Leader of the Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar said the party MLAs decided to walk to the Raj Bhawan uninvited, after the governor refused to give them an appointment. read more

Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, 63, died at his Panaji residence on Sunday evening just over a year after he was detected with cancer. He was 63. read more

While Jaganmohan Reddy accused Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu of a conspiracy to kill his uncle Vivekananda Reddy, the CM said there is a family angle to the murder. read more

Newsom was convinced by statistics suggesting that perhaps dozens of the 737 inmates on the state’s death row were innocent. The state has not held an execution since 2006 but appeared to be moving towards resuming them. read more

The northeast Delhi Lok Sabha candidate of the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP), Dilip Pandey, on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting for his intervention in ending the ongoing guest teachers’ agitation in Delhi. read more

The RBI board had warned of short-term negative impact of demonetisation on the country’s economic growth and observed that the unprecedented move will not have any material impact on tackling the black money menace. read more

Kummanam Rajasekharan, 67, resigned as Mizoram governor on Friday amid calls for fielding him as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Lok Sabha candidate from Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram. read more

The health ministry will test a candidate’s percentage of disability while using an assistive device, such as a hearing aid, crutches and prosthetic limb, in deciding on their admission to medical colleges. read more

Madhya Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel has signed on ordinance to increase the quota for other backward classes (OBCs) in government jobs and university admission from 14% to 27%. read more

The Opposition Congress boycotted a ceremonial address by Meghalaya governor Tathagata Roy in the state assembly in protest against his controversial tweets after the Pulwama terror attack. read more

Rajasekharan’s resignation comes in the wake of the BJP’s Kerala unit asking the party leadership to recall him and make him a candidate from the Thiruvananthapuram against Congress’s Shashi Tharoor. read more

Rajasekharan’s resignation comes in the wake of the BJP’s Kerala unit asking the party leadership to recall him and make him a candidate from the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. read more

Announcing the decision, Union housing and urban affairs minister of state Hardeep Singh Puri said the committee will submit its report to the ministry within 90 days. read more

Though speculation was doing rounds for some time, this is the first time the state unit has approached the party leadership regarding Kummanam Rajasekharan. The RSS is also keen on his return. read more

This means that around 2,120 seats in colleges across the country can now be converted from diploma seats to degree seats. read more