Maharashtra Rajya Sabha Polls: Prestige Battle Between Shiv Sena, BJP

Even though MLAs are required to show their ballot to respective party whips before casting their vote, all parties have ensured their MLAs are housed in five star hotels close to the Maharashtra......

UP BJP netas discuss Brahmin reach out with Nadda

BJP's Brahmin leaders from poll-bound Uttar Pradesh on Monday met party president JP Nadda, a day after holding a brainstorming session on reaching out to the crucial vote segment in the state.......

FULL TEXT: President's address to Parliament

Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session. Honourable Members, This joint sitting of......

Communally cleaved Nandigram awaits Mamata-Suvendu clash

A blood-soaked Nandigram made Mamata Banerjee what she is today and underpins the hope of the combustible West Bengal leader of clinching a third straight term in office.   IMAGE:......

Smaller deposits to be probed only if big accounts indicate irregularities

Limited I-T staff may compel them to focus on big fish than small depositors, reports Business Standard's Dilasha Seth and Indivjal Dhasmana. The tax department will go after 'big fish' in probing......

Aadhaar:Nearing a billion and counting, connectivity remains a problem

Aadhaar now has legal backing but it still faces challenges of privacy and data sharing. With enrolment numbers creating history now, we take a look at strengths & weaknesses in the system.  ......

Govt goes all out to woo investors

On its first day in office, the new government on Tuesday sent out the right signals to investors by bringing up the issue of retrospective taxation, something that had been hurting foreign......

UPA may not deliver much in 2006

The India Shining campaign lost the elections. Notwithstanding GDP growth of 8 per cent and a Sensex approaching 10,000, not to speak of the external sector (despite a recent blip in exports), the......

Baljit left out of probables for Asian CT

Goalkeeper Baljit Singh, who made a comeback to the Indian hockey camp after two years in wilderness, could not make the core group and was left out of the 48-strong list of probables for the first......

Dhoni's security to be upgraded

India captainMahendra Singh Dhoni would get enhanced security cover as Jharkhand chief minister Shibu Soren has asked the police chief to tighten the security cover of the cricketer. "The chief......

Kalmadi re-elected IOA president

In whatturned out to be a formality, the Indian Olympic Association elections returned the same office-bearers, with Suresh Kalmadi as president for a fourth consecutive term. The long list of......