The government is also planning to replace the current ageing Air India One or Boeing 747 with Boeing 777s. Arup Roychoudhury and Archis Mohan report.
A senior politician Naidu respected once tried to convince the firebrand student leader to quit the Jana Sangh.
The two agreements were signed during Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's state visit to India in May.
Justice V Gopala Gowda's name has been considered positively by the Trinamul Congress as well as the Left.
The crisis will strengthen Nitish Kumar's position as Lalu's troubles erodes his bargaining power within the ruling coalition in Bihar.
Even as the BJP is expected to win the vice-presidential poll, ppposition hopes to make it yet another display of its unity, reports Archis Mohan.
Its electoral triumphs in assembly polls, particularly in Uttar Pradesh, have made the BJP the single-largest party in the Rajya Sabha.
GST would make compliance easier for big businesses, but hurt small scale industries., says SJM
As the BJP snaps at its heels, can the Communists stay relevant in the electoral game?
Other members of the group are former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Communist Party of India-Marxist chief Sitaram Yechury.
The RSS wants BJP to field a 'swayamsevak', while the Opposition has mulled fielding former West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi.
'My career is never dependent on somebody else's career at all, ever.' 'Whether somebody else's film does well or not, what has that got to do with me?'
Dharshana suffers from microcornea which has rendered her right eye almost a 'nil vision' and the left one a partial vision.
Fiscal discipline has been maintained but toxic assets worth Rs 7 crore are a massive headache
The Opposition is putting up a symbolic fight for the presidential polls as it knows that the BJP has the numbers to get its candidate elected to the top post.
According to BJP strategists, PMJAY and the PM Ujjwala Yojana will form the nucleus of the Modi government's re-election campaign.
Farooq Abdullah requested the PM to consider the proposal, supported by opposition parties, reports Archis Mohan.
The party is looking at Amit Shah's visit to Tamil Nadu and the PM's to Sri Lanka to boost its expansions efforts in the state for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, reports Archis Mohan.
Opposition leaders asked all secular forces to field a joint candidate for presidential elections and have common minimum programme to challenge the Bharatiya Janata Party, reports Archis Mohan.
The government is going all out to spread awareness about the new indirect tax regime, and training lawmakers is being seen as a necessary first step.
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