PM regrets Trivedi’s departure as railway minister
byNew Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said he regretted the departure of Dinesh Trivedi as railway minister and signalled that the new…
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Rushdie slams Imran Khan at India Today conclave
byNew Delhi : Writer Salman Rushdie, the author of the controversial “The Satanic Verses”, Saturday evening hit out at Pakistan politician Imran Khan describing…
Budget blues: People not impressed
byNew Delhi/Mumbai : As Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday presented the national budget for 2012-13 claiming that the economy was returning to normal, the…
Mukherjee puts money in one pocket, takes out from others
byNew Delhi : Every tax payer in India is set to gain at least Rs.2,000 per annum, thanks to the relief proposed by Finance…
Amid bedlam, UPA II gets some relief, courtesy allies
byNew Delhi : Amid uproar in parliament, the Congress-led government got some respite Thursday afternoon after the warring Trinamool Congress declared there was no…
Akhilesh Yadav becomes UP’s youngest chief minister
byLucknow : Nine days after his Samajwadi Party (SP) won a thumping majority in Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav was Thursday sworn in as the…
At 84, Badal begins fifth innings as chief minister
byChandigarh : In 1969, Parkash Singh Badal, then 42, became the youngest chief minister in the country when he took over the reins of…
Rushdie factor: Imran Khan stays away from India Today conclave
byNew Delhi : Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan would not be attending the two-day India Today conclave because of the presence of “The Satanic Veres”…
Trinamool won’t back Congress for Rajya Sabha polls
byKolkata : The Trinamool Congress has decided not to support the Congress nominee in West Bengal for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls, state Congress…
Pragya Thakur to be lodged in Bhopal jail
byBhopal : A court here Tuesday ordered that Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, the main accused in the 2008 Malegaon bombing which killed six people,…