'I Should Have Won 1.25 Lakh Votes'

'There is a difference between a politician and leader.''A politician will have his pound of flesh first and do everything else later.''A leader will sacrifice everything to help people.' IMAGE:......

Landslide survivors' rehab key issue in Wayanad LS bypoll

The issue of rehabilitation of the survivors of the July 30 landslides has taken centre stage in Kerala's Wayanad ahead of next month's Lok Sabha bypoll, with the Congress-led United Democratic......

Panchayat polls: Bengal SEC didn't give info on sensitive booths, says BSF

Despite repeated requests from the Border Security Force on sensitive polling booths, the West Bengal State Election Commission didn't provide any information on such booths to the central security......

Violence mars Bengal panchayat poll nomination filing

Violence rocked parts of West Bengal over the filing of nominations for the July 8 panchayat poll as activists of the ruling Trinamool Congress and opposition parties clashed prompting the police......

Holy cow! Now even India Inc spends money on them

41 listed firms made 73 donations to gaushalas (cow shelters) and other cow-related charities over the last four years. The donations range from a few thousand rupees to a million.......

Maha SEZ act faces fiscal incentive hurdle

Maharashtra special economic zones and designated Areas Act 2010, which provides a legal framework for dealing with issues pertaining to establishment and administration of the SEZs, is facing a......

Wages fail to come in time

The UPA government had launched the National Food For Work Programme last year to generate employment for the rural poor by utilising the surplus grain lying in silos. Business Standard finds out......

Rahul's 'poor NREGA performer' generates most jobs

Purulia district in West Bengal, where Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had said, people are worse off than those in Orissa's poorest Kalahandi area, has since turned the corner. The district has......

Yogeshwar questions favouritism in wrestling trials

Yogeshwar questions ‘unfair’ trial exemption given to 6 wrestlers by IOA ad-hoc panel IMAGE: Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia and his wife Sangeeta during their protest......