Onion prices, already ruling high, is now poised for a further hike after the Azadpur Mandi traders gave an indefinite strike call from Wednesday even though the Delhi government rushed in with the threat to impose Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) against agitating traders. The Mother Dairy outlets on Tuesday failed to sell onions at Rs 35 a kg, with Nafed accusing it of not lifting the onions from the Azadpur Mandi.

Soon after the directive issued by the Supreme Court on the deemed university issue, Union human resources development minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday said the ministry will issue showcause notices to all deemed universities. He also assured that a decision in each case will be taken within the stipulated timeframe. “Now that

Former Congress MP Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday dared the Congress to take up the gauntlet by declaring that the Kiran Kumar Reddy-led Andhra Pradesh government will collapse if his supporters in the legislature withdrew support. The Congress, however, has dismissed his challenge as “illusion”.

The Congress on Tuesday lashed out at the Comptroller and Auditor General over its handling of the report on the 2G spectrum issue, accusing it of violating canons of parliamentary propriety.

Uncertainties grip the forthcoming Budget Session as the Opposition led by the BJP appears to be in no mood to relent over its demand for a JPC probe in the 2G scam. Speaking exclusively to this newspaper, Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and BJP’s master strategist, Mr Arun Jaitley, made it categorically clear that there

In a first instance of its kind, Army Chief V.K. Singh on Wednesday appeared before Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in connection with alleged irregularities in the canteen stores supplies. The PAC had called the chiefs of the three defence services for a hearing after a CAG report pointed out irregularities in the supply chain management of rations by Canteen Stores Department (CSD).

Industrial growth plunged to an 18-month low of 2.7 per cent in November, 2010 from over 11 per cent recorded in the previous month, which may make a strong case for continuation of stimulus in the

Notwithstanding sharp decline in industrial growth in November, the plan panel on Wednesday exuded confidence that the country would end the current fiscal with targeted GDP growth of over 8.5 per cent.

Under fire over allegations of foreign exchange violations in IPL, BCCI's top officials on Wednesday blamed sacked commissioner Lalit Modi for "mistakes" as they told a Parliamentary panel that they had given approvals at his behest in "good faith".

Kolkata Knight Riders' co-owner Shah Rukh Khan on Wednesday said leaving out former India captain Sourav Ganguly from the team was a decision taken by the "cricketing brains" of the franchise and not by him.