RS polls: BJP gains, Sibal survives cross voting scare in UP

Rebellion by Congress MLAs in Haryana helped BJP-backed Independent candidate Subhash Chandra score an upset victory as Congress stalwart Kapil Sibal pulled it off in Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya......

MLAs cross-vote in UP, K'taka Rajya Sabha polls

The Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday saw cross-voting by a BJP MLA while another party legislator claimed that she was prevented from voting. BJP MLA Vijay Bahadur Yadav cross......

Rajya Sabha voting in progress; photo-finish likely in some seats

A down-to-the-wire contest is likely in some of the seats in the high-stakes Rajya Sabha elections in seven states, especially in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Haryana, where the fate of candidates......

Chidambaram, Misa Bharti, Suresh Prabhu enter Rajya Sabha

The stage is for a contest in the June 11 Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana even as union ministers Piyush Goyal and Suresh Prabhu,......

Will this Budget pull India out of economic slump?

The actual expenditure will only be marginally higher and hence, the multiplier effect will be muted. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Economists have offered mixed views on the Budget with......

'GST is going to be tax jihadism'

'One has to file not less than 37 returns per year for every ordinary business, and that too per state.''If you are doing businesses in Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad, you have to file 37x3......

Govt goes all out to woo investors

On its first day in office, the new government on Tuesday sent out the right signals to investors by bringing up the issue of retrospective taxation, something that had been hurting foreign......