Key outside the UPA allies the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party today slammed the Rail budget, saying it was anti-poor and ignored areas of Uttar Pradesh which need rail infrastructure for economic development.

The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday launched its compact multi purpose vehicle Ertiga at introductory price of up to Rs 8.45 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi) as the company looks to

CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat has come directly under fire within the party after the Left, led by the CPI(M), has failed to win a single seat in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

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Home minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday conceded that there may have been lack of coordination between the Delhi police and the Maharashtra ATS during the probe into the Mumbai serial blasts. He said the two agencies were working in their respective jurisdictions but were looking for the same person who has been on the run for many years.

Asked about the Army Chief Gen. V.K. Singh date of birth controversy on Tuesday, information and broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said that “every human being has a right to seek justice if he feels he has been denied justice.”
“So in that sense it is the right of every Indian but I am afraid it is very difficult to make this into an issue of controversy. Government has to react, the law minister, the defence ministry. I think the defence minister spoke only a few days ago that he had very high confidence in the Army Chief and if the Army Chief has gone to court, I am not a person to comment,” she said. “The armed forces, we have always dealt with high respect and regard in this country. And I continue to have high regard for the armed forces,” she added.

Over five years after the Union health ministry finalised the draft of the HIV/AIDS Bill, it is likely to see the light of day. On Thursday, World AIDS Day, health minister Ghul-am Nabi Azad said the government would soon enact legislation to

A tongue in cheek remark by West Indies coach Ottis Gibson about playing seven bowlers to face the powerful Indian batting line-up reflects the worries facing the visitors ahead of their opening Test

Embarrassed over the goof up in the list of wanted accused, the CBI on Friday withdrew the list of accused for whom Interpol Red Corner Notice had been given as those wanted by the agency in connection with other cases.

A total of 1,034 Indians arrived here by three special flights of Air India on Thursday from strife-torn Libya, taking the number of evacuees from the North African country to 3,262.