With the Winter Session’s first week already lost amid friction over issues like black money and rising prices, the second week of the four-week session also appears headed for a washout with the Oppo

Despite opposition from both within and outside the UPA, the government Thursday approved a proposal to allow 51 per cent foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail, and decided to scrap the 51 per cent cap in single-brand retail, where 100 per cent FDI will be permitted.

Despite opposition from both within and outside the UPA, the government Thursday approved a proposal to allow 51 per cent foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail, and decided to scrap the 51 per cent cap in single-brand retail, where 100 per cent FDI will be permitted.

The government is all set to clear a proposal to allow 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail. The issue is high on the agenda of the Union Cabinet at its meeting here on Thursday. If this is cleared, and subsequently secures parliamentary

Keeping in view the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and the promise made by AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi, the government is likely to clear a proposal to set up a Central Agriculture University in Jhansi of Bundelkhand region of the state.

Hard bargaining is on between the Congress and Ajit Singh’s Rashtriya Lok Dal ahead of the crucial Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, as leaders of the two parties met Thursday night to iron out differences and strike a deal.

The Prime Minister’s reported remark to one of the Trinamul ministers over their absence from the national capital clearly took a leaf out of their leader and West Bengal CM Ms Mamata Banerjee’s fame

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday failed to keep her date with people of poll-bound Himalayan state Uttarakhand as she was reported to have been developed fever on Wednesday morning. She was supposed to address a

In line with the existing tribal sub-plan, the Nati-onal Advisory Council led by Congress president Son-ia Gandhi has suggested that the government formulate a dalit (Scheduled Castes) sub-plan. To implement this, a NAC working paper proposes a well-designed dedicated institutional setup as well as a law to

With finance minister Pranab Mukherjee expressing concern over the quality of notes at one of the recent meetings of Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), the Cabinet secretariat has shot off a letter