'Outsider' Amar Singh appointed SP general secretary by Mulayam

In a decision that may be seen as yet another snub to son Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday appointed Amar Singh as the national general secretary of the party,......

Issue of UP's division again takes centre stage due to polls

The issue of division of Uttar Pradesh has once again bounced back to the centre stage of state politics with Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati raking up the issue that had been lying dormant......

SP nominates Amar Singh to Rajya Sabha

Over six years after it expelled Amar Singh, the Samajwadi Party on Tuesday “unanimously” declared him as its candidate for the Rajya Sabha polls, setting the stage for his......

Why MoSha Picked B L Sharma As Rajasthan CM

The BJP has played the social engineering card in Rajasthan with an eye on the Lok Sabha election where the party will try and retain all the 25 seats that it had won in the 2014 and 2019......

RSS arm says divestment of Air India, BPCL was 'uncalled for'

In a resolution passed at its national assembly in Haridwar, the SJM said the Modi government’s proposed strategic divestment of PSEs was an “imprudent business decision” and......

RSS outfits plan anti-govt stir with non-Parivar groups

BMS, a union affiliated to RSS, plans rally at Delhi's Ramlila Ground on Nov 17; SJM to protest on Oct 29. In an effort to provide a vent to the criticism building against the Narendra Modi......

Modi's 'Make in India' bats for GM food crops

This comes despite sharp criticism received from various RSS affiliated organisations Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious Make in India campaign has pitched India as a potential......

How Gurumurthy may change the RBI

With his strong views on Bharatiya economics, his appointment to the RBI board may well presage interesting times, says Archis Mohan. Photograph: Sreeram Selvaraj for Rediff.com With the exception......