Expelled Bihar Samata Party leader forms outfit

Expelled Samata Party leader P K Sinha on Friday formed a separate outfit called Loktantrik Samata Party.The leader from Biharclaimed that several Samataleaders would join his new outfit......

Bhujbal disappointed over being left out of Maha cabinet

Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Monday expressed his disappointment at not being included in the new Mahayuti government and said he would decide his future course......

Tehelka case: CBI arrests Samata Party leader

More than a year after a case into alleged bunglings brought out by Tehelka expose in procurment of Hand Held Thermal Imagers, the CBI Monday arrested former Samata Party Treasurer R K Jain under......

Samata Party merges with the JD-U

Two Janata Parivar outfits -- the Janata Dal-United and Samata Party -- merged on Thursday.Samata Party chief George Fernandes will head the new party, to be called JD-U.The merger will be......

India needs a weak coalition government

'A rag-tag coalition is more insecure and hence, more inclined to reform,' argues Devangshu Datta.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   If we examine economic policy down the years, the......