Mukesh Ranjan and Manish Anand
Focus on north, broad gauge lines
After West Bengal and Bihar hogged the limelight in the Rail Budgets for more than a decade, a change of fortune is now imminent. Union railways minister Pawan Kumar Bansal is all set to bring the focus on his home state Punjab and northern region in his maiden budgetary proposal to be submitted this month.
‘Supporting Pranab does not mean we are breaking the NDA’
Why did Janata Dal (United) take a separate decision in support of the UPA nominee, Pranab Mukherjee, for President? Why did it not go with the BJP, its NDA partner?
The NDA was in the midst of a seri
Law to protect biodiversity likely
The government is set to enact a law to protect the rich biodiversity of the country and also to safeguard Indian agriculture from bio-terrorism and inflow of dangerous pests from outside.
Mamata may seek better Plan outlay
Burdened with a debt of over `2 lakh crores, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is expected to seek enhanced Plan outlay in her meeting with the Planning Commission on Tuesday and is also like
Congress leads race for UP Muslim vote
With the Congress-led UPA at the Centre doling out the quota carrot for the minorities, the party appears to have taken a headstart among contenders for the around 18 per cent Muslim vote in Uttar Pra
