BJP on Monday termed the Uttar Pradesh government order for early closure of shops and eateries in a bid to resolve the power crisis in the state as "illogical". "The government`s order regarding early closure of shops and
The Samajwadi Party declared that it was not going to join the UPA government in the event of Trinamool Congress pulling out as a sequel to the face-off on the presidential election. But it would continue to provide an outside support to the gover
The Communist Party of India (CPI) has reluctantly veered towards the caste factor as part of its class struggle in a new policy document released. Many leftists were, however, dismayed by acceptance of caste as a factor in Indian p
Charges were on Monday framed by a local court against Maoist Politburo member Narayan Sanyal for looting arms from a home guard camp here. Giridih District and Sessions Court judge A K Singh framed the charges in Sanyal`s presence.
Mamata Banerjee has a tough task on hand today: she is going to decide her Trinamool Congess` stand for the presidential elections. Mamata has refused to endorse Mukherjee`s candidature and has been proposing the name of former president APJ Abdul
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Mondays said inflation weighed on the mind of the Reserve Bank, which kept the key interest rates unchanged in its monetary policy review. Mukherjee said it was not necessary for the RBI governor
BCCI chief and India Cements Managing Director N Srinivasan on Monday appeared before CBI in connection with the disproportionate assets cases against YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy. After being asked by the central probe agency, Srin
Retail inflation moved up marginally to 10.36 per cent in May on account of increase in prices of vegetables, edible oils and milk. Based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the inflation for April was revised to 10.26 percent from t
In an ambitious move, the Finance Ministry has instructed all the lenders to ensure that at least one person per family across the country has a bank account in the next six months. As per the 2011 census, only three in five families have
Those who believe in dreams must be blamed for their credulity. The union government conjured up a dream of universal healthcare for ordinary people. Prime minister Manmohan Singh articulated it. The planning commission was assigned to work on it
?The Sonia masterstroke: Congress` best president is in prime minister`s office and its best prime minister is in president`s office! ?Why did Sonia refuse to make Manmohan pr
Soon after UPA announced Pranab Mukherjee as its candidate for the Presidential election, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj to seek BJP`s support for him. Sources close to Swaraj said
The central bureau of investigation (CBI) is likely to tighten noose around Anant Kumar Mishra, former health minister of Uttar Pradesh and Navneet Sehgal, a 1988 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer, in connection with cases related to the natio
Crisis-ridden Air India faced fresh trouble on Friday with its executive pilots serving a warning that they cannot maintain the truncated global flight schedule "much longer" as they are stressed and do not want to jeopardise lives of
Leading pharma companies, including glaxosmithkline, pfizer and ranbaxy, sell commonly used drugs at a rate 10 times the cost of production, a study by the corporate affairs ministry has found. A study by the cost audit branch of the MCA
On the morning of May 4, senior officials of the maharatna public sector undertaking Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and some mid-level mandarins of the government were expected at the middle school in Dimbuli village, a few kilometres awa
In the backdrop of the escape of Kailash Jakhar, an accused in the Bhanwari Devi abduction and murder case, a four-member committee will review security arrangements in court premises in Rajasthan. The decision was taken after Jakhar ma
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday gave an assurance that the autonomy of IITs will remain "intact", the IIT faculty federation, opposing the proposed common entrance to these institutes, said after meeting him. "
The construction of houses under the Indira Avas Yojana for the Mushar community in Bihar`s Kalaazar-prone districts since 2006-07 has remained suspended due to Centre`s non-release of funds according to a revised rate per unit under the Kalazar S
Unfazed by reports that Mulayam Singh Yadav may have a rethink on their joint proposal to pit A P J Abdul Kalam, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the former President is their Presidential candidate. "It
