Lalu Prasad hires 13 trains for his Patna rally
Monday - May 13, 2013, 12:42pm
Indian Railways got a boost to its business, thanks to former railway minister Lalu Prasad, whose party Rashtriya Janata Dal has hired 13 special trains to ferry workers and supporters to Patna for his Parivartan Rally here May 15.
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Setback to Mamata as court rules in favour of 3-phase polls
Saturday - May 11, 2013, 06:00pm
In a setback to the Mamata Banerjee government, the Calcutta High Court on Friday directed that panchayat polls in 17 districts be held in three phases with the government fully compensating the shortfall in security forces to the satisfaction of the State Election Commission.
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No adverse remarks by SC against me, I have resigned to avoid row: Ashwani Kumar
Saturday - May 11, 2013, 03:59pm
Former law minister Ashwani Kumar, who was forced to resign on Friday evening, put up a brave face on Saturday claiming he quit to end an "unnecessary" controversy and maintained that the Supreme Court had made no adverse comments against him in the case of vetting a CBI graft probe report.
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PM’s image hits new low as Sonia stands tall against ministers
Saturday - May 11, 2013, 02:23pm
The presence of Ahmed Patel, the Congress president’s powerful political secretary at the Prime Minister’s residence when Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal came to tender their resignations shouldn’t come as a surprise. Waiting until the Prime Minister accepted the resignations, Patel’s presence was part of a long sequence of events that included Congress president Sonia Gandhi reportedly demanding that the Prime Minister ensuring that the two ministers resigned.
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PM congratulates Siddaramaiah
Saturday - May 11, 2013, 01:56pm
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday congratulated Karnataka's incoming Chief Minister K. Siddaramaiah who will head a new Congress government in the state.
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Congress names Siddaramaiah Karnataka chief minister
Friday - May 10, 2013, 06:59pm
The Congress High Command Friday named 64-year-old Siddaramaiah as Karnataka's new chief minister.
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Congress names Siddaramaiah Karnataka CM
Friday - May 10, 2013, 06:01pm
Congress Legislative Party (CLP) on Friday formally chose Siddaramaiah as its leader, paving the way for his appointment as the next Chief Minister of Karnataka.
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Brinda Karat writes to PM on rehabilitation council
Friday - May 10, 2013, 03:05pm
CPI-M leader Brinda Karat Friday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, seeking his intervention in the appointment of the chairperson of the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), which she said plays a big role in advancing the interests of the disabled.
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India should boycott CHOGM: Karunanidhi
Friday - May 10, 2013, 02:06pm
DMK president M. Karunanidhi Friday said India should not only boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) slated to be held in Sri Lanka later this year but also gather the support of other countries to prevent the summit from being held in the island nation.
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Supreme Court's denial of bail to YSR Congress president Jagan Mohan Reddy may help Cong, TDP
Thursday - May 09, 2013, 06:38pm
HYDERABAD: The Supreme Court's denial of bail to YSR Congress president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy may prove to be the shot in the arm that its rivals-the ruling Congress and opposition Telugu Desam-in Andhra Pradesh badly need. It could also intensify the factional feuds and disarray in YSR Congress.
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