SEE: Bulldozers used to shower petals on UP MLAs visiting Ayodhya

Over 300 Uttar Pradesh legislators packed in 10 buses and some cars travelled Sunday from Lucknow to the new Ayodhya Ram Mandir, a state government-organised event skipped only by the opposition......

Charan Singh opposed Nehru's socialist economy

Chaudhary Charan Singh, who on Friday was conferred with India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, is popularly known as a champion of farmers. IMAGE: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla greets......

Modi-BJP Gives Two Hoots For...

A democracy is one, only if it has a robust Opposition.And as its actions show, the Modi-BJP combine gives two hoots for that.So, the Opposition must learn to convince people why the BJP must......

Rajasthan continues tradition, shows door to Cong, BJP back in saddle

The Bharatiya Janata Party wrested Rajasthan on Sunday, winning 115 seats out of the 199 where polling took place as the Congress failed to buck the state's three-decade revolving-door trend in......

6 companies join Rs 2 lakh crore M-cap club

HDFC and HUL are the latest entrants in the club The number of companies with market capitalisation (m-cap) of over Rs 2-lakh crore has more than doubled in past eight months to 11 after the......

Reserve Bank likely to keep rates on hold

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to keep monetary policy steady in June despite sluggish economic activity as inflation remains elevated, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday.  In his......

Market chants 'NaMo'; Sensex closes 330 points higher

Markets ended on a high note as investors hailed the victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the assembly elections.Both the Sensexand Niftyhit their all-time high as Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)......

BJP says Congress opening retail due to US pressure

Prakash Javadekar, Bhartiya Janata Party's official spokesman, said the government led by Dr Manmohan Singh was yielding under pressure from the United States to facilitate entry of foreign retail......