Making it clear that it is firmly behind UPA candidate in the presidential race, NCP has told former Lok Sabha speaker P A Sangma not to press for his candidature in the polls. The advice was given to Sangma by party general secretary D
Ruling AIADMK established a comfortable lead over its closest rival DMDK in the byelection to Pudukkottai assembly constituency on Friday. At the end of the fourth round of counting of votes polled in the June 12 bypoll, AIADMK`s Karthi
Ahead of UPA`s meeting in the evening, talks between Congress and SP gained momentum over the possibility of Mulayam Singh Yadav`s support to the ruling dispensation candidate for the Presidential poll. Sources in Samajwadi party
YSR Congress party candidates were leading in at least 15 of the 18 assembly constituencies where bypolls were held, as per the initial trends in counting of votes. In Kadapa district, the Lok Sabha constituency of YRS Congress chief Ja
Switzerland on Thursday said the quantum of money held by Indians in Swiss banks stood at 2.18 billion Swiss francs (about Rs 12,740 crore) at the end of 2011 -- rising for the first time in the past five years. The total funds held
Toughening its stand, key UPA constituent Trinamool Congress on Thursday said if Congress names Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee or Vice-President Hamid Ansari as its Presidential candidate, it will "contest" the election with A P J Abd
It may be a matter of debate whether naming of the prime minister as one of their presidential candidates by two key allies of the UPA government - Mamata Banerjee of Trinamool Congress and Mulayam Singh Yadav of Samajwadi Party - amounts to an ex
Pinning hopes on good monsoon, the government on said the inflation for the current fiscal will be around 6.5-7.5 percent and steps will have to be taken to address supply constraints. "I am confident that range of inflation wo
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called for one day nationwide medical strike on June 25 to protest against government policies after all methods to convince the government failed. The central government has come up with stringent
The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday said former Chief Minister Mayawati spent a whopping Rs 86.56 crore to maintain her Mall Avenue bungalow during her tenure. "An amount of Rs 86.56 crore was spent on maintenance and Rs 2
Former Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of Uttar Pradesh Justice M A Khan allegedly committed suicide by jumping from his apartment on Thursday. Khan (68), who lived on the fourth floor of Awadh Apartments in Gomti Nagar area of
The CPI(M) on Thursday termed as "unprecedented" the proposal to make Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a candidate for Presidential poll, saying it shows lack of principle that ties the UPA coalition. Reacting to Mamata Baner
Indicating that Samajwadi Party may be open to compromise on Presidential candidate, its leader Mohan Singh on Thursday said that it cannot go with BJP-led NDA. "Time has yet not been lost. If talks take place even now, Mulayam
Hitting back at corporate honchos criticising the government over the current state of the economy, Corporate Affairs Minister Veerappa Moily on Thursday said "perceptions cannot undo fundamentals" and Azim Premji and Narayana Murthy sho
Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Thursday said the government would take a decision on reducing cess on petrol in a couple of days after consulting finance officials. "I am keen on reducing cess on petrol, but be
There are two kinds of stories that are told. There are ones that need the narrator, an outsider (a reporter, if you will), whose knowledge of the events and characters must be relied on. And then there are those which come unstuck only through th
In a rebuff to SP and TMC, Congress on Thursday ruled out sparing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the presidential race as it rejected the three names proposed by the two allies, sending signals that it was not in a mood to bow before them.
In a bid to thwart poaching incidents, Goa forest department has networked all its offices through latest wireless technology replacing the conventional system which had limited applications. Moving a step further to crack on illega
In a bid to thwart poaching incidents, Goa forest department has networked all its offices through latest wireless technology replacing the conventional system which had limited applications. Moving a step further to crack on illega
With key allies rejecting her choice for President, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday was huddled in meetings with senior leaders and allies to zero in on a consensus candidate. Pranab Mukherjee, who was named as the first
