A Lok Sabha of contrasts!

It was a changed scenario in the new Lok Sabha with the churning brought out by the elections throwing in contrasts. While the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in full......

First session of 16th Lok Sabha from June 4 to 11

The first session of the newly-constituted 16th Lok Sabha will be held from June 4 to June 11 with President Pranab Mukherjee addressing the joint sitting of both Houses on June 9. After the new......

15 JPC members reject 2G report in writing

Fifteen opposition members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on 2G spectrum scam on Wednesday wrote to the committee secretariat rejecting the panel's draft report in toto, setting the......

P C Chacko unites the opposition against Congress

Senior Congress leaders admit that the JPC issue has boomeranged against the party, reports Renu Mittal. The Congress and P C Chacko, chairman of Joint Parliamentary Committee probing the 2G......

Parties protest against price rise

Left parties were joined on Tuesday by Biju Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Samajwadi Party and Telugu Desam Party in Parliament in their protest the government's 'inaction' in checking rising......

Political parties flay hike in petrol, diesel

A number of political parties, including some that are supporting the UPA government, came down heavily on the central government for its decision to raise the prices of petrol and diesel. During......

Two river links this year

The task force on the interlinking of rivers has completed the assessment of eight river link projects, and work on two of these is expected to start by the end of this year. "The National Water......

Govt taking measures to improve water quality

The government on Tuesday said it had taken several long and short-term solutions to improve the quality of drinking water in the country and conceded that a United Nations report placed India at a......