The northeastern states need to be more dependent on their own resources in future and these states, including Tripura, should attract private capital, said 15th Finance Commission chairman Nanda Kishore Singh on Thursday. read more

The BJP is heading a coalition government in Manipur with the National People’s Party, Naga People’s Front and the Lok Janshakti Party. read more

Ranji Trophy: The 32-year-old Ashutosh Aman achieved the feat when he trapped Manipur’s Sagatpam Singh lbw for his 65th wicket and eclipsed former India captain Bedi’s tally of 64 wickets for Delhi in 1974-75. read more

The party, which champions the cause of the Dalits and minorities, has been using Mayawati’s birthday celebrations on January 15 over the years to send across political message to the people, said a BSP leader. read more

The miners are said to be trapped in an illegal coal mine at Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district for the past two weeks. read more

The new Mizo National Front, which had made reimposing prohibition a poll promise, has decided to stop the sale of liquor by government agencies, and bring a legislation to stop sale by private players. read more

The newly elected Congress-led governments in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh have little financial legroom left to hand out sweeping farm-loan waivers, the plank on which the party won these states handily, a review of their finances sho... read more

DMK chief MK Stalin, JD(S) leader HD Deve Gowda, Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu, Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, NCP president Sharad Pawar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav attended the oath-taking ceremonies. read more

Outgoing BJP chief ministers Vasundhara Raje of Rajasthan and Shivraj Singh Chouhan of Madhya Pradesh turned up at the swearing-in ceremonies of Ashok Gehlot and Kamal Nath, and exchanged greetings with opposition leaders. read more

He was offering what they were seeking. To say this must have positively attracted their vote is, perhaps, to state the obvious. More than what they want, people vote for what they need. read more

The swearing-in ceremonies might see the participation of National Conference chairman Farooq Abdullah, Sharad Yadav, Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu, RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, DMK’s MK Stalin and Kanimozhi, among others. read more

Mizo National Front (MNF) president Zoramthanga sworn in as the Chief Minister of Mizoram on Saturday. Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan administered the oath of office and secrecy to Zoramthanga and his Council of Ministers at Raj Bhavan located in Aizawl. (Hindustan Times)read more

Zoramthanga was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor K Rajasekharan at a ceremony in Aizawl. read more

Assembly elections 2018: At the aggregate level, the BSP has improved its performance by winning 10 seats across the three states, which is two more than what it won in 2013. However, this is still five seats fewer than what the party won in the 2008... read more

K Chandrasekhar Rao took oath as the Chief Minister of Telangana on Thursday. The oath ceremony was held at Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad. Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) headed by K Chandrasekhar Rao claimed 88 seats out of the total 119 Assembly seats. KCR became the first Chief Minister of Telangana when the state was formed in 2014.read more