BJP attacks PM Manmohan Singh, says he is no leader

NEW DELHI BJP on Wednesday came out with a carping assessment of the Congress-led UPA regime, accusing it of creating ...

Delhi lokayukta indicts Sheila Dikshit for misuse of public money

NEW DELHI Delhi lokayukta indicted chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday for misusing government funds for carrying out an advertisement ...

Never said no to Chennithala as home minister, asserts Chandy

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here on Wednesday that induction of KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala into the State Ministry ...

Aizawl landslide: toll mounts to 17, probe announced

AIZAWL The death toll in Saturday’s landslide here rose to 17 on Monday, as Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla announced ...

Scrutinising all major appointments in the railway ministry: CBI Director

NEW DELHI CBI Director Ranjit Sinha said on Monday that his agency was scrutinising files related to all major appointments ...

Nawaz Sharif starts talks on new govt, sets out ambitious agenda

LAHORE Pakistani election winner Nawaz Sharif was in talks to form a new government, as US President Barack Obama said ...

UP beats Pak in sheltering terrorists: Uma

LUCKNOW Making a strong comment on the Akhilesh-ledSamajwadi Party government’s move to let go of “innocent” terror-accused, Madhya Pradesh former ...

Govt to finalise ways to implement Food Bill in next 10-15 days

NEW DELHI The government will in next 10-15 days decide on issuing an Ordinance or convening a special session of ...

Mysore’s Siddaramaiah is Karnataka CM

BANGALORE Siddaramaiah was unanimously elected as the leader of Congress Legislature Party (CLP) on Friday, thus paving the way for ...

Congress MLAs meet today to pick Karnataka chief minister

BANGALORE Congress has set the ball rolling for picking its Chief Minister in Karnataka by convening a meeting of its ...

Rail bribe: CBI to question Bansal on meeting with Mahesh Kumar in Mumbai

NEW DELHI One of the meetings between Railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and suspended Railway Board Member (Staff) Mahesh Kumar ...

Siddaramaiah leads race for CM’s post

BANGALORE Siddaramaiah, 64, leader of the Opposition in the outgoing Karnataka Assembly and a strong contender for the chief minister’s ...

Assam needs more foreigners’ tribunals, Gogoi tells Manmohan Singh

GUWAHATI Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to increase the number of foreigners’ tribunals in ...

Parliament held up again as BJP wants PM to quit

NEW DELHI Parliament was Tuesday adjourned twice following Opposition uproar over alleged scams in top railway appointments, coal blocks allocation ...

Delhi Lokayukta slams Sheila Dikshit for ‘misuse of power’

NEW DELHI Delhi Lokayukta Justice Manmohan Sarin Monday criticised Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for her and other cabinet minister’s photographs ...

Opinion polls predict Nawaz Sharif poised to win May 11 general elections in Pakistan

LAHORE After 14 years out of power, Nawaz Sharif is a man in a hurry. As his motorcade speeds to ...

Opposition slams govt over railway bribery case

NEW DELHI Hitting out at the government for the alleged involvement of the railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal‘s nephew in ...

Sushma says Sonia Gandhi undemocratic, BJP to ‘boycott’ meetings

NEW DELHI The already tense relationship between the government and the main opposition party lurched sharply to the brink of ...

New Italian Government sworn in as shots are fired nearby

ROME Italy’s new government was sworn in on Sunday in a ceremony that ended weeks of political stalemate but was ...

‘Why is Govt afraid?’ Mulayam Singh Yadav on Indo-China stand-off

LUCKNOW As the stand-off between India and China continues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), Samajwadi Party (SP) chief ...

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