The left sought to spoil the celebratory mood of the UPA`s third anniversary on Tuesday, with a CPI-M member demanding a JPC probe into an alleged coal scam which has reportedly caused a loss of over Rs 1.8 lakh crore to the exchequer.
Government on Tuasday said there was no pressure from Italy on the marines issue, nearly a week after Italian prime minister called up prime minister Manmohan Singh to express concern over detention of two of his country`s sailors in Kerala for
NCP leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma, who is being backed by BJD and AIADMK for the President`s post, on Tuesday sought to reach out to political parties, saying he hoped they will respond "to the call of conscience of the triba
A separate planning council or board for Muslims can help improve the lot of the community that has been largely backward on various socio-economic paramet
As UPA completes three years in office, BJP on Tuesday claimed the government may fall anytime as coalition partners were unhappy and were not even ready to break bread together. During a discussion on the issue at the party`s Parli
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy expressed shock over the train accident at Penukonda in Anantpur district in the wee hours today and is expected to visit the accident spot by Tuesday afternoon. The chief minister would
Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned until noon on Tuesday after Opposition uproar over delay in tabling a CAG report on allocation of coal blocks and a statement on a train accident in Andhra Pradesh. The Rajya Sabha witnessed two adj
Fourteen passengers were on Tuesday killed and 35 injured, eight of them seriously, when the Bangalore-bound Hampi Express apparently overshot a signal and collided with a stationary goods train in Anantpur district of Andhra Pradesh.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday remained non-committal on congress leader Pranab Mukherjee as the next president but strongly backed lok sabha speaker Meira Kumar for the post. It was for congress party to decide who
SP Mahantesh, deputy director of the co-operative audit department of Karnataka was waylaid by five men on May 15 while returning from the Sahakara Nagar Cooperative Society in his car after an audit exercise. The men pulled him out of his Maruti
While the parliamentary standing committee’s report on the land acquisition bill suggests many improvements it is the continued trust in the government’s discretionary power to decide rehabilitation and resettlement (R&R) issues th
In fresh trouble for former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, the lokayukta special court on Monday ordered probe against him and industries minister Murugesh Nirani on a private complaint accusing them of illegally ordering cancellation
Scarcity of packaged water in long distance trains and unsealed water bottles at railway stations are some of the findings of a parliamentary committee report tabled in parliament on Monday. Expressing concern over the availability of sa
Joining issue with senior party leader Rajnath Singh over his "no vacancy" comment, beleaguered BJP Karnataka strongman B S Yeddyurappa on Monday said his comments were "unwarranted" and maintained that he had never clamoured
Under attack from members, government on Monday told the lok sabha that it was ready to amend the rules dealing with import of hazardous waste. "I have a completely open mind. If you have concerns we will review the rules," env
The Manipur government wants a CBI probe into the death of a student from the state in Bangalore as there has been no conclusive finding so far, chief minister O Ibobi Singh said. "We have been insisting upon the centre to institute
Amid charges of black money playing a part in the IPL, sports ministry has asked the finance ministry to order an expeditious probe into it. Sports minister Ajay Maken told the lok sabha on Monday that the sports secretary has written a l
IPL players Wayne Parnell and Rahul Sharma of Pune Warriors team, who were detained along with 94 others during a raid on a rave party in suburban Juhu, were let off today after collection of their blood and urine samples. In another de
The government on Monday tabled the much-awaited White Paper on black money in Parliament which did not disclose any name but made a strong case for setting up Lokpal and Lokayuktas to deal with the menace. The White Paper, which wa
The rivalry between party veteran V S Achuthanandan and CPI-M Kerala state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan appears to be heading to a flashpoint, pushing the party to its worst crisis in recent times. Achuthanandan`s letter seeking overhaul
