Sarath Fonseka, 58, who recently retired as Sri Lanka’s Chief of Defence Staff, has been selected by the United National Party (UNP), the main Opposition party in Sri Lanka, as its candidate for the presidential election to be held on January 26, 2010.  

Bal Thackeray’s daughter-in-law Smita Thackeray plans to join Congress; Shiv Sena says each to his own.

Leaked portions of Liberhan Report say demolition was ‘meticulously planned,’ indict Advani and names ex-PM AB Vajpayee.

IBN Lokmat and IBN7 offices were attacked by Shiv Sena activists in Vikhroli, Mumbai today.

New Delhi: The report of the Liberhan Commission, which investigated into the circumstances leading to the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, is expected to be tabled in Parliament on December 21, 2009 – the last day of the month-long Winter Session.

Harper and Singh meet, but India-Canada civil nuclear pact not signed during Canadian Prime Minister’s visit

Bal Thackeray, the supreme of Shiv Sena, is very angry with cricketer Sachin Tendulkar for having remarked that “Mumbai belongs to all Indians” and “not to anyone in particular.”

New Delhi: Nitin Gadkari, president of the Maharashtra unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is most likely to become the next national president of the party, succeeding Rajnath Singh by the end of 2009.

Left Front constituent calls for early Assembly elections in West Bengal post by-election losses

Amar Singh, leader of the Samajwadi Party (SP), has said that there is threat to the life of Abu Asim Azmi, the party’s member in the Maharashtra Assembly.