SC notice to Centre, governors on pleas by Kerala, Bengal

In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider the separate pleas of opposition-ruled Kerala and West Bengal, alleging the denial of assent to bills passed by the......

Day after breach, security tightened in and around Parliament complex

A day after the Parliament security breach, stringent measures were put in place in and around the building on Thursday, with the police and the Parliament security staff thoroughly checking the......

Kerala: Missing woman worker found dead, buried at ex-colleague's house

A Kudumbashree worker, who had gone missing last week, was found allegedly murdered and buried in a ditch in the compound of a former colleague's house in Tuvvur in this district, police said on......

Trinamool leaders detained for hours during dharna in Delhi

Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and several other party leaders were detained on Tuesday night as they held a dharna at the Union Rural Development Ministry office in New......

Pawar takes charge as agriculture minister

The Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Monday took charge as minister of agriculture, consumer affairs, food and public distribution, beginning his tenure for the second time. Pawar......

In spite of abundant agri products why are farmers unhappy?

The irony of this scheme to benefit farmers is that it could add to the problems for the government because the mechanism to procure and store crops like pulses, coarse cereals and oilseeds barely......

Loan waiver: Will the farmers gain?

The finance minister has delivered a Rs 60,000 crore (Rs 600 billion) handout to farmers. How much of that will go to the farmers who are truly debt-stressed is a moot question. But is this the......

FM wields the axe on allocations

Finance Minister P Chidambaram has had a drastic haircut. A curious reporter asked him why. "Well, I can't cut expenditure", he grinned, "so I cut the only thing I had control over - my hair".That......