The Trinamool Congress’ withdrawal of support may reduce the UPA government to a minority but that doesn’t pose any threat to it so long as the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party continue their outside support, thereby keeping the
Editor`s note: This is an article our former editor, B V Rao, wrote in September 2012. We revisit the piece on a day prime minister Manmohan Singh showed some of that ferociousness, while still being largely inert, during an interaction with the medi
Parliament`s 49 standing committees and eight ad hoc committees have come to a standstill because the Congress has not recommended names of its MPs for induction. These committees are constituted every year before July 31, but Lok S
Anna Hazare on Wednesday met activists and experts here to discuss the future course of action of the anti-corruption movement, a day after he made it clear that he was against forming a political party. The meeting was attended by Arvind
A day after Trinamool Congress decided to withdraw support to UPA, the Congress top brass was on Wednesday huddled in a meeting with party president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh deliberating over the strategy ahead. The m
Asserting that the UPA government has lost its moral right to continue, Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh on Wednesday demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh step down and seek a fresh mandate. "Before accepting the resignation o
BJP members on Tuesday walked out of the proceedings of a Joint Parliamentary Committee on 2G scam, claiming that they were not allowed to raise the issue of finalising the list of witnesses. On August 22 also, BJP members had walked out o
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has kept his 2012 poll campaign centred on spiritual leader Swami Vivekananda, attempting to keep his Hindutva image intact while reaching out to other communities, to make himself more acceptable at the nation
Soaring vegetable prices pushed up the retail inflation to double digits at 10.03 per cent in August, up from 9.86 per cent in the previous month. According to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data released on Tuesday, the highest rise in pr
Ignoring the CPIM`s official line, party veteran V S Achuthanandan on Tuesday set out to Kundankulam to pledge solidarity with anti-nuclear protesters but was stopped by Tamil Nadu Police at the border town of Kaliyikkavila near here. As A
Some of the state information commissions have halted work over a supreme court order directing them to constitute a bench of two members — a judicial member and an expert member — for hearing all cases. According a news report
Union Mines Minister Dinsha Patel is lobbying for the iron ore industry, citing wrong policies chocking their mines with huge dumps of unexported ore fines leading to "loss of not only customs duty to the Centre but also royalty revenue to th
A high-powered committee set up by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in July to examine the grievances of the Armed Forces personnel is understood to have recommenced immediate removal of all anomalies towards one-rank-one-pension issue and the no
It seems there is no end to the names of ministers and ruling Congress leaders tumbling out in the massive coal block allocation. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde`s name has surfaced for pushing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to intervene and allo
Taunted by Congress that Rahul Gandhi had a national stature while he was a state leader, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took a swipe at the party, saying the young leader was an "international leader" who can also contes
The supreme court last week edged out "eminent people" from heading information commissions under the Right to Information Act. It ordered that only sitting or retired justices of high courts and SC would be appointed as chief informa
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday questioned Arvind Jayaswal, Director AMR Iron and Steel Private Limited, in connection with alleged irregularities in allocation of Bander Coal block in western Indian state of Maharashtra to the compa
The government will take more policy steps in the next one-and-half months to revive growth, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said while appreciating the RBI`s initiative to unlock Rs 17,000 crore of banking funds through reduction in CRR by 0.25 pe
A 26-year old CITU activist on Monday attempted self-immolation here protesting the proposed visit of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse to India, police said. Shouting slogans against Rajapakse, Vijayaraj, an unmarried autodriver of N
Taking a cautious stance, the Reserve Bank of India on Monday cut CRR by 0.25 per cent - the percentage of deposits banks keep with central bank - but refrained from reducing lending rates in view high inflation. The RBI decision, which co
