Nidhi Sharma

Hot Mic with Nidhi Razdan: For the last few days, clashes and violence have hit several Indian cities as tensions grow over derogatory comments made by former BJP spokespersons on Islam.

After the Iran Foreign Ministry took down a statement on its Foreign Minister's claims on discussions in Delhi on the Prophet comments row, an Iran government website has put up a similar statement quoting National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval a

AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi today said the ruling BJP should send its spokesperson Nupur Sharma to jail for her comments on Prophet Muhammad, which have enraged Gulf countries and caused a huge backlash.

Congress leader Anand Sharma, dropped from the party's Rajya Sabha list, today dismissed reports that he will join the BJP and blamed it on "political mischief".

India today said Nepal's claim to Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh, and Kalapani was "artificial enlargement of territorial claim" and will not be accepted. Nepal has even issued a new map including the areas and its Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had made belligerent remarks about a virus from India.

India has rejected the findings of a report on religious freedom published by the US State Department that claimed, among other acerbic allegations, "mob attacks by violent extremist Hindu groups against minority communities" continued throughout the year.

The meeting scheduled between India and Pakistan, to discuss the modalities of opening the Kartarpur Corridor, on April 2 at Wagah border, has been called off. India today summoned the Pakistan envoy and conveyed strong objections over the presence of Khalistani separatists in the panel set up by his country on Kartarpur.

Former Madhya Pradesh Director General of Police Rishi Kumar Shukla, a 1983-batch officer, has been appointed the new CBI Director, said a government notification. His name was chosen from a shortlist of over 30 contenders for the top post by a committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Amid speculation that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is in the US for treatment, might not be able to present the budget this year, government sources have told NDTV that he will return to present the interim budget on February 1.

The CBI custody of Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland helicopter deal, has been extended by five days by a Delhi court.

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal will attend his first meeting with opposition leaders in Chandrababu Naidu's big push for a grand alliance for 2019 today, sources have told NDTV. Mr Naidu, who has taken up the challenging task of bringing the parties on the same page to take on the BJP next year, has recently ended his long-standing rivalry w...

Christian Michel, the British middleman accused of bribing Indian politicians and officials in the 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal, had been on the run from Indian authorities in the UAE for more than a year.

Union Minister and senior BJP leader Ananth Kumar, who died on Monday morning at a hospital in Bengaluru, was cremated with full state honours this afternoon. The funeral pyre was lit by Mr Kumar's younger brother Nanda Kumar, amid chanting of vedic hymns at the Chamarajapete cremation ground.

Amid protests and tough resistance from the BJP, the new coalition government in Karnataka is going ahead with its official celebrations of the birth anniversary of Tipu Sultan. Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, who is reportedly unwell, and his deputy stayed away from the celebrations. The BJP has attacked the government for what it calls as the ruli...

A day after the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI arrested an investigating officer and conducted searches at its own headquarters, the officer challenged his arrest in the Delhi High Court. The officer also sought cancellation of the First Information Report or FIR, terming it as "illegal, frivolous and malafide". The agency, however, has bee...

Hot Mic with Nidhi Razdan: For the last few days, clashes and violence have hit several Indian cities as tensions grow over derogatory comments made by former BJP spokespersons on Islam.

After the Iran Foreign Ministry took down a statement on its Foreign Minister's claims on discussions in Delhi on the Prophet comments row, an Iran government website has put up a similar statement quoting National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval a

AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi today said the ruling BJP should send its spokesperson Nupur Sharma to jail for her comments on Prophet Muhammad, which have enraged Gulf countries and caused a huge backlash.

Congress leader Anand Sharma, dropped from the party's Rajya Sabha list, today dismissed reports that he will join the BJP and blamed it on "political mischief".

India today said Nepal's claim to Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh, and Kalapani was "artificial enlargement of territorial claim" and will not be accepted. Nepal has even issued a new map including the areas and its Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had made belligerent remarks about a virus from India.

India has rejected the findings of a report on religious freedom published by the US State Department that claimed, among other acerbic allegations, "mob attacks by violent extremist Hindu groups against minority communities" continued throughout the year.

The meeting scheduled between India and Pakistan, to discuss the modalities of opening the Kartarpur Corridor, on April 2 at Wagah border, has been called off. India today summoned the Pakistan envoy and conveyed strong objections over the presence of Khalistani separatists in the panel set up by his country on Kartarpur.

Former Madhya Pradesh Director General of Police Rishi Kumar Shukla, a 1983-batch officer, has been appointed the new CBI Director, said a government notification. His name was chosen from a shortlist of over 30 contenders for the top post by a committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Amid speculation that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is in the US for treatment, might not be able to present the budget this year, government sources have told NDTV that he will return to present the interim budget on February 1.

The CBI custody of Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland helicopter deal, has been extended by five days by a Delhi court.

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal will attend his first meeting with opposition leaders in Chandrababu Naidu's big push for a grand alliance for 2019 today, sources have told NDTV. Mr Naidu, who has taken up the challenging task of bringing the parties on the same page to take on the BJP next year, has recently ended his long-standing rivalry w...

Christian Michel, the British middleman accused of bribing Indian politicians and officials in the 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal, had been on the run from Indian authorities in the UAE for more than a year.

Union Minister and senior BJP leader Ananth Kumar, who died on Monday morning at a hospital in Bengaluru, was cremated with full state honours this afternoon. The funeral pyre was lit by Mr Kumar's younger brother Nanda Kumar, amid chanting of vedic hymns at the Chamarajapete cremation ground.

Amid protests and tough resistance from the BJP, the new coalition government in Karnataka is going ahead with its official celebrations of the birth anniversary of Tipu Sultan. Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, who is reportedly unwell, and his deputy stayed away from the celebrations. The BJP has attacked the government for what it calls as the ruli...

A day after the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI arrested an investigating officer and conducted searches at its own headquarters, the officer challenged his arrest in the Delhi High Court. The officer also sought cancellation of the First Information Report or FIR, terming it as "illegal, frivolous and malafide". The agency, however, has bee...