The Samajwadi Party is working on a plot to make deep inroads into the dalit vote base of BSP supremo Mayawati to script her defeat in 2012 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. The SP think tank is of the opinion that if the dalits vote against the BSP, as they did in last year’s General Elections, Ms Mayawati would have least chance of forming the government again in the state.

The Bihar unit of the Congress is finding it difficult select candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections from among its own cadre. This is because the party is left only with old committed workers, who have lost their political relevance, and those youth, who drew their inspiration to join politics from AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi.

Somdev Devvarman regained his place in the top-100 after improving his ranking by four places to 99.

Up against weak recovery in major markets, exporters and the industry on Monday welcomed incentives worth Rs 1,052 crore, stating the steps in the annual review of the Foreign Trade Policy will help I

The official broadcaster for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, Doordarshan, is understood to have cut its advertising revenue target by half to Rs 100 crore from the 12-day long event due to poor respo

State-owned ONGC, OIL and GAIL may make a joint bid to counter Vedanta Resources' $8.48 billion offer for majority stake in Cairn India, and have already got $10 billion in loan commitments from inter

The government has issued notice to the search engine giant Google for showing parts of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) as part of Pakistan.
The Centre has warned that if Google does not amend the mistake, action could be taken under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, which gives the government the power to block a website or web pages.

New amendments by the government to the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010, could trigger a fresh controversy as these could be seen as diluting the right of recourse of the operator to seek damages from the supplier in the event of an accident.

Members of Parliament, who have virtually united cutting across party lines on increases in their salaries and perks, want their remuneration to be free of income-tax. Their views were articulated by Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav and Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav at a meeting called by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday.

The Congress on Saturday finally made it clear to Mr Jaganmohan Reddy, the controversial MP from Kadappa, that his rebellion will no longer be tolerated. The warning came against the backdrop of Mr Jaganmohan Reddy’s plans to proceed with the second leg of his Odarpu Yatra from Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district on September 3. The admonition came from senior Congress leader and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee.