Puducherry Lt Guv directs CM to prove majority on Feb 22

The Congress government in the Union Territory will have to prove its majority in the assembly on February 22 with Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Thursday ordering the floor test,......

Bhupesh Baghel sworn in as Chhattisgarh CM

Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel was on Monday sworn in as the chief minister of Chhattisgarh. IMAGE: Bhupesh Baghel took the oath of office at the Balbeer Juneja Indoor stadium. He has been......

TN CM Jayalalithaa hospitalised, under observation

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who was admitted to a hospital in Chennai late Thursday night due to fever, is recovering and continues to be under observation. "The Chief Minister......

'I didn't stop crying for two days after Rajiv's assassination'

Lok Sabha member from Puducherry and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office V Narayansamy is a self-confessed loyalist of the Nehru-Gandhi family. He was known to be close to Rajiv......

For PSBs, loss and succession go together

Last week, Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor K C Chakrabarty slammed public sector banks for the strange phenomenon of profits dipping when a new chairman takes over.Although the outspoken......

Mamata's outbursts, couplets add spice to speech

It may have been serious business that Mamata Banerjee was conducting but her trademark oratory skills, punctuated by couplets and angry outbursts, provided enough spice to the presentation of the......

Raja orders action against unsolicited calls

An unsolicited telemarketing call to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is what it took Telecom Minister A Raja to swing into action for prohibiting immediately such intruding calls. Within hours......

Govt may appoint RBI deputy governor by month end

The government is likely to appoint a deputy governor of the RBI by this month end despite disruption in the selection process following the resignation of former Satyam Computer independent......