basel bankers meet raises concern, though Mervyn King calls for regulations on banks that ensure the public is better informed about the work that they do.
West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan put Mamata Banerjee in a tight spot saying that goondaism is prevalent in the State. He was refering to the recent clash between the workers of Trinamool Congress and CPI(M). Narayanan said that the incidents are disturbing an...
West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan slams the government for its inability to maintain law and order in the State. Narayanan said that violence is not acceptable and action must be taken on the basis of an impartial probe. The political tension between Trinamool...
Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda resigns after the JMM withdrew its support to the BJP government. Arjun Munda submits resignation to the Governor and seeks dissolution of the State Assembly. Relations between BJP and JMM have come under strain since the C...
One of the world's most reclusive countries, North Korea, has had a rare high-profile visit from the US. the former governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson and Google Chief Eric Schmidt, have both flown into North Korea. The visit has drawn criticism from Washi...
The JMM and BJP government's fallout in the matter of power-sharing has led to the JMM chief Shibu Soren submitting the letter of withdrawal of support to the Governor of the State, Syed Ahmed. Arjun Munda, the current Chief Minister has also submitted his res...
The JMM Chief Shibu Soren along with his party leaders has met the Jharkhand Governor Syed Ahmed in Ranchi today. The JMM Chief has submitted a letter to withdraw support from the Munda-led government in the state. He had earlier drafted a letter to the govern...
Two well-known Americans, the former governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson and Google Chief Eric Schmidt, have both flown into North Korea. The visit has drawn criticism from Washington, which is looking to penalise Pyongyang over its recent rocket test.
The Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on the Gujarat government's plea against the appointment of retired judge RA Mehta as the state's Lokayukta. Narendra Modi alleges that Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal took the decision on Lokayukta without consultin...
Al Gurnov speaks to the interim governor of Moscow region, Andrey Vorobyev, about investments in the region. Andrey stresses on Moscow region's potential and how they need to transform it into solid results. He also discusses the importance of preserving its f...
Sardar Patel ground buzzes with activity as VVIPs pour in for the swearing-in ceremony of Gujarat CM Narendra Modi. Modi was sworn-in as the CM of Gujarat by Governor Kamla Beniwal for the fourth time. He won a third consecutive election in Gujarat, with a thu...
Sardar Patel ground buzzes with activity as VVIPs pour in for the swearing-in ceremony of Gujarat CM Narendra Modi. Top BJP leaders like Venkaiah Naidu, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, LK Advani and Arun Jaitely have been spotted on the stage. Also gracing the c...
BS Yeddyurappa has threatened to pull down the BJP government in Karnataka. He will be going to meet the Governor of the state today. He also added that the BJP is in minority and it should be dissolved and a re-election should be conducted. This outburst happ...
Delhi's Lieutenant Governor, Tejinder Khanna, who was away from the capital when a young medical student was brutally gangraped in a moving bus last week, today denied that he had been ordered back. After a week since the brutal incident, the governor spoke ab...
Delhi's Lt Governor Tejinder Khanna cuts short his visit to the US and returns to India following massive protests against gangrape in the national capital. Tejinder Khanna held meetings with top police officials and women groups today morning to discuss the g...
The women's group of activists and lecturers who are protesting against rape in Delhi have demanded justice for the 23-year-old rape victim from the government. The group has asked the police to take accountability at all levels, right from the police commissi...
Delhi's Lt Governor Tejender Khanna has cut short his visit to the US and has returned to India following massive protests against gangrape in the national capital. Tejender Khanna will hold meetings with the top police officials to arrive at a strategy to cur...
BJP leader Narendra Modi meets Governor Kamla Beniwal to stake claim to form the government in Gujarat. He won a third consecutive election in Gujarat, with a thumping majority. The BJP won 115 of the total 182 seats in the Assembly polls held on December 13 a...
Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan has finally taken a decision on the charges against Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao from Jagan's case, and has returned the file by the Cabinet which requested him to exclude the Minister from being prosecuted in the case. ...
MK Narayanan, Governor of West Bengal, reopened the renovated KCS Panicker Art Gallery to the public on December 17, 2012. Located on the Museum premises, this gallery had been undergoing renovation for over a year and had thus remained closed on account of th...
Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan was in Delhi ahead of the December 28 all-party meeting on the issue of Telangana called by the Centre. Narasimhan met the Prime Minister, Sonia Gandhi, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, Ghulam Nabi Azad and also Vayalar...
The tussle between Congress appointed Governor of Gujarat Kamala Beniwal and chief minister Narendra Modi found its echo at one point during the press conference called to release BJP's election manifesto. Modi said it is unfortunate that neither the Congress-...
Thom Hartman raises the issue of Republicans and the voting process with 'Ring of Fire Radio' host Mike Papantonio. The host of 'Truth for America' Neal Asbury and Hartman debate Corporate America and its reluctance to share its profits with its workers. Dr Ra...
Thom Hartman speaks to progressive strategist Richard Fowler about Republican Mitt Romney's comment about Barack Obama's win being a result of handing out gifts; the gifts referred to are the healthcare reforms and student loans. In 'Screwed', Thom moves on to...
Former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati was given some relief by the Allahabad High Court. The high court ruled in favour of Mayawati and dismissed all six petitions against the former UP chief minister in the Taj Corridor...
A total of Rs 17,000 crore were sanctioned in 2002 for the beautification of Taj Mahal's surrounding areas. But it was a scam and the High Court suo moto had ordered an inquiry. Today, ten years later, Mayawati has escaped being slapped with criminal cases in ...
Former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati will be anxious for the ruling by the Allahabad High Court. The Lucknow bench will deliver its judgment on Monday about the 2009 PIL case whether or not Mayawati should face tr...
Former Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief and incumbent West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan claims that all the evidence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case is already present with the investigating agency. However, he avoids direct questions on the same. The iss...
Former Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief and current West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan claims that all the evidence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case is already present with the investigating agency. But he avoids direct questions on the same. The issue ca...
The Reserve Bank of India today announced its second quarter monetary policy. The RBI has cut the Cash Reserve Ratio to 4.25%, but repo rate remains unchanged.
The RBI today announced its second quarter review of monetary policy of 2012. It the reduced the CRR rate by 25 basis points to 4.25% points beginning November 3. Is this a Diwali gift? What would this mean for the common man. RBI Governor D Subbrao Rao also a...