Senior Congress leader and former Union minister S Jaipal Reddy died at a hospital here in the early hours of Sunday. The 77-year-old was recently diagnosed with pneumonia and was admitted to the hospital, where he died at 1.28 am, a Congress leader told PTI.

New Delhi: The Environment Ministry permitted cutting of over 1 crore trees in the last five years for development work, it informed Parliament on Friday.

Mumbai: The India Meteorological Department on Saturday evening predicted "heavy to very heavy" rains in Mumbai, including "extremely heavy" rain in isolated places, for Sunday.

New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee meeting to decide the new Working President will meet after Parliament''s Budget session with outgoing party chief Rahul Gandhi and General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra refraining from taking any decision, party sources said.

Pune: Asserting that he is not worried about people leaving his party, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday accused BJP of misusing power and agencies to poach leaders from opposition ranks.

New Delhi: BJP MP Rama Devi has said that Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan should be suspended from Lok Sabha for five years and a mere apology from him for his remarks against her will not do. 

New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's nephew Ratul Puri could not be questioned by the ED in connection with the VVIP choppers money laundering case here as he left the agency's office soon after reaching, officials said on Saturday.

Jaipur: After the collapse of Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition government in Karnataka, Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Saturday said similar political developments are likely to take place in Congress-ruled states of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.