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Ambika Soni set to be Sonia`s political secretary too

She has been mocked for losing the “important” information and broadcasting ministry. A national daily has tried to explain Ambika Soni’s departure from the government to her decision of letting Aamir Khan use the Doordarshan pla

Sonia, Rahul floated pvt firm to commit fraud: Swamy

Heralding an open season for the Nehru-Gandhi family, Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Thursday accused Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son, party general secretary Rahul Gandhi, of floating a private company and converting a pu

Kejriwal: Now, bête noire for India Inc?

Going by the way he works, Arvind Kejriwal has seemingly never wanted to be a darling of any section. It’s just chance, or perhaps lack of a goal-scoring opening, that he still is for some, at least in the media. But otherwise, the b

Making sense of IAC charges against Ambani

Wednesday, the 31st of October, 2012, started with a buzz in social media circuits as to who would be the next target of Arvind Kejriwal. During the day, several names were speculated upon – Anil Ambani of the ADAG Group, a mining conglom

Jaipal Reddy paid for defying Reliance: Yechury

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Thursday claimed S Jaipal Reddy has paid the price for "defying the country`s biggest corporate" by being shifted out of the Petroleum Ministry and said this exposed "the tentacles of big bu

Congmen, IAC activists clash in Farrukhabad

The venue for activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal’s rally to highlight alleged irregularities by a trust operated by union minister Salman Khurshid and his wife turned into a battleground on Thursday afternoon as Kejriwal’s s

Cabinet withdraws draft amendments to RTI

The Union Cabinet on Thursday decided to withdraw controversial draft amendments to the Right to Information Act that had sought to restrict disclosure of file notings only to social and developmental issues. After this, all file notings c

PM’s platitudes & attitudes: don’t expect much from new cabinet

When the freshly revamped council of ministers met for the first time today, prime minister Manmohan Singh had an opportunity to set before them the governance road map for the remaining part of the term and motivate them to deliver. He, in his ty

High fiscal deficit deters investments: PM

Holding that "high" fiscal deficit is a deterrent for domestic and foreign investments, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the government will have to overcome constraints to achieve a target of nearly USD one trillion of inv

15 sailors rescued, 6 missing in Chennai cyclone

Fifteen sailors were on Thursday rescued and a search was on for six other missing crew who were on board an oil tanker that drifted and ran aground off the city coast in high velocity winds before the landfall of cyclone `Nilam`. "Ar

Kejriwal`s protest: tight security in Farrukhabad

Security has been stepped up in Farrukhabad on Thursday in view of protests planned by Arvind Kejriwal and his associated against alleged irregularities by the trust run by Union Minister Salman Khurshid and his wife. Congress workers have

“Mukesh Ambani, not Manmohan Singh, running the country”

Aam aadmi topi firmly in place, activist Arvind Kejriwal crowned former union petroleum minister S Jaipal Reddy with a martyr`s halo. His choice of headgear for industrialist Mukesh Ambani was a figurative pair of horns. The political gadfly and h

Chennai anti-nuke protesters seek intl support

Seeking to take their campaign against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant to the global level, anti nuclear activists on Wednesday sought support of the international community to their efforts for scrapping the project and making the world `nuclear f

Cyclone `Nilam` may make landfall this evening

Cyclone `Nilam` is expected to make a landfall this evening between Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu and Nellore in Andhra Pradesh, bringing in heavy rains in the region, with tide levels reaching 1.5 meters. "The cyclonic storm, which lay abo

New name in the race for CBI chief’s post

Atul, an IPS officer of 1976 batch belonging to the UP cadre, has been short-listed for the post of CBI director. The chief vigilance commissioner (CVC) panel sprang a surprise by including Atul’s name. The two other front runners,

Gadkari denies business links with Sharad Pawar

Trashing accusations of money laundering and corruption against him, a combative BJP chief Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said he was ready to face a probe but asked why the Congress was reluctant to inquire into Robert Vadra`s dealings. Gadka

More money goes down the drain called Yamuna

Though it is difficult to imagine, the black, stinking stream of water near the Yamuna Bank station of Delhi Metro was once a river with clean water. It was thanks to this river that a city came up on its banks; now the city has reduced it to a se

Permanent river dispute panel in offing

A draft legislation is ready for setting up a permanent water disputes tribunal to resolve the water related disputes among the states in an expeditious manner, new Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat disclosed on Tuesday after assuming the char

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