Our modern day politicians are not known for language skills or mastery over various issues and that lacuna is being reflected in the kind of political discourse Bihar is witnessing. The choice of words and name-calling has in fact alarmed the ele
Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav’s decision to pull out of the ‘grand alliance’ in Bihar has understandably created a flutter among members of the erstwhile Janata Parivar. Though official reactions from leaders of oth
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav questioned the “secular credentials” of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and walked out of his ‘Mahagathbandhan’. Mulayam said that Nitish was a former ally of the BJP and thus the
With India`s growth rate projected to drop slightly from 7.5 per cent to 7.3 per cent in 2015, the IMF today recommended the country to launch next phase of economic reforms and improve its business climate for achieving faster and more inclusive
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday sacked food and civil supplies minister Asim Ahmed Khan over corruption charges. Khan was sacked for allegedly demanding money from a professor. “We have received a complaint, assessed it and ha
As India pushes for big time financial inclusion of the marginalized with schemes like Jan dhan yojana, RBI governor Raghuram Rajan has said financial inclusion should not be pressed beyond a point because beneficiaries may not have the capacity t
Karnataka home minister K J George will be slapped a notice over his rape remark. National commission for women chief Lalitha Kumaramangalam said today that the Karnataka home minister is another example of a person who comments on violence over w
The contest in Bihar is very close and last minute switch by voters could go either way, for Nitish Kumar or the BJP alliance. Accordingly, the pre-poll surveys go from one end of the spectrum to the other. While ABP-Nielsen, Loknit
A day after a report said a Saudi man had chopped off an Indian maid`s hand, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday deplored the act and said that India has taken up the issue with Saudi authorities. The minister also said the she was d
He was the single-window counter for all builders, big-time contractors and land sharks operating in Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway areas. He was the de-facto broker-cum-commission agent of three land-rich authorities of the national c
A Chinese daily has said that "Modi`s plan of making `Digital India` will be just empty talk. From this perspective, India is not even close to where China was five years ago," it said. Commenting on the New York Times report that
Prime minister Narendra Modi today did not mince his words and launched a direct attack on Lalu Prasad Yadav in his election rallies in Bihar. “ I`m amazed at Lalu Ji. His dialogues in 1990s and those now are the same. No new ideas.” M
Nepal today registered ‘first amendment bill’ of the Constitution at Parliament Secretariat, which seeks to address the two major demands of Madhesis and indigenous communities. Will this mean advantage BJP in Bihar elec
In an evaluation carried out for 30 states over the last few months, Maharashtra has been ranked number one in this year`s survey on for tourism, travel and leisure. The state`s rank is due to a strong economy, good infrastructure,
Elections always highly competitive in India but the manner in which West Bengal changed its election commissioner raises many questions. On Wednesday, Alapan Bandyopadhyay cut short his official tour of Bhutan with chief minister Mamata Banerjee
The usage of Aadhaar by government and private agencies will come to a standstill and many projects will be affected by the refusal of the supreme court on Wednesday to modify its August 11 order. Many agencies, which had begun, lin
The Arvind Kejriwal government has invited Pakistani singer Ghulam Ali to perform in the national capital after his concert in Mumbai was cancelled due to Shiv Sena protests, saying "music has no boundaries". Delhi Culture Minister Kapil
Following announcements by writer Nayantara Sehgal and poet Ashok Vajpeyi to return their Sahitya Akademi awards, the literary body`s president said authors should "adopt a different way to protest" and not politicise the autonomous body
As per budget announcement and to fulfill promise made under the Andhra Pradesh re-organization Act 2014, the union cabinet chaired by prime minister Narendra Modi today gave its approval for setting up of All India Institutes of Medical Sci
Telangana legislator and All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Akbaruddin Owaisi faces arrest over an inflammatory speech at an election rally in Bihar. An FIR against Akbaruddin was registered on Monday at Kochadha
