Rampur bypolls: BJP woos Pasmanda Muslims to capture Azam Khan's fortress

Five months after it wrested Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's stronghold of Rampur Lok Sabha seat, the Bharatiya Janata Party is now trying to further shore its position by wooing Pasmanda Muslim......

Police dept failure: Ajit Pawar on protest outside Sharad Pawar's house

A day after a group of striking employees of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation staged a fierce protest outside Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar's residence,......

What Awaits Rajapaksas After Monday's Mayhem?

Gota has to decide if he could order elder brother Mahinda's arrest as the agent provocateur of Monday's violence.Then he has to prepare for an interim government, in which no one would now want to......

How the richest candidates fared in the elections

It was a mixed outing for super rich candidates as five of them emerged victorious and an equal number suffered defeat in the Lok Sabha polls. -- INDIA DECIDES IMAGE: Independent candidate Ramesh......

Check on borrowings must

The Medium Term Fiscal Reforms Programme for the states has failed to effectively tackle their rising revenue deficits and burgeoning debt, according to a review by the finance ministry.Also......

States may grow at 12% till '10

The Twelfth Finance Commission has estimated that the average gross state domestic product will grow at 12 per cent over the next five years.Compared with states' projections of own revenue......

PM to step in on budget support for Tenth Plan

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is likely to intervene to resolve the standoff between the finance ministry and the Planning Commission over the gross budgetary support of Rs 1,34,000 crore (Rs......

GDP growth scaled down to 7-8%

The economic growth target has been scaled down from 8.1 to 7-8 per cent annually during 2002-07 in the mid-term appraisal of the Tenth Five-Year Plan."The Cabinet on Thursday approved the Mid-Term......