EWS quota: Victory for Modi's mission: BJP; We started process: Cong

With the Supreme Court on Monday upholding the economically weaker sections (EWS) quota, the Bharatiya Janata Party lauded the decision and said it is a victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in......

Odds favour Kharge over Tharoor and Tripathi in Congress polls

The stage was set on Friday for a contest between Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor for the Congress president's post, with the Dalit leader from Karnataka emerging as the clear favourite. The......

Raghuvansh Singh, who quit RJD days ago, passes away

A galaxy of leaders including President Ramnath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD president......

Oppn hits out at govt over suspension of MPLADS

Opposition parties on Monday came down heavily on the government over its decision to suspend Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) funds for two years, saying it......

Fresh CBI inquiry against Jindal Steel

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a preliminary investigation (PE) into a Jharkhand iron ore mine owned by Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL), promoted by industrialist......

Mamata wants to pay less for land near cities

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, whose agitation over land acquisition for industry catapulted her to power, is reluctant to recompense those losing land at rates set by a central......

Irked Moily refuses to answer queries on gas pricing issue

Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily on Tuesday refused to answer queries on the FIR filed against him and industrialist Mukesh Ambani in Delhi in connection with the pricing of natural gas. "There......

What the new land act will be like

Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said 13 acts, which were presently not under the purview of the yet to be notified new Land Acquisition Act, would be amended to the......