Trinamool chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is arriving here to discuss with Sonia Gandhi on the presidential election. Sources said she is coming to Delhi after Gandhi reportedly called her over phone for discuss
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Tuesday announced portfolios for Harak Singh Rawat, who was inducted as the 11th minister in the state cabinet three days ago. At a press conference here, Bahuguna said he was giving portfolios
Underplaying attacks by Team Anna, SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday extended support to yoga guru Ramdev in his campaign on the issue of black money, saying until it is brought back, the poor won`t benefit. Ramdev met Yadav
The Centre on Tuesday placed before the Supreme Court the "relevant" material and documents on the basis of which it carved out 4.5 percent sub-quota for minorities in the central educational institutions such as IITs. Additional
Polling on Tuesday began in the crucial by-elections to the 18 assembly segments and one Lok Sabha constituency in Andhra Pradesh, results of which are expected to give a new direction to the state politics. Though the by-elections are not
A heap of work, some dating back to the 1990s, greeted the newly-elected mayor and deputy mayor on the first day of their office at the municipal corporation Shimla. "The mayor and deputy mayor have decided to work for 16 hours daily for a fe
?Pranab Mukherjee on April IIP data: "I`m disappointed". Looks like he`ll soon be appointed as well (president)! ?Pranab Mukherjee says the government is "seized" of the looming economic crisis
Prime minister Manmohan Singh will soon write to the MPs and MLAs to set an example as people`s representatives by forgoing subsidy on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG or the cooking gas), and pay for the cylinders at the commercial rate.
Suspended BEML chairman and managing director V R S Natarajan on Monday said he respected the government`s decision and maintained he would come out clean. Natarajan was suspended by the defence ministry on a CBI recommendation f
West Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra on Monday called on union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee to seek a special package for the state, but talks remain inconclusive. "Discussions are going on. When discussions will complete, w
The announcement on presidential election schedule is due shortly, new chief election commissioner V S Sampath on Monday said. "All preparatory works are in full swing and an announcement regarding the election schedule is due short
The Indian rupee tumbled and reached a new low at Rs 56 per dollar. Reason? The whole world economy is going down, and think of Greece, and all that. That’s what the Manmohan Singh government would have us believe. Yes, we thought, the after
BEML chief V R S Natarajan was on Monday suspended by the defence ministry in connection with the Tatra case on a CBI recommendation after former army chief general V K Singh levelled allegations that he was offered Rs 14 crore bribe to clear a
Dismissing concerns that India`s growth rate may drop below 6.5 per cent, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said 2012-13 would be the turnaround year for the economy. Addressing a conference of top officials of the income tax d
With the Air India management mulling sacking 300 more pilots who have been on strike for the past 34 days, the troubled national carrier has set up a committee to review its global operations to find out how many pilots are required to operate
The union government and the state of Jharkhand have launched a “development offensive” in Saranda after “liberating” it from long years of Maoist control. They have announced the Saran
A chartered aircraft flying from Muscat to Dhaka entered the restricted airspace over Jodhpur airbase and has been grounded by authorities at the Sanganer Airport here. "The aircraft piloted by captain Ibrahim Hun flew over Jodhpur ai
The Shree Maheshwar Hydro Power Corporation Limited (SMHPCL) today charged the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) with creating obstacles in the completion of the Maheshwar power project. "For the last one-and-a-half decades, the NBA either
YSR Congress president Jaganmohan Reddy will remain in jail with a special CBI court on Monday extending his judicial custody till June 25 in the disproportionate assets case. Jagan was in CBI custody from June 3-7 and the Andhra Pradesh H
Normal life in Kashmir was disrupted on Monday due to a strike called by hardline Hurriyat Conference to commemorate those killed in the summer agitation of 2010. Shops and business establishments in the commercial hub of Lal Chowk
