Ex-Maha CM Ashok Chavan quits Cong, likely to join BJP

In a setback to Congress ahead of Lok Sabha polls, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan resigned from the grand old party on Monday, amid speculation that he may join the Bharatiya......

Double blow to INDIA bloc as TMC, AAP to go solo in Bengal, Punjab

In a major setback to the opposition INDIA bloc, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday announced that their......

Kharge set to be named INDIA chair, Nitish could be convener

Consensus emerged on the appointment of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge as the chairperson of the opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), while Janata Dal-United......

MP suspensions halve strength of INDIA bloc in RS, reduce by one-third in LS

Opposition INDIA bloc lost almost half its strength in Rajya Sabha and one-third in Lok Sabha as 78 MPs in total were suspended on Monday for unruly behaviour and disregarding the directions of the......

Opposition calls the Budget 'anti-poor, anti-middle class'

Image: Budget fails to provide 'Aacche din' to poor. Photograph: Reuters     The Opposition on Saturday slammed as "hollow and plain" BJP's first full-year union budget, saying it......

Genetically modified crops' field trials put on hold

In a move that marks the first successful policy intervention of Swadeshi Jagaran Manch and Bharatiya Kisan Sangh -- both affiliates of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh -- the Narendra Modi-led......

Food Bill on Cabinet agenda

The Cabinet is expected to discuss the much-awaited Ordinance on the National Food Security Bill, which seeks to guarantee legal entitlement for cheap grains to almost 67 per cent of the......

COLUMN: Food security or dole?

There is a vast grey area between a bill that promises to ensure that no one goes hungry and the political economy of producing food, writes Rajni Bakshi. With the approval of the National Food......