New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentary party chairman L.K. Advani Saturday paid floral tributes at the portrait of noted freedom fighter Dababhai Naoroji in the Parliament House on his 185th birth anniversary. ...More

As a broad church party, the Congress was never known for organisational discipline. The habit of its members speaking out of turn was always a feature of its functioning. Few will be surprised, therefore, at some of the latest episodes which have seen important party leaders voi...More

New Delhi, Sept 3 (IANS) Shahsi Tharoor may have lost his ministerial job, but he has not fallen out of favor with the prime minister. Gursharan Kaur, Manmohan Singh's spouse, was among those who came to wish Tharoor and his wife Sunanda Pushkar good luck on their marriage, the t...More

New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh could not make it but his wife Gursharan Kaur was among those who attended Shashi Tharoor and his wife Sunanda Pushkar's reception here Friday evening after their marriage last month and wished the couple all the best. ...More

Raipur, Sep 3 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari said Friday that foodgrain worth Rs.58,000 crore was rotting in India every year because of the Congress party's bad governance. 'Poor people are becoming poorer and the rich are bec...More

Raipur, Sep 3 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Friday taunted Sonia Gandhi over her re-election as Congress president for a fourth successive term and said the post seems to be reserved for the Gandhi family. 'I congratulate Soni...More

Chandigarh, Sep 3 (IANS) The Haryana assembly was adjourned for the day Friday - the first day of its monsoon session - following an uproar in the house by opposition parties who were seeking a discussion on the recent floods in the state. Opposition India...More

New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) In a step to reiterate the government's commitment to tribal welfare, an apex National Council for Tribal Welfare (NCTW), to be headed by the prime minister, was constituted Friday. The formation of the NCTW was initiated by Ministe...More

New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The Election Commission Friday announced by-election to the Bhatgaon assembly seat in Chhattisgarh's Surguja district on Oct 1. Polls are being held following the death of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Tripathi in...More

New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Sonia Gandhi was Friday elected Congress president unopposed for the fourth successive time, becoming the longest serving Congress chief. Thanking party workers for their support, Gandhi termed the job as a 'great responsibility'. '...More