The Cabinet Committee on Security, which met early Monday morning, was of the opinion that Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah needed to act to restore normalcy in the Valley.

With fresh violence rocking Jammu and Kashmir and deaths of more people following clashes between stone-pelting mobs and security forces, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) headed by Prime Minis

The deadlock between the government and the Opposition on the issue of price rise stalled the Parliament for the fourth day with both Houses adjourned till August 2.
Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj said in the Lok Sabha, “We have been pressing for a debate on price rise for the past four days either under adjournment m

The Opposition made a valiant bid to corner the government on the price rise issue in both Houses of Parliament on Wednesday, but Speaker Meira Kumar came to the rescue of the treasury benches in the Lok Sabha by ruling that the adjournment motion moved by the Opposition could not be admitted.

The issue of price rise, if voted on in the two Houses of Parliament, will expose at least five major parties which are either part of the Centre or support it from the outside, and the fence-sitters.

Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned on Tuesday following the Opposition’s protests over price rise and its demand for a discussion on the issue under motions that entail voting, a move rejected by the government.

Railway minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday came in for strong critcism from CPI(M) for the Uttar Banga Express-Vananchal Express collision at Sainthia station in Birbhum district. Senior CPI(M) leader Shyamal Chakraborty went so far as to brand her as the “most incompetent” railway minister in the history of the

In a partnership against terrorism, India and the United States on Friday signed a Counter Terrorism Initiative which includes steps to check financing of terror activities, joint probe in cases of bomb blasts and cooperation in cyber and border security. The move comes ahead of US President Barack Obama’s visit to India in early

A spat between two UPA heavyweights, external affairs minister S.M. Krishna and home minister P. Chidambaram, threatens to hijack Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Pakistan initiative.

External affairs minister S.M. Krishna, in interviews on Wednesday to a news agency and a TV channel, criticised the Pakistan minister’s abrasive style in his interaction with the media.