New Delhi: Under attack by the opposition over his 'Hafiz ji' comment, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Tuesday said his one-year-old statement was kind of a pun and it should be seen in its full context of the video, where he had slammed terrorists.

New Delhi: Retail inflation inched up to a four-month high of 2.57 per cent in February, though it is still below the RBI's benchmark, raising hopes of another round of rate cut in April to boost industrial growth which slipped to 1.7 per cent on account of manufacturing sector slowdown.

Mumbai: Hours after his son Sujay joined the ruling BJP Tuesday, senior Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil got an offer from the Shiv Sena to join it.

Patna: Disgruntled BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha has fired a fresh salvo at Narendra Modi, highlighting the inconvenience caused to commuters whenever the prime minister's convoy passes through notwithstanding his avowed dislike for 'VIP culture'.

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said Tuesday that former prime minister Manmohan Singh was "never in the reckoning", rejecting reports that the Congress may field him from Amritsar in the Lok Sabha polls.

New Delhi: Expelled TMC MP Anupam Hazra along with two sitting legislators from West Bengal joined the BJP here on Tuesday. 

Raipur: A police sub-inspector (SI) and his school teacher friend, who were abducted by Naxals on Sunday from Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh, have been released, police said.

Ahmedabad:Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel on Tuesday joined the Congress in the presence of party president Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.