New Delhi: Marking an incremental transition in the Congress, party vice-president Rahul Gandhi held an informal meeting with Congress Working Committee members on Friday evening. Neither party president Sonia Gandhi nor Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attended the meeting. Party sources said the agenda was open and the conversation revolved around the manifesto for the general […]

New Delhi: With bleak chances of Parliament giving its nod for setting up a Coal Regulator, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday approved setting up of the regulator through an executive order that would have only recommendatory powers. “The CCEA at its meeting chaired by Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh gave the nod […]

New Delhi: After the Indian Parliament’s lower house passed the bill for the creation of new state, the government is all set to pass the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, 2014 in Rajya Sabha on Thursday. The upper house could not pass the bill yesterday as the government and the opposition were unable to reach any […]

New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambram on Monday announced that service tax would be abolished on rice from the staple’s loading to storage stage. Rice was originally exempt from service tax. However, later the Finance Ministry had said that only paddy is agri-produce, while rice is a processed item. Presenting the interim budget for 2014-15 […]

New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday met PM Manmohan Singh, urging him to consider speedily giving “national minority” status to Jains. The minority affairs ministry has already moved a Cabinet note on conferring Jains minority status. Once approved, it will be then taken up by the National Commission for Minorities, which has powers to […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday announced that he was not in the race for a third term but would continue in office for the remaining five months. He also warned that Narendra Modi as prime minister would be “disastrous” for the country. “After the general election, I will hand the baton over […]

New Delhi: Former Supreme Court judge AK Ganguly, accused of sexually harassing a law intern, is in deeper trouble with President Pranab Mukherjee referring a complaint against him by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to the Centre for advice. The Chief Minister had written to the President twice asking for “urgent appropriate action” against […]

Srinagar : The militants who carried out the deadly attack on army convoy, that killed 8 soldiers and wounded 19 others, had snatched a motorcycle from two students to carry out the strike.The pheran-clad militants took the motorcycle from two students at Bagat locality as they were going for tuition, and rode towards Hyderpora locality […]

New Delhi : Under attack from the opposition over corruption and lack of governance, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will present the fourth and last report card of the UPA-II government today, sources said on Tuesday. The report will list the achievements of the government on its fourth anniversary on Wednesday. Later, he will host dinner […]

New Delhi : A “deeply saddened” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday condoled the passing way of Sarabjit Singh and termed him a brave son of India. “I am deeply saddened by the passing away of Sarabjit Singh. He was a brave son of India who bore his tribulations with valiant fortitude,” the prime minister said […]