KOLKATA: BJP general secretary Varun Gandhi took on his cousin and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for his remark that he would tear up and throw out the ordinance protecting convicted legislators, a comment widely seen as contemptuous of the Prime Minister.
KOLKATA: BJP general secretary Varun Gandhi took on his cousin and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for his remark that he would tear up and throw out the ordinance protecting convicted legislators, a comment widely seen as contemptuous of the Prime Minister.
NEW DELHI: In a huge relief to Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, the Supreme Court on Monday quashed the Karnataka government's notification cacelling the appointment of special public prosecutor G Bhawani Singh.
NEW DELHI: In a huge relief to Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, the Supreme Court on Monday quashed the Karnataka government's notification cacelling the appointment of special public prosecutor G Bhawani Singh.
NEW DELHI: The CBI will question Congress MP Naveen Jindal again in the Coalgate scam and he is likely to be confronted with former coal secretary H C Gupta, sources said. Jindal, during his questioning last week, denied all allegations against him. CBI sources said certain questions related to the allocation done to his company JSPL will be put to him in the next round of questioning.
NEW DELHI: The CBI will question Congress MP Naveen Jindal again in the Coalgate scam and he is likely to be confronted with former coal secretary H C Gupta, sources said. Jindal, during his questioning last week, denied all allegations against him. CBI sources said certain questions related to the allocation done to his company JSPL will be put to him in the next round of questioning.
NEW YORK: Slamming Narendra Modi, external affairs minister Salman Khurshid on Monday said the BJP leader's attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the purported "dehati aurat" remark shows that he does not like village women and likened him to a "parrot" who makes utterances without verifying facts
NEW YORK: Slamming Narendra Modi, external affairs minister Salman Khurshid on Monday said the BJP leader's attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the purported "dehati aurat" remark shows that he does not like village women and likened him to a "parrot" who makes utterances without verifying facts
NEW DELHI: Ahead of elections, the government on Wednesday announced constitution of the Seventh Pay Commission, which will go into the salaries, allowances and pensions of about 80 lakh of its employees and pensioners.
NEW DELHI: Ahead of elections, the government on Wednesday announced constitution of the Seventh Pay Commission, which will go into the salaries, allowances and pensions of about 80 lakh of its employees and pensioners.
NEW DELHI: A good number of dalits and tribals may be left out of the ambit of the ambitious Food Security Act, with the socio-economic caste census reporting lesser number of households of the two communities than found by the decennial census, a fraught prospect that has led to jitters in the government.
NEW DELHI: A good number of dalits and tribals may be left out of the ambit of the ambitious Food Security Act, with the socio-economic caste census reporting lesser number of households of the two communities than found by the decennial census, a fraught prospect that has led to jitters in the government.
LUCKNOW: Two months after she was suspended for ordering the demolition of a wall surrounding a mosque in Gautam Budh Nagar, the Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday reinstated IAS officer Durga Sakthi Nagpal with "full honours". Nagpal's sudden recall comes as a surprise as government officials have been claiming her reinstatement will only be done after the "due procedures" are completed.
LUCKNOW: Two months after she was suspended for ordering the demolition of a wall surrounding a mosque in Gautam Budh Nagar, the Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday reinstated IAS officer Durga Sakthi Nagpal with "full honours". Nagpal's sudden recall comes as a surprise as government officials have been claiming her reinstatement will only be done after the "due procedures" are completed.
NAGPUR: Even before entering into the electoral fray together for the first time, the alliance between Republican Party of India (RPI), Athawale faction, and the saffron parties has run into rough whether. RPI chief Ramdas Athavale, who held a grass roots workers meeting in city on Sunday, said in a press conference that he would not wait beyond October if BJP and Shiv Sena do not heed to his demands on seat sharing for the general elections.
NAGPUR: Even before entering into the electoral fray together for the first time, the alliance between Republican Party of India (RPI), Athawale faction, and the saffron parties has run into rough whether. RPI chief Ramdas Athavale, who held a grass roots workers meeting in city on Sunday, said in a press conference that he would not wait beyond October if BJP and Shiv Sena do not heed to his demands on seat sharing for the general elections.
NEW DELHI: The Muzaffarnagar riots threaten to bring apart the ambitious social coalition that Mulayam Singh Yadav has been attempting with aggressive polarization politics and anti-quota rhetoric.
NEW DELHI: The Muzaffarnagar riots threaten to bring apart the ambitious social coalition that Mulayam Singh Yadav has been attempting with aggressive polarization politics and anti-quota rhetoric.
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation will on Friday start a probe into the conspiracy behind the missing Coalgate files, suspected to have been removed or destroyed to protect officials and their political masters involved in allotment of coal blocks to private entities - many with dubious financial credibility.
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation will on Friday start a probe into the conspiracy behind the missing Coalgate files, suspected to have been removed or destroyed to protect officials and their political masters involved in allotment of coal blocks to private entities - many with dubious financial credibility.
