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......

Giant In The Earth: M S Swaminathan

Dr Shreekant Sambrani pays tribute to Dr M S Swaminathan, the renowned agricultural scientist and a lifelong crusader against hunger who passed away in Chennai last week. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

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......

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......

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......

Order to return land: Singur farmers celebrate

Singur Farmers whose land was acquired to set up a small car factory in Singur on Friday applauded passing of an ordinance by the West Bengal government to return land to unwilling farmers.As soon......

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......