With no seat adjustment with Congress yet for next month`s municipal polls in the city, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday asked the senior coalition partner to speed up the seat-sharing talks. "In the last BMC polls also, there were se
Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the country was passing through difficult times and the economic growth in the current fiscal would be 7 per cent, down from 8.5 per cent a year ago. "Our country is going through di
A day after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee`s attack, Congress on Sunday reached out to its ally saying there was need for "better communication" with Trinamool Congress and the two could re-build trust by ironing out "di
Political parties on Sunday took exception to Election Commission`s order to cover statues of chief minister Mayawati and elephants - BSP`s poll symbol - in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, saying it will give rise to several complications. "
On Saturday morning I was struck by chief election commissioner SY Quraishi’s decision to get Mayawati’s statues covered. [Read the EC order here] I welcomed this o
As many as 200 cases related to petty offences by Tihar inmates were disposed off last year by special courts organised inside the jail complex. Started a decade ago, 5,200 Tihar inmates have benefited from these courts till date. There ar
The CBI on Friday formally took over investigation into the 2004 fake encounter death of Mumbai college girl Ishrat Jahan and three others, following directions from the Gujarat high court. A team of CBI officials headed by IG V V Laxminar
Union minister Kapil Sibal on Friday ridiculed Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati for "remaining ignorant" of corruption by her ministers for full five years and coming to know about it only at election time. "It is surpr
Days after its much publicised agitation in Mumbai and Delhi fizzled out, Team Anna appears to be confused on how to take forward the fight for a strong Lokpal saying the movement is at "crossroads" and a wrong decision at this stage can
Braving violent protests by Telangana separatists, Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu today began his `Rythu Poru Baata` (struggle for farmers) in Lakshmakkapalli in Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh. During the 120-km rout
In a major setback to dentist couple Nupur and Rajesh Talwar, the supreme court on Friday cleared the decks for their trial in their daughter Aarushi`s murder case. A bench of justices A K Ganguly and J S Khehar dismissed the couple`s plea
The government may soon notify 100 per cent foreign direct investment in single-brand retail, paving way for global chains like Adidas, Nike, Louis Vuitton, Hermes and Gucci to have full ownership of their India operations. "Soon"
Alleging a "financial deal" behind inclusion of former BSP minister Babu Singh Kushwaha in BJP, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Jan Kranti Party patron Kalyan Singh on Friday demanded a CBI probe into the matter. "Jo
Former union minister Sukh Ram, convicted in a 1993 telecom scam and ordered to surrender, has slipped into a state of coma, his counsel on Friday told a Delhi court which deferred the matter for Saturday. "He has gone into coma, he c
The Government today said there may be a shortfall of USD 300 billion in funding requirements for infrastructure during 12th Plan and financial institutions will have to make extra efforts to bridge the gap. Availability of long term reso
The Supreme Court today directed the government to place before it the final report of the expert committee which is examining the feasibility of pushing the controversial Sethusamudram project through Dhanuskodi instead of Rama Sethu. A
The SGPC today demanded lodging of criminal case against Anna Hazare`s supporters who showed blacks flags to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his recent visit here. In a letter to Amritsar Police Commissioner R P Mittal, SGPC Presiden
Amid the ongoing spat between the Trinamool Congress and its electoral ally Congress in West Bengal, a senior minister today dared the Congress to leave the government, saying it would have no effect as the TC had two-thirds majority in the state.
CBI has arrested three more persons, including two bureaucrats and a trader, in connection with alleged irregularities in utilisation of funds allocated under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). While former Uttar Pradesh small indus
Did she or didn`t she? On Friday morning, the word was out that Uma Bharti, re-inducted into BJP and given the charge of the party`s poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh, was withdrawing from the assignment as she was opposed to admitting Babu Singh Kus
