New Delhi: Around three million women are engaged in commercial sex work in India, a 50 percent rise from 1997, according to a new report…
View More Three mn women commercial sex workers in India: ReportCategory: Political News
Hiring to pick up, IT firms optimistic: survey
New Delhi: The new year is likely to usher in good news for job seekers in India as the country has emerged one of the…
View More Hiring to pick up, IT firms optimistic: surveySeemandhra Congress MPs give no-trust notice
New Delhi: The ruling UPA Monday was confronted with a new headache over Telangana issue when members of the TDP and the Congress separately gave…
View More Seemandhra Congress MPs give no-trust noticeNRIs happy they played role in AAP victory
New Delhi: Madhu Narasiah, 35, left his well paying job as a software engineer in Boston, U.S. and came to India to volunteer for Aam…
View More NRIs happy they played role in AAP victoryAndhra assembly session from Thursday, to take up Telangana bill
Hyderabad: The winter session of Andhra Pradesh legislature will commence Thursday, during which the bill for formation of Telangana will come up for discussion. The…
View More Andhra assembly session from Thursday, to take up Telangana billModi takes a dig at Congress for its loss
New Delhi: The BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday took a dig at the poor performance by the Congress in the assembly polls and…
View More Modi takes a dig at Congress for its lossAAP: Common man’s party in the clouds
New Delhi: Delhi’s defeated Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit had ridiculed the AAP’s debut while the BJP had derided it as the Congress’ “B-team”. Rated by…
View More AAP: Common man’s party in the cloudsAssembly results show anti-Congress mood all over: TDP
Hyderabad: The results of the Assembly polls in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh show that an anti-Congress mood was prevalent all over the country,…
View More Assembly results show anti-Congress mood all over: TDPCongress accepts defeat, to introspect
New Delhi: The Congress Sunday accepted defeat in elections held in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi and said it will introspect why it lost. “Our…
View More Congress accepts defeat, to introspectPrayers outside Sheila Dikshit’s house
New Delhi: As Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) founder Arvind Kejriwal Sunday edged past Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the New Delhi assembly constituency, Congress workers…
View More Prayers outside Sheila Dikshit’s houseBJP leads in all four states
New Delhi: The BJP Sunday took early leads as officials counted millions of votes in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi, with the Aam Aadmi…
View More BJP leads in all four statesThere is still scope to stall AP bifurcation process: Kavuri
Hyderabad: Reiterating that the decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh was a “grave mistake”, Union Textiles Minister Kavuri Sambasiva Rao on Saturday said the AP Reorganisation…
View More There is still scope to stall AP bifurcation process: KavuriPowers to governor an insult to Telangana people: KCR
Hyderabad: Demanding amendments in the draft bill for formation of Telangana state, the TRS Friday said certain powers proposed for the governor would be an…
View More Powers to governor an insult to Telangana people: KCRNo party can claim credit for Telangana
The Telangana leaders of the Telugu Desam Party are not able to digest the fact that the party is going to get routed in the…
View More No party can claim credit for TelanganaSeemandhra legislators to press for vote on Telangana bill
Hyderabad: Ministers and Congress legislators from Seemandhra Friday said they would press for voting on Telangana bill when it comes before Andhra Pradesh assembly. The…
View More Seemandhra legislators to press for vote on Telangana billWhy is rape in Goa different from rape in Muzaffarnagar?
State election results have taken Tarun Tejpal off prime time shows and the front pages. This is something of a relief. On Nov 7-8, past…
View More Why is rape in Goa different from rape in Muzaffarnagar?Anger Across Seemandhra
Anger has erupted in the entire Seemandhra region over the union cabinet’s endorsement of Telangana state formation. All the 13 districts of Rayalaseema and coastal…
View More Anger Across SeemandhraShutdown brings Telangana to a halt, paralyses transport
Hyderabad: Normal life came to a standstill in Telangana Thursday as day-long shutdown to protest the centre’s reported proposal to carve out a Rayala-Telangana state…
View More Shutdown brings Telangana to a halt, paralyses transportRayala-Telangana proposal surprises Andhra leaders
Hyderabad: A last-minute proposal to hand over two districts of the Rayalaseema region to Telangana to linearly bifurcate India’s fourth largest state has caught politicians…
View More Rayala-Telangana proposal surprises Andhra leadersBJP to win MP, Rajasthan: Exit poll
New Delhi: The BJP is expected to retain Madhya Pradesh with a massive mandate and wrest Rajasthan from the Congress, while falling short of a…
View More BJP to win MP, Rajasthan: Exit pollDelhi exit polls: BJP ahead, Cong biggest loser
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appears to have an edge over the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi, according to the…
View More Delhi exit polls: BJP ahead, Cong biggest loserLegislators across parties oppose ‘Rayala Telangana’ proposal
The Congress, YSR Congress and TDP legislators from Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday opposed the Centre’s proposal to bifurcate the state and the division of Rayalaseema.…
View More Legislators across parties oppose ‘Rayala Telangana’ proposalGovernment To Table Telangana Bill Soon: Kamal Nath
New Delhi: There was a consensus among various political parties on tabling a bill for the creation of Telangana state in the winter session and…
View More Government To Table Telangana Bill Soon: Kamal NathTarun Undergoes Blood, Potency Tests
Panaji: Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal spent most of Monday in hospital, undergoing a urology test related to potency, a mandatory general medical examination and a…
View More Tarun Undergoes Blood, Potency Tests