After the Saradha chit fund scam, the Trinamul Congress is apparently under a cloud over another party Rajya Sabha member, Mr K.D. Singh. On September 6, 2011, the CPI MP D. Raja had forwarded a complaint against Mr Singh to the Reserve Bank of India and Sebi alleging that his company was raising money from the public by “improper means”. The RBI had forwarded the complaint to the Registrar of Companies.

With an eye on the looming general election, a large chunk of the Congress and the government want to delay taking a final call on carrying out the death sentence of Afzal Guru, convicted for his rol

Self-styled Gandhian Anna Hazare’s attempt to unite the Opposition against the government received a jolt with CPI national secretary D. Raja pointing a finger at him for “paving the way for emergence of authoritarianism and fascism”. Even CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhan, who attended Mr Hazare’s Jantar Mantar rally on December

A day after retiring as Union home secretary, Mr G.K. Pillai pointed a finger at the high-profile Shunglu Committee report and described it as “half-baked” and a rush job. Speaking exclusively to this newspaper on Friday, Mr Pillai also revealed that “a decision on the Telangana issue will be taken this month”. The Shunglu Committee was set

Q. How do you look at the forthcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal and Kerala?

The CPI(M) has for the first time admitted that its break with the Congress ahead of the 2009 general elections could possibly have an adverse impact on it in the coming Assembly elections in West Ben

In an attempt to insulate CPI(M) boss Prakash Karat from blame for possible electoral defeats in both West Bengal and Kerala, his close aide and party politburo member S.

Union home minister P.

Fearing Maoist retaliation the Chhattisgarh government has not yet begun the census exercise in Naxal-infested Dantewada and Narayanpur districts. Also, government officials are not willing to venture into the dense areas dominated by the Maoists.