Amid expectations of a Cabinet reshuffle, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Wednesday strongly pitched for Rahul Gandhi`s entry into the government, saying it was "necessary" to help in solving the problems faced by the country.
Maoists on Wednesday fired on a patrolling party killing a policeman and blew up tracks disrupting rail service in Dhanbad district as the 24-hour Jharkhand bandh called by the banned CPI(Maoist) got underway in the state. The bandh which
As a first act of assuming the role of finance minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday called the five secretaries to union ministry of finance and key additional secretaries to prime minister office (PMO). PM’s economic advisory council chairm
Dashing hopes for release of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh within hours of reports that he was being freed, Pakistan late on Tuesday night clarified that it had taken steps for the release of another Indian prisoner named Surjeet Singh
Pranab Mukherjee, who resigned as the Finance Minister on Tuesday to contest for the post of President as a Congress nominee, sought to justify some of his tough and contentious decisions saying that they were taken in the interest of people.
A sentimental Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said he is leaving his job as Finance Minister to "embark on a new journey". Before leaving to tender his resignation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Mukherjee said, "I stand ready
Jihadi outfits like Lashkar-e-Taiba are planning attacks in Odisha and Maharashtra besides making fresh recruitment efforts in the Northeast, Assam DGP Jayanta Narayan Choudhury said on Tuesday. "Our intelligence inputs point to such
The Congress on Tuesday sought to project a moral high ground over the resignation of Union Minister Virbhadra Singh by insisting that his guilt in the corruption case had not yet been established. "Virbhadra Singh has taken moral res
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on tuesday asked officials to black-list companies supplying poor quality power transformers and meters. "The companies involved in supplying poor quality transformers and meters should be b
Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Tuesday deposed before the two-member judicial panel set up by the Maharashtra government to go into the Adarsh housing society scam. Deshmukh, Union Minister of Science and Technology, was the state`s C
Union Minister Virbhadra Singh resigned on Tuesday in the wake of a Himachal Pradesh court framing corruption charges against him, the third minister in UPA-II to step down on similar grounds. A five-time Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh
In spite of a parliamentary panel’s scathing comments in regard to construction of roads and highways, the ministry of road transport and highways continues to be hamstrung by internal differences. The panel, in its report submitted in May t
Holding that freedom of expression is an essential component of democracty, CPI(M) stalwart V S Achuthanandan expressed serious concern over the intolerance shown by certain political quarters towards cartoons and caricatures in recent times.
Life across Kashmir was disrupted on Tuesday due to a strike called by separatists over gutting of the 200-year-old Dastageer Sahib shrine in Khanyar area of the city. Schools, colleges, offices, shops and other commercial establishments w
About 80 engineers have quit beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines during the past four months due to non-payment of salaries by the near-bankrupt carrier, sources said. "Some 60-80 engineers have already quit the carrier in the last 4-5 mo
Delhi Police is likely to seek an extension of remand of 26/11 handler Abu Jundal, which may put a spanner in Mumbai Police`s efforts to question him soon. Sources in Delhi Police said Jundal`s role was being examined in the larger conspir
"We learn a lot from him" was how Rahul Gandhi acknowledged the significance of Pranab Mukherjee as he drove down to the Finance Minister`s North Block Office on his last day in government. The gesture by the young leader
The Congress on Monday bid a warm farewell to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, poised to become the country`s President, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying that the veteran leader will be missed. At a special meeting of the Congre
In the wake of framing of charges against Union Minister Vir Bhadra Singh in a graft case, the BJP on Monday said he should tender his resignation and if he refuses to do so Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should sack him immediately.
Outgoing finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has asked the Human Resources Development ministry to fast-track approval of president Pratibha Patil to the IIT Kharagpur to confer an honorary degree of DSc honoris causa on him at its convocation on Au
