Bharatiya Janata Party-backed Samajwadi Party rebel Nitin Agarwal was on Monday elected deputy speaker in the Uttar Pradesh assembly, defeating his party's official candidate Narendra Verma by 244......
Given the controversy over the Uttar Pradesh government's population control policy, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP legislators in UP have. IMAGE: Uttar......
Jaitley, who many believed had more friends outside his party than within the BJP, was known to be an affable person. IMAGE: Jaitley with Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma and CPI......
The stage is set for Rajya Sabha polls on Friday for the remaining 25 seats in six states including Uttar Pradesh where the Bharatiya Janata Party is virtually assured of eight of the 10 seats......
After its unexpected defeat in the recent Lok Sabha bypolls in Gorakhpur and Phulpur, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party might be in for fresh trouble in this week’s Rajya Sabha polls on 10......
Central bank's annual report says only Rs 16,050 crore out of the Rs 15.44 lakh crore of the old high denomination notes have not returned. An astronomical Rs 15.28 lakh crore, or 99 per cent of......
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday took up the four bills related to the GST, with the Opposition urging the government to insulate taxpayers from harassment and questioning how the new regime was......
Market regulator Sebi has not spent any amount towards its own expenses from Rs 5,120 crore (Rs 51.2 billion) of investors' money received from Sahara Group, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. In......