The All India Kisan Sabha has welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for admitting that the food grain production has been affected by a below average monsoon. In a statement the Sabha says that......
IMD data shows in the 24 hours between September 1 and 2, Haryana received 806 per cent more rainfall than normal, Punjab 759 per cent, Himachal Pradesh 510 per cent, Delhi 740 per cent, Chandigarh......
'Marathwada is the suicide capital of Maharashtra.''To stop such man-made disasters, the government should immediately come up with a rightful package, not this charitable approach to......
Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan was on Friday sworn in as the 15th vice president of India. He later assumed charge as the chairman of the Rajya Sabha in his office in Parliament. IMAGE:......
'The current Election Commission functions more like a government department than an autonomous body.' IMAGE: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, flanked by Election Commissioners Sukhbir......
More than 25 crore workers engaged in sectors ranging from banking, insurance, postal to coal mining, highway and construction are expected to go on a nationwide general strike on Wednesday,......
The All India Kisan Sabha has expressed its displeasure on the signing of a Free Trade Agreement with the ASEAN nations. Ina statement issued by the farmer's body they have criticised thecentre for......
A two-hour meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reassured farmers' associations that easier flow of farm credit would be made available to the agricultural sector in the Budget. A number of......
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday pledged to make 30 million ‘Lakhpati Didis’, up from the 10 million rural women who have already achieved the feat. Photograph: Shrikant......
Few finance ministers announce any taxation measure that could upset the stock market.Ms Sitharaman decided to take that risk, observes A K Bhattacharya. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman......
'This was all conspired to gain a hold on the Wrestling Federation of India and to attack the BJP and its ideology...This team of Rahul, the Congress keeps doing these things.' IMAGE:......