Soren's swearing-in to be spectacle of Oppn unity

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Hemant Soren will take oath as 11th chief minister of the state at 2 pm on Sunday at Morabadi Ground in Ranchi. He has termed the event as 'Sankalp Diwas' of an era......

Centre undertakes mega review of VIP security; Lalu, Akhilesh lose cover

The Centre has removed the VIP security cover of several politicians and lawmakers, including Rashtriya Janata Dal boss Lalu Prasad and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, while it has scaled......

Win 5 of these 9 states and rule India

'UP, Maharashtra, AP (including Telangana), Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, MP, Bihar, Karnataka and Kerala.''We chose these nine not only as being among the biggest, but also because in these states......

Nitish, Rahul meet was a call to keep alliance intact: JD-U

The Janata Dal-United on Sunday said the meeting between Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was held to call on the Grand Alliance to maintain its strength......

Budget: Who praised FM, who blasted him

A Budget for the aam aadmi: Chidambaram Home Minister P Chidamabaram has welcomed the allocation of Rs 30,000 crore (Rs 300 billion) for police in the Union Budget, calling the annual exercise a......

Opposition walks out over hike in petro duties

The proposed changes in duties related to petroleum products in the Budget stirred a hornet's nest on Friday with the entire Opposition staging a walkout from the Lok Sabha and warning that they......

Left, right unite; walk out of Parliament

In a rare incident in the history of Indian Parliament, the formal event of the Union Budget was hijacked by the unity of the Opposition parties on Friday. When the entire Opposition walked out of......

Mukherjee a free man now

"So what!" quipped Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram when asked for a reaction to the Budget, which revoked most of the measures that he introduced as the finance minister. This was his only......