Congress party in Maharashtra has its hopes pinned on a 'newly recharged' vice-president Rahul Gandhi for its revival.
Controversy shrouds the expansion of the Akhilesh Yadav ministry on Monday with a social activist throwing a spanner by challenging before Governor Ram Naik the possible re-entry of tainted former Mines Minister Gayatri Prajapati.
The average land given to the rural landless is small and falling, from 0.95 acres in 2002 to 0.88 acres in 2015 - a 7.4 per cent drop over 13 years-and a slowdown is evident in the process of taking land away from rich landlords, the RTI data reveal.
'More people will come out of the BJP. You just wait and watch.'
Stocks to watch: BHEL, L&T, IRB Infra and Suzlon
Kerala Congress-M says nobody has asked Mani to resign as UDF leaders meet to discuss the issue.
Ten trade unions to go on strike to protest against changes in labour laws
'The first two months of monsoon are not looking good.' 'In case both the halves fail, it is going to be misery.'
The NCP says its support from outside to the BJP government is without compromising its ideology. Sanjay Jog reports
Metal stocks also had a good session, with JSW Steel zooming by 7%, and Tata Steel and Nalco gaining about 3% each.
It is a complete mayhem in West Bengal, Manipur and Odisha with more than 60 dead
Studying wolves' howls could reveal how human language evolved.
The IMD came out with a dismaying prediction.
Government claims big successes in agriculture, rural roads & investment scenario.
'Most of the agitations are staged by the Opposition to disturb the peace of the state.'
According to BJP strategists, PMJAY and the PM Ujjwala Yojana will form the nucleus of the Modi government's re-election campaign.
The total rainfall till now is not only deficient, but is also erratic in terms of both geographical spread and timings.
Six villages in Maharashtra that are within the drought affected area have remained water secure even in an extremely bad year.
In UK, France and Germany, the president and CEO of Edelweiss Securities, anticipates votes incrementally in favour of local protection and de-globalisation.
The wars of the future will be fought over water and if they occur on large scale, will be far more devastating than any we have seen yet.
The IMD has said temperatures in most parts of the country from March to May would be 'above normal'.
Instead of a consumption stimulus the government must address the NPA issue with a war footing and invest in infrastructure, affordable housing and exports, says Sanjeev Nayyar.
A mix of industrialists and businessmen, who have inherited riches or rose from humble backgrounds and even endured boom and bust cycles, the top five MPs are illustrative of how the political stock of the wealthy is increasing rapidly.
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At least 16 people have died in flood-related incidents in Odisha, where the situation remained grim even as major rivers were receding on Saturday. Two deaths each were reported from Bhadrak, Jajpur and Nayagarh districts while in worst-hit Ganjam district it remained unchanged at six and four in Jagatsinghpur, Special Relief Commissioner P K Mohapatra told reporters here after the situation was reviewed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
Protests over "politics of vendetta" continued in Rajya Sabha for the second day on Wednesday, with Congress members forcing two adjournments of the House till noon by storming the Well and raising anti-government slogans.
The fund allocated for pulses buffer is more than 40% of entire farm ministry's 2016-17 budget.
Political stability and a couple of big projects are pluses, but focus on medium and small industries is still missing.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that it is imperative to maintain high growth rates.
The Opposition on Monday charged the government with trying to promote crony capitalism, creating fear by giving "unbridled power" to taxmen, trying to snoop into people's lives through increased use of Aadhaar through the provisions of the Finance Bill.
The definition of affected family includes farm labourers, tenants, sharecroppers and workers in the area for three years prior to acquisition.
'In the last 55 years India and Pakistan have gone to wars, but nobody spoke about scrapping the Indus Waters Treaty.'
The metrological department on Saturday said that Phailin is a very severe 'super cyclone' and its wind speed may go up to 200 and 240 km per hour by noon itself.
'You cannot judge a government within a month. Give us five years' time.' 'At times, strict economic decisions have to be made for the good of the poor in the long run.' Dharmendra Pradhan, one of the Modi government's stars, speaks exclusively to Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com about why the government is forced to roll out 'bitter medicine.'
Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar speaks to Prasanna Zore/Rediff.com.
Recent investigations into the telecom spectrum and coal scams have made bureaucrats very wary of taking decisions.
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The power of a nation is directly related to the revenues it realises from its citizens. But India loses a gargantuan Rs 5.8 lakh crore, as the IT department drags its feet over recovering uncollected taxes in time or holding up files in appeal cases, says Mohan Guruswamy.
The government will announce minimum support prices for kharif.
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India's hydroelectric power generation grew 17.5 per cent to 7.5 billion units in January this year from 6.4 billion units in the same month of 2012.
Import duty on PVC, at 7.5%, is far lower than that prevailing in comparable economies.
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