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
Against the backdrop of dramatic twists and turns in the Presidential race, key NDA ally JD(U) on Thursday refrained from making its stand clear on the issue saying the UPA should first settle it within itself. "Let the Congres
Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee, who has teamed up with SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav to come up with their own names for the presidential poll, is unlikely to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and has deferred plans to go back to Kolkata on Thu
Andhra Pradesh could be in for a brief president Rule as the Kiran Kumar Reddy government faces an internal crisis with 25-30 MLAs planning to join Jagan Reddy. The Kiran Reddy camp is planing to take 20 MLAs to Bangalore for averting a crisis, in
Ending days of suspense, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday made it clear that finance minister Pranab Mukherjee was her first choice for presidentship and vice president Hamid Ansari was also in the reckoning. Gandhi revealed he
The Assam government has failed to resolve the boundary dispute with Nagaland, the Opposition AGP all
Upset over the "delay" in the expansion of the D V Sadananda Cabinet, a section of ruling BJP legislators on Wednesday threatened to take the issue to the party`s central leadership if the exercise was not completed by Saturday.
Contrary to Samajwadi Party`s stand, Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday said that no irregularities were made in sale of sugar mills in the previous BSP regime. "As per guidelines of infrastructure department, four independent valu
The Delhi high court on Wednesday quashed an FIR against two army officers, charge sheeted for allegedly causing injuries to two civilians with a knife last year, but directed them to pay Rs 25,000 each as cost after the parties settled the issue
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said her demand for a three-year moratorium on payment of interest on central loans was not linked to her party`s support to the UPA nominee in the Presidential polls. "No, no, n
CPI(M) on Wednasday said it was in favour of a consensus candidate for presidential poll and would disclose its stand on support only after the UPA announced its nominee. Congress has not taken any initiative so far to discuss either with
The Congress` Rajasthan unit has ruled out any differences among party leaders in the state saying they are "together". Pradesh Congress committee (PCC) chief Chandrabhan said "there is no differences in the party and all th
Asserting that his party would not be cowed down by electoral defeats, DMK president M Karunanidhi on Wednesday said that irrespective of being in power, it would continue to work for the people. In his address at a function in his native
MDMK leader Vaiko on Wednesday urged for the intervention of prime minister Manmohan Singh to take steps for the cancellation of death sentence awarded to an Indian worker in Dubai. In a letter to the prime minister dated June 4, Vaiko sai
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Centre and the Air India management to respond to a plea of striking pilots that their salaries and other pecuniary benefits have not been paid. "Issue notice to the respondents (the
A day after enlisting support of SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav for his campaign against black money, yoga guru Ramdev arrived here on Wednesday in an effort to get the backing of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on the issue. &
Blasting Standard and Poor`s (S&P) for threatening to downgrade India`s credit rating to below-investment grade, Minister of State for Planning Ashwani Kumar has said the global rating agency is not objective in its analysis and not fair to th
The Uttar Pradesh government has waived off tuition fees for girl students of all sections of the society from Class IX to XII. "As per the order issued by the state government no tuition fee will be taken from girl students fr
In a major crackdown, police arrested eight Chinese nationals on charges of overstaying after raiding a fortified monastery in Mandi district and claimed to have recovered Rs 30 lakh, USD 3000 and SIM cards. Some Chinese escaped bef
BSNL employees` union of Arunachal Pradesh joined the nationwide indefinite strike called by the forum of BSNL unions/associations on Wednesday in protest against the alleged discriminatory policies of BSNL management. Executive and non-
