Pakistan Army Chief Kayani meets Nawaz Sharif

LAHORE Pakistan Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Saturday met Prime Minister-designate Nawaz Sharif and briefed him on the ...

After twin resignations, will the PM go?

NEW DELHI The BJP-led opposition has stepped up its pressure on the UPA government by demanding the resignation of Prime ...

Parliament paralysed again, Opposition for PM’s resignation

NEW DELHI With a series of scams battering the government, Parliament was paralysed again today as an aggressive Opposition demanded ...

2G scam: Yashwant Sinha writes third letter to PM, asks him to appear before JPC

NEW DELHI BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, a member of the JPC probing the 2G scam, on Wednesday wrote to the ...

JPC gives clean chit to Prime Minister, says Raja had ‘misled’ him

NEW DELHI The joint parliamentary committee ( JPC) investigating the 2G spectrum scam has pinned the blame on former telecom ...

Debate over two power centres useless, creation of media: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

NEW DELHI Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday dismissed the debate over two power centres as “useless” even as he ...

SC asks Centre, states to limit use of red beacons

NEW DELHI The indiscriminate use of red beacons and sirens by public servants causing inconvenience to the general public has ...

2G: PM rejects Yashwant Sinha’s demand to appear before JPC

NEW DELHI  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has rejected Bharatiya Janata Party leader Yashwant Sinha##Q##s demand that he must appear before ...

Yashwant writes to PM, asks him to appear before JPC on 2G

NEW DELHI Citing former Telecom Minister A Raja##Q##s communication to JPC on 2G scam, BJP member in the panel Yashwant ...

Rahul Gandhi never said no to becoming the PM: Digvijaya Singh

NEW DELHI The debate on whether Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is ready to be the UPA##Q##s Prime Ministerial candidate ...

Nawaz Sharif begins poll campaign in northwest Pak

ISLAMABAD Former premier Nawaz Sharif kicked off the PML-N##Q##s election campaign in northwest Pakistan today, pledging to carry out “economic ...

Prime Minister, Sonia Gandhi to inaugurate college in West Bengal today; Mamata Banerjee may skip event

MALDA Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi are in West Bengal today to inaugurate an engineering college, ...

Sharad Pawar says he has no ambition to become Prime Minister

MUMBAI Union agriculture minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar stunned political observers on Monday by saying that ...

Rahul Gandhi knows he has no chance of being PM: BJP

NEW DELHI BJP on Wednesday took jibes at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on his comments that becoming Prime Minister ...

Trade unions firm on strike, to hold talks with government

NEW DELHI The central trade unions on Monday remained firm on their call for a two-day strike despite an appeal ...

Tsunami hits Solomon Islands

SYDNEY A powerful earthquake off the Solomon Islands generated a tsunami of about 5 feet that damaged dozens of homes ...

Modi meets PM, discusses problems faced by Gujarat

NEW DELHI Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and apprised him of problems being faced ...

Sharad Pawar bats for Telangana; raises issue with Prime Minister

NEW DELHI The Centre’s dithering over the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and the formation a separate state of Telangana appears ...

CBI partially under Lokpal supervision; Cabinet clears Bill with amendments

NEW DELHI The Central Bureau of Investigation will partially be under the supervision of the Lokpal, while a public servant ...

Youth energy in positive direction can meet complex challenges: Prime Minister

NEW DELHI India can meet “complex challenges” if the energy of the youth is channelised in a “positive direction”, Prime ...

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