The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday said the UPA government stands exposed by setting new floor price for the 2G spectrum at Rs 14,000 for a Pan India licence as its own earlier stand of zero loss at Rs 1,650 crore stands exposed. "K
Team Anna has been dissolved. The team that was formed to demand the Jan Lokpal Bill is no more functional, declares anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare in his latest blog on India against corruption’s website
As the CAG report on Coalgate is set to be presented during the monsoon session of parliament and give ammunition to the Opposition, the CBI is examining the role of four Opposition ruled states — Orissa, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Chhattisg
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to BJP strongman and former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa by the state High Court in a corruption case relating to a mining lease. A bench of justices T
Rebel BJP leader Keshubhai Patel, who announced the formation of a new party to take on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the upcoming assembly polls, is likely to be projected as the chief ministerial candidate of the anti-Modi outfit and i
The UPA2 has decided to take on yoga guru baba Ramdev. Ramdev, who is campaigning against black money may have to explain the black money he has been generating by evading payment of taxes to the government. His Haridwar-based Divy
Speculations are on these days as to what is likely to happen in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, scheduled to take place in 2014. LK Advani in his latest blog writes about two cabinet ministers` apprehensions about the Lok Sabha elections.
Though the order in which names of the Cabinet ministers are list on the government website do not signify any seniority, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar who had jumped to No 2 position after Pranab Mukherjee`s exit is back as No 3 with finance
Belgium is looking at investment in India’s lagging infrastructure and deepening trade ties between two countries. Visiting deputy prime minister of Belgium Didier Reyneders said at a gathering of industrialists in New Delhi that his country
Nine days after their fast the anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare and other members of Team Anna ended their agitation on Friday at Jantar Mantar. Promising to give a political alternative to the country, team Anna announced to form a political
R.I.P. or Really Important Plunge? My instinct is to say, “Anna Hazare, you are done! Team Anna, R.I.P.,” and then sign off. [NB: The headline of an earlier column, at the height of the pro-Anna hysteria, was “Ann
Team Anna on Friday said its political alternative will not compromise on corruption, holding their fight is for changing the system and not power. "Anna is a hero of people. How long he can remain deaf to the voice of people?
If this round of indefinite fast by Anna Hazare and his associates failed to achieve anything, it was not entirely unexpected. Governance Now had expressed doubts a day after Team Anna members Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and others began their
Former RSS chief K S Sudarshan traced after he was reported missing in Mysore, said the police. Sudarshan was sitting on the road side due to tiredness and was being escorted back: Police. Sudarshan was reported missing after he we
Sanjeev Nanda, convicted in the BMW hit-and-run case, on Friday got a reprieve from the Supreme Court which refused to enhance the quantum of punishment of two years already undergone by him and directed him to do community service for two years.
A belated realisation that own clumsy policy decision was holding up the infrastructure projects for the past 16 months led prime minister Manmohan Singh to relax the government land transfer ban. The realisation came when he probed why th
I can’t but envy Barkha Dutt. Undeterred by trolls, the NDTV anchor reaches these Congress ministers faster than most. And then she shoots them down with one simple question. In the olden days their answers would merit a two-para press relea
The new power minister Veerappa moily on Wednesday dismissed that overloading or over withdrawal of power lead to tripping off three grids – North, East and North-east. He said it was a ‘layman’s understanding of the problem and
A day after moving away from the power trip across half of India as the power minister, new home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Wednesday tripped his predecessor P Chidambaram just before assuming the charge. He delayed going to th
With government showing no inclination for talks to end their stir, a worried Team Anna on Wednesday held discussions among themselves on the way ahead even as the health of fasting Arvind Kejriwal and Gopal Rai worsened. The team h
