Postmen exam to be held again in local languages

Acceding to the demand by Tamil parties led by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the government on Tuesday decided to cancel the examination for appointment of postmen held on......

DMK refuses Cong request to allot RS seat to Manmohan

The Dravida Munnetra Kazagham on Monday named two party nominees for the Rajya Sabha election, effectively quashing speculations of former prime minister Manmohan Singh being fielded from Tamil......

'Don't want these ugly scenes to be seen': Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day

The Rajya Sabha was on Friday adjourned for the day without transacting any business after uproar by opposition members over construction of a dam on theCauvery River and other issues. Slogan......

Why AIADMK may vote against BJP's RS poll nominee

As proof of the potential outcome, AIADMK sources pointed to the election of TDP's C M Ramesh to the prestigious PAC, which was enabled by the Opposition voting for him.  The Rajya Sabha......

Spectrum allocation: RS adjourned briefly

Rajya Sabha was briefly adjourned on Tuesday following an uproar by AIADMK over Telecom Minister A Raja's role in Second Generation or 2G spectrum allocation that allegedly led to heavy loss of......

Uproar over corporate influence in 2G allocation

The 2G telephony spectrum allocation issue created uproar in Parliament on Wednesday in the wake of reports that a high profile public relation lobbyist acted as a power broker and was in regular......

Real war in the fertiliser ministry

There has been an internal 'war' between the Union Minister of Fertiliser M K Alagiri and two senior bureaucrats in his department. Alagiri complained to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about the......