Bharatiya Janata Party patriarch LK Advani on Monday dropped an indirect hint that he was against the conscience vote to decide the upcoming presidential election that alone can help former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma backed by his party surmount
Pranab Mukherjee will not be a rubber stamp president but will certainly be a super prime minister. The president`s office in India is ceremonious as he has to act on the advice of the prime minister and the Union cabinet, but it may not remain an
Congress MP from Guntur Rayapati Sambasiva Rao has attributed party`s debacle and YSR Congress`s landslide victory in the state by-elections to the "tears" of Vijaya Lakshmi, the wife of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister late YS Rajas
A local CBI court on Monday extended till July 4 the judicial remand of YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in connection with a disproportionate assets case. Jagan, who appeared before the judge through video conference from Ch
There was no end in sight to the 49-day-old Air India pilots strike with the government on Monday making it clear that they have to return to work "unconditionally" and the pilots insisting that sack orders be withdrawn immediately.
Taking note of the limited storage capacity and the buying agencies exceeding their target this year, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to end wheat procurement by the end of this month. Seven agencies have been stopped from wheat p
The over 200-year-old shrine of Dastageer Sahib was on Monday gutted in a fire at Khanyar in old city, triggering protests by locals. An official of the Disaster Management Cell said the fire broke out in the shrine of Syed Abdul Qa
Union Power Minister and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde deposed before the Adarsh Commission here on Monday in connection with the Adarsh housing society scam. Shinde was the chief minister of Maharashtra from 2001 t
The BJP, ADMK and DMK members of select committee on Lokpal are furious that Rajya Sabha secretariat did not inform them about its first meeting on Monday. Chairman of select committee on Lokpal Satyabrata Chaturvedi did not inform many me
Global agency Moody`s on Monday retained outlook on India`s rating at stable despite slowdown in GDP growth rate saying that it is unlikely to be even a medium-term feature. Moody`s Investors Service in a statement said, "It is mainta
Tamil Nadu would approach the Supreme Court and will not be a `silent spectator` if Kerala Government went ahead with its plan to build a dam across the Siruvani river, Public Works Minister K V Ramalingam has said. "Tamil Nadu
Key Mumbai terror attack suspect and Indian Mujahideen terrorist Abu Hamza was on Monday arrested from the IGI Airport here. Hamza alias Sayeed Zabi-ud-Deen alias Zabi Ansari alias Riyasat Ali was one of the Pakistani handlers who was givi
Sixty-five-year-old Pranab Mukherjee is resigning not only from the government as the finance minister but also from the Congress to enter the presidential poll as an "independent" and not as a candidate of the Congress or the ruling Uni
Thanks to an `LPG Transparency` portal launched by petroleum minister S Jaipal Reddy, the truth has come out as to who is guzzling the cooking gas (LPG - Liquified Petroleum Gas) and who are the biggest suckers of the high subsidy on it.
Ahead of the Rio summit, several civil society activists including Ashish Kothari, Ritwick Dutta and Biraj Patnaik have written an open letter to the prime minister asking him to take a lead in committing to economic policies that are centred arou
The BJP on Friday accused the Government of adopting "several tricks" including "misuse" of CBI to maintain majority and secure the support of political parties in Parliament and during elections. Launching the p
Days after UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee questioned Team Anna`s ethical behaviour, the group on Friday sought to justify their contention in a letter which significantly did not carry the signature of Anna Hazare. The
In wake of the Calcutta High Court holding as unconstitutional the Singur Land Development Act, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said her government was with the farmers and committed to return of land to them. &
Pinning hopes on "conscience vote" and his tribal identity, P A Sangma on Friday virtually dared UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee for a debate ahead of Presidential poll, saying democracy needs debate. Maintaining that in a de
Problem of plenty is a matter of grave concern for the food ministry these days, with stocks reaching 82.3 million tonnes (MT). With a storage space of only 64 MT (up from 62.7 MT by the end of March 2012), 18.3 MT of food grain is lying in the op
