The NDA backed presidential candidate P A Sangma on Wednesday said that presidential elections were not held on party lines and every body has a right to vote according to their conscience. "Today I have come to appeal to all MPs and
Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday expressed shock and disgust over "deliberate distortion" of his statement in the media about middle class attitude towards price rise, saying he did not "mock or chide" anyone.
Qu’ils mangent de la brioche. The traditional French phrase when loosely translated into English means, “Let them eat cakes”. Wrongly attributed to the infamous Queen Marie Antoinette, the phrase is first mentioned in Je
It was not so long ago that many people were very upbeat about the prospects of the Indian economy. This sentiment was induced by the maintenance of exceptionally high rates of aggregate economic growth since 2003-04, and the fact that the init
Judicial work in several courts in Mumbai and elsewhere in Maharashtra was on Wednesday affected as lawyers abstained from work to join their counterparts from across the country in response to a boycott call given by Bar Council of India (BCI) to
Ending his 11-month tenure, D V Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday resigned as Karnataka Chief Minister, paving the way for Jagadish Shettar to take over, but not before dramatic scenes were witnessed with his supporters trying to physically prevent him
A day before UPA Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee`s Jharkhand visit, Congress on Wednesday said chances of JMM President Shibu Soren supporting him are positive, though he has chosen to defer the date of announcement of his choice for the J
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Wednesday won the Sitarganj Assembly seat by a record margin of 39,954 votes over his nearest BJP rival to retain the top post. The victory margin is the highest in all the assembly elections in
Sharpening his attack on UPA rival Pranab Mukherjee, Opposition-backed Presidential nominee P A Sangma on Tuesday said Rashtrapati Bhavan was being used as a "dumping ground" for the "failed" former Finance Minister. &q
A section of pilots of Kingfisher Airlines today went on a strike over non-payment of salary and other dues for the past five months, forcing cancellation of five flights. Airline officials said the pilots who did not report to work
West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan has sought a report from the Visva-Bharati University on a school hostel warden allegedly forcing a girl student to drink her own urine as punishment for bed-wetting. "I am waiting for the rep
Andhra Pradesh governor ESL Narasimhan on Monday had an hour-long meeting with the Union minister of health Gulam Nabi Azad. He discussed the auction of medical seats in private medical colleges for a cost of 70-80 lakhs. He is believed to have ha
A controversy broke out over Law minister Salman Khurshid`s reported comments that Rahul Gandhi is only playing a `cameo role` and Congress is directionless prompting the senior leader on Tuesday to clarify what he meant was that the young and new
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction and life imprisonment of ex-MP Anand Mohan Singh in the 1994 murder case of Gopalganj District Magistrate G Krishnaiah A bench headed by Justice A K Patnaik dismissed the plea of Singh, a
Responding to the call given by the Bar Council of India, the members of Odisha High Court Bar Association here have decided to boycott courts on Wednesday and on July 12. Opposing the inclusion of legal education within the ambit of the p
In a last minute hitch, the ruling BJP Legislature party meeting to elect Jagadish Shettar as its leader was delayed on Tuesday morning with outgoing Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda`s camp insisting on their demands being met. Ministers
With Mamata Banerjee keeping silent on the role of Trinamool Congress in the Presidential elections, her party has been excluded by the Congress in its calculations for the vice-president`s election on August 7. "Even without h
As the home ministry prepares for a counter Maoist strategy here on Friday with the police chiefs of nine rebel-affected states and central forces in the light of villagers killed in the June 28 encounter by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
The Bhartiya Janata Party on Monday made it clear that it would not let the election for the post of vice-president go uncontested. This hints that a second term for Hamid Ansari might not be a cakewalk. "There is no question of suppo
Here is the text of letter (translated from Hindi): Dear Arjun Mundaji, As you are aware, Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY), one of the major poverty reduction programme launched in 1999 by the ministry, has
