Decks were today cleared for the formation of a Congress-led government in Uttarakhand with the governor saying that the party has the numbers after it paraded the three independent MLAs and the lone UKD legislator in its support before her.
Shiv Sena corporator Sunil Prabhu was on Friday elected mayor of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, India`s richest civic body. At the elections held at the civic headquarters here, Prabhu polled 125 votes, defeating Sunil More of Con
Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi on Friday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and offered to resign owning moral responsibility for the poll debacle. After meeting Gandhi for the first time after the poll results, Joshi to
Congress on Friday said its top state leaders would meet the Uttarakhand governor and stake claim to form a new government even as the BSP, which also holds key to government formation, kept its cards close to its chest. "We are going
The central expert group`s report on the Kudankulam nuclear power plant issue has answered all questions raised by protestors and was satisfactory, a senior member of the Tamil Nadu government panel, appointed to look into concerns of the locals,
Crisis-hit Kingfisher airlines on Friday said it has made alternative arrangements for customers to book their travel on the carrier, in the wake of global airlines` body IATA suspending it from its platforms for non-clearance of dues. &qu
BJP and Congress jockey for power in Uttarakhand as the rival parties claimed on Thursday they will form the next government intensifying efforts to woo independents and BSP legislators to their side to muster the required majority. Congre
Suspense mounted on the issue of chief ministership in Uttar Pradesh with a senior Samajwadi Party leader on Thursday saying that it has been left to Mulayam Singh Yadav to take a call on whether he will take on the mantle or entrust the task to h
In a horrific incident, a 30-year-old IPS officer was on Thursday mowed down by a tractor-trolley, being driven by an alleged member of the mining mafia, when he tried to stop the vehicle carrying stones in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh.
Chief minister-designate Manohar Parrikar and six other legislators would be sworn in as ministers in Panaji on Friday. Senior BJP leaders including L K Advani and Sushma Swaraj will attend the oath taking ceremony that is being held at th
Collective wisdom often weaves its own logic. As a journalist I am quite aware of the risk of guessing the outcome of UP election 2012 which was characterised by so many variables and imponderables that it was almost like fishing in tsunami waters
Congress leader Digvijay Singh today took a dig at Mayawati for her contention that his party was responsible for the defeat of BSP in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. "We are grateful to Mayawatiji for giving Congress party t
Ahead of credit policy review and budget, Reserve Bank Governor D Subbarao today met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and is believed to have discussed the macro-economic situation. The RBI is scheduled to announce the mid-quarterl
Key Team Anna member Justice N Santosh Hegde admitted on Wednesday corruption and governance issues did not determine the outcome of Uttar Pradesh elections but said the anti-graft sentiment certainly worked in Goa. Asked if Team An
Five women, including two new legislators, have been elected this time to the Uttarakhand assembly. While four women were elected on Congress tickets, the ruling BJP could send only one woman to the third state Assembly.
Commerce Minister Anand Sharma today defended the government`s decision to ban cotton exports and said he will personally speak to Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to explain the issue. Pawar had yesterday raised strong objection t
A day after his party got a miserable drubbing in the Assembly polls, Peoples Party of Punjab chief Manpreet Singh Badal today accused Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) of using money power to garner votes. "A big factor that went agai
The Samajwadi Party, which got an absolute majority in Uttar Pradesh, would chose its next chief minister after Holi, amid demands from the party`s parliamentary party members that Akhilesh Yadav be handed over the reins of the state.
Newly-elected legislators led by the BJP, will meet Governor K Sankarnarayanan here today to stake claim to form the government in Goa. BJP leader Manohar Parrikar said the letter of support of majority legislators would be produced
The CPI(M) on Wednesday said the Congress had suffered a "setback" in the recent assembly election and the BJP was "not seen as a credible alternative" to that party. The CPI(M) had also performed "poorly&qu
