HYDERABAD: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President, KT Rama Rao, said on Wednesday that the achievements of former Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao can never be erased.

NEW DELHI: Days after the assault on a journalist in the US during an interview with Indian Overseas Congress (IOC) president Sam Pitroda, the US National Press Club has issued a detailed statement putting on record, the entire manhandling incident that was conveniently pushed under the carpet.

NEW DELHI: The Congress has lodged a police complaint against four BJP leaders, including Union Minister of State Ravneet Singh Bittu, for making objectionable remarks against the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi.

BHOPAL: President Droupadi Murmu will be visiting Madhya Pradesh's economic city Indore on Wednesday.

SRINAGAR: A notable 20 per cent of the candidates in the second phase of the J&K Assembly elections have criminal cases pending against them, including murder, rape and other changes, as per the affidavits filed by them before the Election Commission of India (ECI).

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will launch the New Pension Scheme (NPS) 'Vatsalya' on Wednesday here, which will be joined by school children, according to an official statement from the Ministry of Finance.

SRINAGAR: Bright sunshine on a clear autumn sky greeted voters as they started entering the polling stations in Jammu and Kashmir's first of the three-phase Assembly elections on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah hit out at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for "playing politics" over the Agnipath scheme and said that is the BJP's responsibility to ensure jobs for Agniveers from Haryana, who are not retained after their four-year tenure in the armed forces under the short-term military recruitment plan.

CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJI NAGAR: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday said that the state government’s prime goal is to ensure the time-bound progress of Marathwada region in various sectors including agriculture, communication, generation of employment through industrial development, and development of infrastructure.

NEW DELHI: The AAP's National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal resigned as the Chief Minister of Delhi on Tuesday, just hours after selecting Atishi as his successor for the post.

THIRUVANANATHAPURAM: day after the office of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan came out with a statement slamming the media for levelling baseless allegations against funds spent in connection with the Wayanad disaster, Leader of Opposition V. D. Satheesan on Tuesday stated that the memorandum lacked credibility.

BENGALURU: The Special Court for MLAs/MPs in Bengaluru has remanded the arrested BJP MLA Munirathna from Bengaluru to judicial custody on Tuesday.

KOLKATA: Manoj Kumar Verma, a 1998-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, has been named as the new Commissioner of Kolkata Police.

CHENNAI: Pilgrims from Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu who were stranded in Uttarakhand following landslides after heavy rains returned to the state on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON: Former Union Minister Smriti Irani, addressing the leaders of the World Bank, talked about the importance of expanding gender equity in India and throughout the Global South.

NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighting the inappropriate and threatening remarks made by leaders of the ruling BJP and its allies on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

IMPHAL: After 11 days of closure, all schools, colleges and technical institutions were reopened across Manipur on Tuesday, even as the security forces continued their intensive combing and search operations in most of the districts.

PATNA: BJP leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Tuesday alleged that AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal has surpassed RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav in corruption.

HYDERABAD: Chief Ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 74th birthday on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: As the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislature party on Tuesday cleared the decks for Delhi minister Atishi to succeed Arvind Kejriwal as the next Chief Minister, this triggered a no-holds-barred fight and mudslinging within the party as its Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal and Delhi MLA Dilip Pandey locked horns and traded barbs.

NEW DELHI: Former Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday said that AAP leader Atishi, who has been nominated as the next Chief Minister of Delhi, will be a figurehead as all know who will actually run the government.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to pass any interim order staying the operation of the Allahabad High Court order upholding the maintainability of civil suits filed by Hindu worshippers in Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah Masjid dispute.

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin, Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Edappadi K.Palaniswami (EPS) and superstar Vijay were among a galaxy of leaders who wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 74th birthday.

BENGALURU: Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje has alleged that the banned outfit, the Popular Front of India (PFI), was now operating under the banner of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI).

KOLKATA: Veteran Trinamool Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Sukhendu Sekhar Roy has resigned as Editor of the party organ "Jago Bangla (Wake up Bengal)".

JAMMU: Multi-layered security arrangements have been put in place for the first phase of polling in J&K on Wednesday.

BHUBANESWAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday interacted with the beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U) in the Sabar Sahi slum area of the state capital.

BHOPAL: Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday extended heartfelt birthday wishes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 74th birthday and hailed him for his contribution to the cleanliness mission in India.

NEW DELHI: Arvind Kejriwal is set to resign from his position as Chief Minister of Delhi on Tuesday. Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva has responded to this development with strong criticism.

NEW DELHI: Soon after the Aam Aadmi Party named Atishi for the post of Chief Minister of Delhi, Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal expressed strong disapproval saying that this was a sad day for Delhi, and also termed her as the 'dummy CM’.

HYDERABAD: Asserting that unity is the strength of Telangana, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy decried attempts to create controversies over celebrating September 17, which marks the erstwhile Hyderabad state’s accession to the Indian Union.

PATNA: Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav's father, Chandra Narayan Yadav, passed away on Tuesday morning at the age of 80 after a prolonged illness.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it will pass an injunctive order specifically asking Wikipedia to remove the name, photographs and video clips of the deceased victim in West Bengal’s R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital incident.

BENGALURU: The Karnataka government is raking up the arrest of Bengaluru BJP MLA Munirathna on charges of making casteist slurs against a contractor.

NEW DELHI: The speculation over who would be the next Delhi CM seems to be settled now, with Atishi gaining the approval of top Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leadership for donning the mantle from party supremo Arvind Kejriwal.