Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to chair an all-party meeting on Saturday through video conferencing ahead of the Budget Session for smooth functioning of Parliament. ....

The Jharkhand High Court on Friday heard the bail plea of jailed RJD President Lalu Prasad in a fodder scam case and deferred it to February 5. ....

Punjab Animal Husbandry Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa on Friday said 99.5 per cent of the poultry farms in the state are free from bird flu. ....

Amid the ongoing farmers' agitation and simmering tensions, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the government is trying to discredit farmers by all means and the party stands with farmers in support of the agitation. ....

Six persons were killed when their auto-rickshaw was hit by a speeding truck in Telangana's Mahabubabad district on Friday, the police said. The deceased include three women who were on their way to Warangal to shop for a marriage. ....

Situation at Delhi's Haryana border at Singhu quickly deteriorated on Friday afternoon as villagers clashed with protesting farmers after one thing led to another and the mob was seen armed with stones, lathis, swords. A police officer among others was injured. ....

Adversity often serves as an adhesive, as has been the case between the Tikait brothers. ....

Hours before Union home minister Amit Shah's two-day visit to Kolkata, Trinamool Congress legislator Rajib Banerjee on Friday resigned from the West Bengal legislative Assembly. Earlier, Banerjee had resigned as state forest minister on January 22. ....

President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday touched on almost every incident the country has witnessed since the beginning of last year, including the Covid-19 pandemic, Indian Army's sacrifice in Galwan and the farmers' tractor rally that turned violent on Republic Day, while addressing the joint sitting of the two houses of Parliament on Friday. ....

Delhi Police on Friday resorted to lathi-charge and firing of tear gas shells as they tried to quell a mob of hundreds of villagers at the Delhi-Haryana's Singhu border where agitating farmers came under an attack by the locals, who wanted the area to be cleared immediately. ....

President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday dubbed the "disrespect" shown to the Tricolour at the Red Fort during the farmers' tractor rally on January 26 as "unfortunate" and urged people to abide by rules and regulations. ....

The farmers' protest on Delhi borders for over two months echoed in Parliament on Friday as Congress MP Ravneet Bittu raised slogans in their favour during President Ram Nath Kovind address. ....

The forthcoming Assembly elections in Kerala may well see a plethora of film stars, sportspersons and journalists bagging the tickets from the political parties. ....

Uttar Pradesh is moving towards becoming a hub for electric vehicles (EVs) as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials concerned to make policy efforts to encourage manufacture of the environment-friendly vehicles in Uttar Pradesh. ....

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to arrive on a two-day visit to Kolkata on Friday night -- his every move seen as building up to the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the Budget Session 2021 is a golden opportunity to fulfill the dreams of our freedom fighters. ....

The Bahujan Samaj Party and the Aam Aadmi Party on Friday decided to join the 16 opposition parties, who have decided to boycott President Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha on the issue of farm laws. ....

In a major development following the violence on January 26 in Delhi, the Noida police booked Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor, journalists Rajdeep Sardesai, Mrinal Pande, Vinod K Jose (Caravan) and others for sedition. ....

Former Chief Minister (CM) of Bihar Lalu Prasad has been shifted to a private ward from the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) after his health improved on Thursday, doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here informed. ....

The Supreme Court on Thursday completed 71 years of its functioning. ....