Mamata walks 9 km during two roadshows in Kolkata, Dum Dum

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday held two road shows in support of Trinamool Congress candidates in Dum Dum and Kolkata, walking nearly nine kilometres in a day. IMAGE: West......

Trinamool list: Shatrughan, Mahua likely to be retained

The Trinamool Congress's candidate selection for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls is expected to prioritise the nominee's winnability, public image and sitting MPs' performance, while also reflecting......

UPA put family first during 2008 crisis: Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday tore into United Progressive Alliance accusing it of economic mismanagement during the 2008 global financial crisis, saying the Congress put the......

78 Opposition MPs suspended from Parliament

As many as 78 opposition members -- 33 in Lok Sabha and 45 in Rajya Sabha -- were suspended from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Monday for disrupting proceedings in both the Houses of Parliament.......

MPs who heckled Sitharaman were first to rush to her

It is a tribute to India’s democracy, however flawed, that the very same MPs who had harangued her intermittently from Opposition benches now surged towards her, anxiety writ large on their......

Data protection bill referred to Parliament panel

The Personal Data Protection Bill was on Wednesday referred to a joint select committee of both Houses of Parliament.  IMAGE: Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar......

India's $400-billion forex reserves comes at a cost

What the reserves offer for now is improved import coverage of about 13 months, almost double the 2013 level of less than seven months. And, ammunition to arrest a rapid rupee slide, says Anup Roy.......

Govt has made RS 'incidental', charges Oppn in Finance Bill debate

The Opposition in the Lok Sabha on Thursday accused the government of running rough shod by opening the doors to "political extortionism" and passing "draconian" provisions in the Finance......