In a big relief for External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Narendra Modi government is now backing the minister for helping former Indian Premiere League chief Lalit Modi secure a visa on humanitarian grounds.
Neros of UPThough pressure is mounting on the Uttar Pradesh government to bring the killers of social media journalist Jagendra Singh to book, there is no action in sight against the main accused, Rammurti Verma, a member of the Akhilesh Cabinet.
Manjhi on CarIn a major boost for the BJP ahead of the high-stakes Bihar Assembly elections, former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today announced a tie up with the party to defeat what he calls an "unholy" alliance of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav.