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Nitish ‘secular credentials’ in doubt

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, who is set to play the secular card, could face hurdles as a section of Bihar Muslim leaders have begun questioning his “secular credentials”.

Food ordinance move deferred

The government on Thursday deferred a decision on the Food Security Ordinance, regarded as UPA chief Sonia Gandhi’s pet project, after agriculture minister Sharad Pawar and finance minister P.

JD-U wary of BJP’s new mascot Modi

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With Gujrat chief minister Narendra Modi’s elevation to chief election campaigner staying intact after BJP patriarch L.K.

JD-U looks for options: ‘NDA on a ventilator’

Veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani’s decision to quit all major party posts triggered a major crisis in the National Democratic Alliance on Monday.

In Rail Board chief race, scuttling begins

With Mr Vinay Mittal, Chairman, Railway Board (CRB), retiring on June 30, a move appears afoot to use the vigilance wing to scuttle the chances of some contenders for the top job in the railways. The CRB is learnt to have written to the adviser (vigilance) suggesting that the role of Mr R.S. Virdi, in the running for CRB, be probed in a case that is a decade old.

Govt food bill ordinance route faces Pawar block

The UPA appears to be walking a tightrope over the Food Security Bill as the immediate ordinance route faces a Sharad Pawar roadblock.

Rahul seeks expert help on winnability

Emboldened by the Karnataka experiment, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is taking help of independent agencies to seek “frank” opinion on winnability of the shortlisted candidates for the next Lo

July 1-5 special session to pass food, land bills

With time running out for UPA-2 to fulfill its 2009 poll manifesto, the government is gearing up to call a five-day special session of Parliament from July 1 to 5 in a bid to pass two contentious laws

‘Dry spells’ worry agriculture officials

With the memory of the last year’s erratic monsoon still fresh, the government is keeping its fingers crossed over the prospect of this year’s rainy season, which is expected to set within a fortnight. Barring a Japanese agency, which has predicted a sub-normal monsoon, all other international agencies have so far put their bets on a normal rainy season.

Deo urges governor to use powers to stop states

In the wake of the Supreme Court judgment in the Vedanta mining case, Union tribal affairs minister V.

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