New Delhi,  A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the states to reduce VAT on fuel prices, the Congress on Thursday blamed the Centre for high fuel prices and taxes and alleged that the federalism by the government is not cooperative but "coercive."

Taking to Twitter, party leader Rahu

New Delhi,  More than 42 hours after a massive fire broke out at the Bhalswa landfill site in the national capital, the operation to extinguish the blaze was still underway, a Fire Department official said on Thursday.

"The dumpyard is still burning and currently six fire tenders are dousing the fla

New Delhi, With an aim to provide stable and clean power supply to the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, the Ministry of Home Affairs will set up a renewable energy-based power supply project with Japanese aid.

On March 31, the government had signed a grant agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (J

New Delhi,  Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi has started meeting party leaders individually for feedback on organisational matters.

On Thursday, she met former minister Jagdish Tytler and Jharkhand State President Rajesh Thakur.

In the last two days, the party has appointed state pr

Guwahati, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that development accelerated in the northeastern region after insurgency and ethic issues were resolved, along with the restoration of peace.

Addressing a mammoth gathering at Loringthepi in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, the Prime Minister said that wit

Lucknow,   The rift between Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav and his estranged uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav, who heads the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia (PSPL), is growing wider by the day.

Akhilesh Yadav, while talking to reporters at a function in Mainpuri on Wednesday night, said:

Patna,  RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav, convicted in the Rs 139.5 crore Doranda treasury case related to fodder scam, is likely to be released on Thursday.

Prabhat Kumar, the lawyer of Lalu Prasad Yadav has filed a bail bond of Rs 10 lakh in the Ranchi high court. Besides, another Rs 1 lakh bail bond wa

Srinagar,  Shah Faesal, the Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS officer who resigned from service, is going to return to work after his resignation was declined by the Centre.

Faesal, who had decided to form his own political party after resigning from service, became disgruntled with politics and later stepped

New Delhi,  Anti-encroachment drive in the national capital's Sarita Vihar and Jasola areas was cancelled on Thursday as the adequate number of police personnel were not available due to prior engagements.

The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) was scheduled to remove illegal encroachments in the ar

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of the appeal of JNU researcher-activist Umar Khalid for Friday saying that his fresh documents explaining his alleged 'offensive speech' have not come on record.

Khalid had approached the High Court with his appeal challenging the trial cou