
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said it will raise in Parliament the suicide in Tihar jail on Monday of Ram Singh, main accused in the Dec 16 gangrape of a 23-year-old. ...

11:44 AM, Mar 11, 2013

BJP leader Najma Heptullah has welcomed Afzal Guru's execution. ...

11:27 AM, Feb 09, 2013

The BJP on Monday described the 'fatwa' against the all-girl rock band in Kashmir as an attemptby certain fundamentalist groups to "Talibanise" society. ...

04:27 AM, Feb 05, 2013

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said that full security will be provided to the members of the state's first girl band if they wanted to pursue their music career. ...

11:40 PM, Feb 04, 2013

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said that full security will be provided to the members of the state's first girl band if they wanted to pursue their music career. "The decision to continue or not continue lies with the band. Jammu and Kashmir always had a musical history. The girls can continue their musical career. The state will provide security," said Omar, in an interview to...

07:20 PM, Feb 04, 2013

Jammu and Kashmir today lost its only all-girls rock band, Pragaash, as its three teenage members decided to call it quits, a day after the Grand Mufti issued a fatwa terming singing as un-Islamic and asked them to abandon it. The band hit the limelight in December 2012 when they won the annual 'Battle of the Bands' in what was their very first public appearance. But things went downhill when...

07:05 PM, Feb 04, 2013

New Delhi: Security in Parliament may be very intense but some intruders managed to get in on Wednesday - flies. Amidst an animated debate on a health bill in the Rajya Sabha, a few flies troubled some members who could not resist seeking protection from the Chair. "Sir, there are a number of flies," said BJP member Najma Heptullah, drawing attention of PJ Kurien, who was in the Chair. Her...

07:59 PM, May 09, 2012

Bhopal: Four BJP nominees and one from Congress were on Thursday declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh. The four BJP candidates who were declared elected are Najma Heptullah, Kaptan Singh Solanki, Faggan Singh Kulaste and Thawarchand Gehlot. The lone Congress nominee is former party spokesman Satyawat Chatruvedi who was earlier Rajya Sabha member from Uttarakhand. Returning Officer Rajkumar Pandey announced the election results in Bhopal. ...

05:56 PM, Mar 22, 2012

Ansari, the UPA-Left VP nominee polled 455 votes. ...

08:13 PM, Aug 10, 2007

NDA's unity may be tested again in the Vice-Presidential elections. ...

08:51 AM, Aug 10, 2007

Community determined the choice of these 'career Muslims'. ...

09:25 AM, Jul 24, 2007

The former Rajya Sabha member will file her nomination for the polls on Monday. ...

10:05 PM, Jul 22, 2007

The CBI has began probing charges of corruption and financial irregularities against Rajya Sabha MP Najma Heptulla. ...

02:17 PM, Nov 03, 2006