Jaipur: Mahatma Gandhi was a "casteist and racist" who wanted to preserve the caste system and paid lip service to Dalit upliftment for political gain, Indian American writer Sujatha Gidla said here today.

Gandhi only wished to "prettify" the caste system, the New York based Dalit writer said a

New Delhi: Former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday accused former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi of supervising the anti-Sikh riots in parts of Delhi in October and November 1984.

Singh's response came in the wake of reports that Gandhi took several rounds of North Delhi with then senior

Beijing:  India and China should look at their border differences, including over Dokalam, in a "calm way" and resolve them through existing mechanisms, the Chinese foreign ministry said today.

Reacting to Indian Ambassador to China Gautam Bambawale's interview to Chinese daily the Global Times

Guwahati: As speculated, political parties in Nagaland will boycott the February 27 Assembly elections in the state.

They are miffed that the Centre has not resolved the seven-decade-old Naga political problem vis-à-vis Naga insurgency issue despite a chorus by the Nagas at large to resolve the issue before

Shillong: Congress president Rahul Gandhi will kick off the election campaign of the party in poll-bound Meghalaya tomorrow with a musical festival showcasing the cultural diversity of state and will also hold meeting with religious heads and chiefs of traditional institutions.

Election to the 60-member Meghalaya

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today made its maiden entry into the Rajya Sabha with three of its new MPs taking oath along with Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri of the BJP.

Puri, the union minister of state for Housing and Urban development, represents the state of Uttar Pradesh from where he was elec

New Delhi: 

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today tabled the Economic Survey 2017-18 in the Lok Sabha soon after President Pram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament.

As soon as the House met for the first day of the Budget session, Secretary General Snehlata Shri

New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today made a "humble request" to all political parties to help pass the bill on instant triple talaq in the Budget session of Parliament, saying it would be a New Year gift for Muslim women.

Speaking to reporters outside Parliament House, Modi said despi

Hyderabad: A severed head of a man was found in Telangana's Nalgonda town on Monday, police said.

The decapitated head was kept on the wall of a roadside religious structure in Bottuguda area of the town. Shocked residents informed police after spotting the head.

Police identified the man as 25-year-

Kabul: Gunmen launched a pre-dawn raid on a military compound in Kabul on Monday, officials said, in an assault that caused multiple casualties and marked the third major attack in the city in recent days.

Defence ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri said five soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in the assault claimed