Congress core group meets over coal files
With the Opposition aggressively targeting the government on the issue of the missing files relating to coal block allocation, the top Congress leadership on Wednesday discussed a counter-strategy at...
View ArticleBJP’s ex-ministers asked to vacate bungalows
Eight of 10 former ministers from the BJP in Bihar are set to begin looking for new accommodation for themselves as the state’s Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) government on Wednesday asked them to vacate their...
View ArticleJD-U blames Congress, BJP for impasse in Parliament
Amidst din in Parliament, the JD(U), while blaming the Congress and the BJP for disruptions in the proceedings, sought smooth business in both Houses of Parliament. The JD(U) called upon the Congress...
View ArticleBeni alleges match-fixing
Senior Congress leader and Union minister Beni Prasad Verma on Wednesday alleged “match-fixing” over the Samajwadi Party government’s ban on the VHP’s yatra from Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. Mr Verma’s...
View ArticleAkhilesh on collision course with VHP
The Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh has positioned itself firmly on the collision course with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad after its leaders announced that they will defy the ban and go ahead...
View ArticleCM minority scheme is a fraud: Maya
The BSP has termed UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav’s scheme to allocate 20 per cent funds of all government welfare schemes for minorities as a “fraud” and a move to mislead minorities in the upcoming...
View ArticleChanges to get SP on board
In a bid to win support of the key opponent Samajwadi Party for the National Food Security Ordinance’s ratification in Parliament, the government is to move an amendment in the legislative proposal to...
View Article‘Counter Opp. in one voice’
At a time when Narendra Modi is becoming increasingly aggressive, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday asked party’s media managers “not to remain silent” and counter “with content” the...
View ArticleBig B fumes over a fake video on backing Modi
Sharing superstar Amitabh Bachchan’s concern over a fake YouTube video, Gujarat CM Narendra Modi on Thursday sought an apology from its creator. The video suggested Mr Bachchan was backing Mr Modi for...
View ArticleWoman & girl hurt in Pak firing
A woman and a 12-year-old girl were injured in firing by Pakistani troops in the Kerni area along the Line of Control in Poonch sector Thursday in fresh ceasefire violations, leading to retaliation by...
View ArticleRupee free fall, Sensex up 407
While the US Federal Reserve’s hints about moderating its multi-billion-dollar asset purchase programme hammered down the rupee to a record low on Thursday, upbeat manufacturing data from China and the...
View ArticleAshwani is high envoy to Japan for just 7 days
The appointment of former Union law minister Ashwani Kumar as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s special envoy to visit Japan with the rank of a Cabinet minister for seven days has raised eyebrows in...
View ArticleCoal row: Govt relents, says PM will ‘intervene’
In the face of unrelenting pressure from the Opposition, that has stalled Parliament over the missing files on coal allocations, the government told Parliament on Thursday that Prime Minister Manmohan...
View Article5 soldiers sleeping at LoC when shot dead?
The five Indian Army soldiers killed in an ambush in Poonch on August 6 by Pakistani troops may have been sleeping when they were shot dead at point-blank range, television reports claimed Thursday....
View ArticleNew tax code bill deferred at PM’s initiative
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was not in favour of taking up the much-talked-about Direct Taxes Code Bill at this juncture, which aims to “rationalise” the tax structure and levy a higher income tax...
View ArticleHouse session on till September 4?
Amid continued disruptions in Parliament blocking the passage of the Food Security Bill, moves are now afoot to extend the Monsoon Session till September 4. Parliament sources said an exercise is on in...
View ArticleLS bedlam on T-issue delays food bill again
Implementation of the decision to create a Telangana state continues to trouble UPA-2, with the Congress and the Telugu Desam apparently divided on regional lines. The Lok Sabha saw high drama on...
View ArticleUK’s NHS seeks cheap India deal?
The UK government denied Friday that British patients would be sent to India for treatment as former Labour health secretary Patricia Hewitt revealed that several National Health Service trusts are...
View ArticlePC pep talk drives rupee & Sensex up
The rupee registered its biggest single-day gain in a year, surging 2.1 per cent against the dollar, as some positive comments from Union finance minister P. Chidambaram and an assurance from the...
View ArticleIndia-China joint drills from Nov. 4
Despite the controversy generated over frequent Chinese transgressions into Indian territory in Ladakh and Arunachal, India and China have resolved to conduct the third edition of their joint military...
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