Mamata ready for tie-up with Cong, Left in Bengal, says INDIA PM after polls

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday said the INDIA bloc's prime ministerial candidate will be decided after the polls, adding that a Trinamool Congress-Congress-Left alliance, who are......

TMC's Derek O'Brien suspended, later allowed to attend RS

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday witnessed high drama over the suspension of Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien, with the chairman first announcing that he has to withdraw from the house but later said......

You Can Become Chief Minister Only if You Have The MLAs

The two main factions in Karnataka's Congress party -- one led by Siddaramaiah and the other by D K Shivakumar -- are both contenders for the chief ministership.Both groups have fought hard to get......

Opposition Unity Is A Bogus Idea

Our political history tells us this has never worked.A united Opposition does work in some specific, limited, situations, especially in the states.But never as some brilliant pan-national......

Reforms are about implementation, not announcements

'The promises of netas and babus and new laws, however well-meaning, mean little.''What matters is implementation on the ground.''Every law is finally implemented by a vast army of officials,......

Why is India Inc so scared all the time?

'India Inc has been afraid to criticise the government of the day for many years now, and it is perhaps unfair to blame the current one alone,' says Shyamal Majumdar. Illustration: Dominic......

GST: Decision on real estate, lottery deferred till Sunday

Restricting the input credit is not a good idea for any sector, particularly real estate which requires more formalisation. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The GST Council on Wednesday......

Ranji Roundup: Sarfaraz puts Mumbai in control

IMAGE: Gujarat captain Bhargav Merai scored 223 against Meghalaya. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/Twitter Young batter Sarfaraz Khan continued his purple patch, slamming an unbeaten century to put......