Odisha talks halted as Maoists seize legislator
byBhubaneswar/New Delhi : Talks to secure the release of two Italians abducted 10 days ago by Maoists in Odisha were suspended Saturday after the…
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PM’s all-party meet fails to break Lokpal jam
byNew Delhi : An all-party meeting convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here Friday to end the stalemate on the anti-graft Lokpal bill ended…
Punjab results compromise BJP’s position in alliance
byChandigarh : The results of the recent assembly elections in Punjab have brought good and bad news to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in…
Congress scores in Karnataka, Gujarat, mauled in Andhra
byNew Delhi : The Congress scored crucial victories in BJP-ruled Karnataka and Gujarat as well as in Kerala, but lost in all the seven…
Mukul Roy sworn in, to take over railway ministry
byNew Delhi : Trinamool Congress MP Mukul Roy was Tuesday sworn in as cabinet minister and given the railways portfolio in place of party…
SP, BSP, Trinamool bailout government on NCTC in Rajya Sabha
byNew Delhi : The government Tuesday defeated opposition-backed amendments on the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) in the Rajya Sabha, where it lacks majority,…
Want UPA but won’t tolerate humiliation: Mamata
byNew Delhi : After ensuring replacement of Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi for hiking fares, Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee…
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…
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…