AAP ex-MLA Phoolka, lawyer for ’84 riot victims, joins BJP NEW DELHI: Senior advocate H S Phoolka, a former Aam Aadmi Party MLA best known for his decades-long doughty legal fight for 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims, joined BJP on Wednesday in a boost to the party’s outreach to Sikhs ahead of assembly elections in Punjab…

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will interact with CMs, excluding those from poll-bound states, to review preparedness and plans to deal with the fallout of West Asia conflict, amid concerns over energy supplies.Official sources said the video-conference will focus on synergy among states and UTs in the spirit of “Team India”. However, CMs of Assam,…

NEW DELHI: Tensions rose in strife-torn Manipur on Saturday as thousands of protesters demanding lasting peace clashed with security forces after being stopped from marching towards the chief minister Y Khemchand Singh’s residence in Imphal.The state, which has been grappling with ethnic violence for nearly three years, witnessed fresh unrest as demonstrators attempted to push…

Nitish Kumar and Rahul Gandhi (R) NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday launched a fierce attack on the NDA, making a strong claim about the recent exit of BJP ally Nitish Kumar from the chief minister’s post in Bihar, a position he held for the longest period in the…