Assembly bypoll results: INDIA bloc wins 10 seats, BJP bags 2

In a boost to the INDIA bloc, its constituents won 10 of the 13 assembly seats where by-elections were held in seven states, while the Bharatiya Janata Party managed to bag two and an Independent......

'BSP Is Not Somebody's Private Property'

'Mayawatiji no more controls the bahujan vote in UP.''In this election more than 40 per cent of the BSP's core voters blessed the SP without the SP even asking for it.' IMAGE: Bahujan Samaj Party......

Vishwaguru And Arundhati Roy

The go-ahead given to prosecute Arundhati Roy would be seen by supporters of freedom of speech as an announcement that the Right-Wing doesn't feel humbled by the results of the elections, argues......

Jolt to Congress as senior Haryana leader, daughter quit party, to join BJP

In a jolt to the Congress in Haryana where assembly polls are due in October, senior leader Kiran Choudhry and her daughter Shruti Choudhry quit the party and will join the ruling Bharatiya Janata......

Left parties to oppose FDI in Parliament

The issue of foreign direct investment in retail is expected to generate a storm in the Winter Session of Parliament beginning next week, with the Left parties on Friday announcing their decision......

Govt sweats on retail FDI ahead of winter session

The United Progressive Alliance government is straining every nerve to ensure a discussion on foreign direct investment in retailing does not take place in the winter session of Parliament under a......

Finance ministry: Return of the Gladstonians

The global financial crisis has empowered fiscal conservatives in India, writes Sanjaya Baru. Once upon a time, long, long ago, there was a finance ministry that liked to keep its Budgets balanced.......

Price rise: TUs to start fill-the-jail campaign

Holding agriculture minister Sharad Pawar and the United Progressive Alliance responsible for price rise, the Communist Party of India said on Friday trade unions, including Congress-affiliated......