The BJP top brass swung into damage control and decided to issue a whip after a section of its MPs in Lok Sabha expressed their opposition to the Women's Reservation Bill and threatened to vote against it.

When Hindus visit a temple in Gaddeajijpur village of Uttar Pradesh, they also make it a point to pray at the adjacent mausoleum. It is no different for Muslims. For, the villagers believe their prayers will not be answered otherwise.

India has announced a cash contribution of $5 million for relief and rehabilitation in Chile in a show of solidarity with the people of the earthquake-hit country.

The proposal of collecting caste-wise data beyond SCs and STs has been made in order to provide similar empirical support to quotas for OBCs in government jobs and educational institutions.

The Right to Information Act seems to be holding out hope for candidates unhappy with their scores in Common Admission Test (CAT) 2009.

Observing that voting percentage among the educated section was far lower than that in the lower rungs of society, senior BJP leader L K Advani has favoured compulsory voting as a remedial measure.

Communal violence that flared up after a dispute over the route of a Muslim procession just after Holi celebrations and the subsequent arrest of a Muslim leader has left Bareilly in the grip of sectarian tensions and under curfew more than a week later.

Suspense looms over when the women's reservation bill will be introduced in Lok Sabha, a move which is set to see a fresh bout of volatile reactions from its detractors.

From the desperation of the two-day street-fight within the Rajya Sabha to the political self-congratulation after the passage of the Bill, the Indian public could be forgiven for thinking that women's empowerment starts now.

Jharkhand and West Bengal police have launched a massive coordinated assault in the Maoist strongholds of East and West Singhbhum, indicating that Jharkhand CM has dropped his resistance to the anti-Maoist offensive.

Bihar chief minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar on Wednesday rejected reports of a possible split in his party.

A day after a rift showed up between the two, for the Left getting greater attention from the government to ensure passing of the women's reservation bill in Rajya Sabha and TC abstaining, both sides have patched up.

The highway ministry now wants a helipad every 100km along the national highways. National and state highways account for almost 60% of road fatalities and most of the serious injuries in the country.

Women in Lok Sabha, in a short time, may number much more than the 33% reserved for them by the quota legislation.

The govt has admitted that shortage of manpower had made it difficult to safeguard "all public places". Maharashtra presents a dismal picture with the highest number of police vacancies (49,252).