The Bharatiya Janata Party said it is pro-economic reform but wants the government to stoop before it can conquer on securing its support for key legislative changes, chiefly in banking, insurance and pensions, which form part of the reform agenda.
Former Bangalore police commissioner H T Sangliana and BJP MP from Bangalore defied the party whip and voted for the UPA's trust motion. He speaks on why he did so, as well as his plans for the future.
It's going to be a field day for the 40-odd news channels in the country as they gear up to cover the UPA Government's trust vote on July 22.
First tranche of funding for 13 projects disbursed under urban renewal scheme.
OBC parliamentary forum says the 'creamy layer' barrier will hit a large number of OBC students; to meet soon. The definition, many fear, may deny a large number of students the benefit of the OBC quotas in central educational institutions that were given the go-ahead by the Supreme Court last week.
Interestingly, the task of finding out how the Chinese economy is faring has been given to the covert agencies. According to top sources in government, the report concludes that the Chinese economy's recent performance suggests more similarities with India than thought of earlier. While China's manufacturing sector comprises 7-40 per cent of GDP, the National Bureau of Statistics, says it is the decline of agricultural production that is a cause for worry.
Sharad Joshi, president of the newly formed Swatantra Bharat Paksha, tells Business Standard that all the Indian farmer wants is a free access to the market.
The upcoming Budget will have a record of funds spent on welfare of the minorities.
Leading the list of somber leaders is Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who for the second year running has not taken a single day off (except for his prostrate operation). That should have made him popular, but ask the hapless officials at the Prime Minister's Office who have to match his diligent ways.
Embarrassed at the failure to realise their aim of building a bhavya (grand) temple for 'Ram Lalla' at the place called Ram Janmabhoomi despite six years of BJP rule at the Centre, the sants of the Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas have found new issues to occupy them.
The allusion is simple: Modi is the BJP in Gujarat. This encapsulates a paradigm shift in the way the BJP's internal politics is now being run.
Whether I have become a political untouchable now or not, will be decided by the people of Karnataka, says JD-S supremo H D Deve Gowda.
The celebrations that have followed his appointment as a general secretary of the party are part relief that he is now formally into the party hierarchy and part expectation that he will galvanise young voters and party workers across the country.
At the last UNGA, Rahul had hung around with other lawmakers and observed the events. This time, with his mother in tow, he is expected to rub shoulders with several heads of state and governments.
The nuclear-deal-in-the-making with the US has forced the government into a firefighting mode not only domestically, but also internationally, where it is working overtime to avoid straining relations with the key long-time ally -- Russia.
Unlike film stars, who rarely attend sessions and seldom raise questions, industrialists seem to be better Parliamentarians.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday ruled out stocks or shares as a form of recompense to those who might have lost their land while making way for industrial development.
Shivraj Patil, who is most likely to succeed Kalam, has listed his interests as shooting and horse-riding.
RSS ideologue Ram Madhav speaks on the BJP and why the RSS can't be blamed for its poor showing in the UP elections.
According to top sources in the government, Maran's return cannot be ruled out.