CPI(M) on Wednasday said it was in favour of a consensus candidate for presidential poll and would disclose its stand on support only after the UPA announced its nominee. Congress has not taken any initiative so far to discuss either with
The Congress` Rajasthan unit has ruled out any differences among party leaders in the state saying they are "together". Pradesh Congress committee (PCC) chief Chandrabhan said "there is no differences in the party and all th
Asserting that his party would not be cowed down by electoral defeats, DMK president M Karunanidhi on Wednesday said that irrespective of being in power, it would continue to work for the people. In his address at a function in his native
MDMK leader Vaiko on Wednesday urged for the intervention of prime minister Manmohan Singh to take steps for the cancellation of death sentence awarded to an Indian worker in Dubai. In a letter to the prime minister dated June 4, Vaiko sai
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Centre and the Air India management to respond to a plea of striking pilots that their salaries and other pecuniary benefits have not been paid. "Issue notice to the respondents (the
A day after enlisting support of SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav for his campaign against black money, yoga guru Ramdev arrived here on Wednesday in an effort to get the backing of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on the issue. &
Blasting Standard and Poor`s (S&P) for threatening to downgrade India`s credit rating to below-investment grade, Minister of State for Planning Ashwani Kumar has said the global rating agency is not objective in its analysis and not fair to th
The Uttar Pradesh government has waived off tuition fees for girl students of all sections of the society from Class IX to XII. "As per the order issued by the state government no tuition fee will be taken from girl students fr
In a major crackdown, police arrested eight Chinese nationals on charges of overstaying after raiding a fortified monastery in Mandi district and claimed to have recovered Rs 30 lakh, USD 3000 and SIM cards. Some Chinese escaped bef
BSNL employees` union of Arunachal Pradesh joined the nationwide indefinite strike called by the forum of BSNL unions/associations on Wednesday in protest against the alleged discriminatory policies of BSNL management. Executive and non-
Observing that doctors are harassed by the authorities under the pretext of not following norms set up for imposing ban on sex determination tests, the Bombay high court has quashed a complaint in a lower court against a doctor couple in Beed d
Questioning the government on giving 4.5 percent sub-quota for minorities on the basis of religion, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the Andhra Pradesh High Court order quashing the decision. "We are not inclined to gran
The CBI on Wednesday conducted raids on the premises of two independent MLAs and the relatives of several other legislators in connection with allegations of horse-trading that had led to countermanding of the March 30 Rajya Sabha elections in Jha
The Election Commission on Tuesday set the ball rolling for the next president`s election on July 19 even as the Congress holds back its candidate`s name for want of response from Trinamul Congress boss Mamata Banerjee, the West Bengal chief minis
At the Kamla market police station, a police sentry was standing taut. Behind the façade of his disciplined gesture was a deep anguish which bordered on acute depression. Sweltering heat did not bother him. But he was concerned about the fa
At the time Saranda fleeted in and out of conversations in the corridors of power in Delhi, in August 2011, few would have known much about it. Forest, Maoists and mines were the inadequate terms which were liberally used, mostly in news report
Taking on the UPA government over standard and poor`s threat to downgrade India`s ranking, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the government is pushing the country to the brink. "Congress-led UPA`s toxic combinati
Industrial production growth rate slowed down sharply to 0.1 per cent in April due to contraction in capital goods and dip in manufacturing output, reflecting the sluggish state of the economy that may prompt RBI to cut lending rates. G
CPI-M led LDF opposition members disrupted proceedings and boycotted the assembly demanding arrest of IUML MLA P K Basheer named an accused in an FIR in connection with a double murder case in Malappuram. Speaker G Karthikeyan adjourned
Leader of opposition in Madhya Pradesh assembly, Ajay Singh on Tuesday demanded a CBI inquiry into all illegal mining activities going on in the state. In a statement issued here, Ajay alleged that the BJP government was "sleeping
