'For the Congress, the family is the final court of appeal.''If there is no family, all leaders are equal.''If all leaders are equal, anyone can lead the Congress.''So every time the family has......
The party’s 'darling' was unchallenged as he filed his papers at the party's 24 Akbar Road headquarters in Delhi. IMAGE: After being vice president for five years, Rahul Gandhi filed......
The Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies on Thursday secured simple majority by bagging 64 seats in the 126-member Assam assembly. The BJP alone has won 44 seats and is leading in 17 while its......
The first phase of assembly polls in West Bengal and Assam on Monday passed off peacefully, with a high voter turnout of 81 and 80 per cent respectively in the two states. IMAGE: An elderly woman......
Over 95 lakh voters will decide the fate of 539 candidates, including 43 females, in 65 constituencies spread across the state. IMAGE: Election officials examine the Electronic Voting......
Congress members repeatedly disrupted both the Houses ensuring that at least the Rajya Sabha, where Congress members outnumber that of the ruling alliance, couldn’t transact any business. The......
Stressing that innovations in the country are "languishing" for want of financial support, President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday asked banks to open dedicated counters across India to meet the......
In a big relief from cumbersome tax filing process for the salaried class, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday proposed to exempt them from filing tax returns unless they have other sources......
By now India's finance minister must be busy putting the finishing touches to his Budget and Budget speech due next Monday. One often wonders whether Mr Mukherjee gets adequate time to ponder......
When R Anandh graduated from Rourkee Engineering College in Uttarakhand, he realised he was more a musician than an engineer. Nurturing his childhood passion for music, he......
Pakistan's former captains and players backed the national team despite its defeat in the high-octane World Cup semifinal clash against arch-rivals India at Mohali on Thursday. "I think we need to......
Suresh Raina cannot hide his excitement over making it to India's World Cup squad. Not there was any doubt about his inclusion, but the pain of having missed the last edition of the......
The whitewash in the two-Test series in India has set off alarm bells in Australia. With the all-important Ashes round the corner, the Aussies are a worried lot, taking every measure to ensure......
Charl Langeveldt picked four wickets to help South Africa restrict defending champions Pakistan to a modest 148 for seven in their Super Eights match of the Twenty20 World Cup, at the Beausejour......