A day after Bihar election result were announced, a new report found that the number of candidates with criminal cases filed againt them and crorepatis has increased in the 2010 assembly elections. “141 newly elected MLAs (59 percent
Akhil bharatiya hindu mahasabha today said it has written a letter to the Chief Justice of India expressing its dissatisfaction over the Allahabad high court`s verdict on the Ayodhya title suit. The CJI has been requested through a
Canada has begun talking to the families of the 329 victims of the Kanishka bombing about financial compensation as it tries bring to closure the 25-year-old terror case, the worst in country`s history. Canadian public safety minist
Women have their best ever representation in the 15th state assembly this time since 1962 with 32 seats inspite of the fact that they constituted only 8.74 per cent of the total number of candidates in the fray for the elections in Bihar.
India would launch a new communication satellite from its spaceport of Sriharikota next month to augment capacity and services in the field. Sources in the Indian space research organisation told PTI today that top space scientists
On the eve of the second anniversary of the 26/11 terror attacks, IAF chief air chief marshal P V Naik today said the country was "now much better prepared" to tackle Mumbai-type strikes. "The armed forces were prepar
A YSR loyalist and four-time MLA, Andhra Pradesh speaker Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy, who has been selected to be the new chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, faces the daunting task to revitalize the party ridden by dissidence. A legisl
Human resources development minister Kapil Sibal may have to wait for the next session of Parliament for the tabling of his pet bills even if the opposition rests it ongoing blockade on proceeedings in both Houses. Tabling of all four bill
Delhi urban development minister A K Walia has said that accumulation of water in the areas near Yamuna river bed is a cause of concern and the state government will soon fund a solution to it. “A feasible solution is a must oth
What can explain the dramatic results of the Bihar assembly elections? A clear answer, as Nitish Kumar said in his interview with Governance Now more than three months ago, is that the Grammar of Bihar politics had changed even as Lalu Prasad
Slamming BJP central leadership for deciding to allow B S Yeddyurappa to remain as Karnataka chief minister despite alleged land scams, Congress and JD-S on Wednesday vowed to continue their campaign for his government`s ouster. "Till
A number of ports located at Jagathsinghpur in Orissa are likely to have a bearing on South Korean steel giant Posco`s plan to set up a captive port in the region with a green panel planning to examine their ecological impact in the coastal zone.
Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party exulted at its windfall gains in Bihar, courtesy the Nitish wave that swept across the state, it did not let the moment get the better of its natural instincts. The news from Patna had barely begun to sink in, an
Andhra Pradesh chief minister K Rosaiah on Wednesday announced his decision to step down from the post citing personal reasons. "I have decided to resign, I am submitting my resignation to the state governor and I will request him to
With Pakistan still dragging its feet on granting India the Most Favoured Nation status, foreign secretary Nirupama Rao asked the Pakistan government to explain the delay here on Wednesday. At a FICCI-organised event, Rao expressed hope th
Corporate lobbyist Nira Radia was today questioned by the enforcement directorate for her firm`s alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation case. Radia, whose taped conversations with various people is reportedly available with the
Beleaguered Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, facing allegations of corruption and nepotism, yet again staved off a mounting challenge to his leadership as BJP today announced that he will continue in office. "After con
The supreme court today reserved its verdict on a plea seeking a direction to prime minister Manmohan Singh for grant of sanction to prosecute former telecom minister A Raja in the 2G Spectrum case. A bench of justices G S Singhvi a
The JD(U)-BJP alliance today was surging ahead towards a substantive win to retain power in the Assembly elections in Bihar by leading in 200 of the 243 seats for which trends were available. The RJD-LJP alliance was far behind as i
The Congress and the Government had a sigh of relief on Tuesday with the Supreme Court holding that the Prime Minister was not obliged to sanction any permission to Dr Subramanian Swamy for prosecuting former Telecom Minister A Raja, who has since
