BJP list: 33 sitting MPs dropped; Mandaviya fielded from Porbandar

The Bharatiya Janata Party replaced as many as 33 sitting MPs with new faces as it released its first list with names of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls on Saturday. IMAGE: Union......

Denied meeting with PM, Yashwant Sinha says he'll express views in public

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Yashwant Sinha said that since he could not get an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he has now decided that he will not meet anyone in the......

Yashwant Sinha's son, Pramod Mahajan's daughter in BJP's 3rd list

Former Home Secretary R K Singh and two Rashtriya Janata Dal leaders, who recently joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, figure in the third list of 97 Lok Sabha poll candidates released by the party......

Yashwant Sinha threatens to quit Lok Sabha seat

Fissures within the Bharatiya Janata Party over appointment of office-bearers apparently came to the fore on Monday when senior leader Yashwant Sinha is understood to have expressed his unhappiness......

Companies, Pension bills: Govt, BJP reach agreement

Government and the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday reached a broad agreement on the Companies Bill and the Pensions Fund Regulatory Development Authority Bills paving the way for their passage in......

Why India's healthcare system is near collapse today

An analysis of Budget speeches made by finance ministers over 75 years also offers a glimpse of how low on the priority list healthcare has featured for the political class and policy-makers, which......

Chidambaram issue stalls Rajya Sabha

The issue of Finance Minister P Chidambaram's lawyer wife Nalini appearing on behalf of income tax department in a court in Chennai rocked the Rajya Sabha on Monday as a determined Opposition......

BJP backs Red alert on FDI cap hike

The Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to oppose the hike in the foreign direct investment caps in the telecom, insurance and civil aviation sectors. A statement to this effect was made by former......