Maintaining that it stands by its statement given in Parliament on caste census issue, the main Opposition BJP on Friday replied to finance minister Pranab Mukherjee’s letter asking party’s view on the issue. In the reply, leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Ms Sushma Swaraj, has written, “The party reiterates that caste can be canvassed

In a move which is likely to give a body blow to the Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, senior JD(U) leader Prabhunath Singh is joining the RJD on Saturday. With Bihar Assembly elections now less than three months way, Mr Prabhunath Singh’s move will come as a double blow for the state chief minister, as another senior JD (U) leader, Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh has openly stated that he would be campaigning for the Congress.

T.S. Darbari, ousted joint director general of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, has sought to clear his name from being associated with charges of financial impropriety regarding an event in London, saying he was not involved in any way in selecting the vendors.

Finally, Union minister for chemicals and fertilisers M.K. Alagiri spoke in the Lok Sabha during Question Hour on Thursday. The son of DMK supremo M.K. Karunanidhi had been scrupulously avoiding Question Hour whenever his ministry’s questions were listed for replies ever since he became Union minister last year.

India will ask Pakistan to facilitate the video-conferencing of the magistrate and investigating officer who recorded 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab’s statement in the Mumbai attack for testimony before a Pakistani anti-terror court.

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee tried to allay the fears of the states on the veto provision in the proposed Goods and Services Tax in an attempt to bring them on board in the introduction of the key tax reform.

The latest person to figure in the Commonwealth Games controversy is the joint secretary of the Air India Sports Control Board, Mr Ramesh Nambiar. Investigating agencies are now looking at whether Mr Nambiar, known for his proximity to the CWG Organising Committee head, Mr Suresh Kalmadi, had any hand in fixing deals with the London-based AM Films and Melbourne-based company Sports Management and Marketing (SMAM) in connection with Queen’s Baton Relay and sponsorship

The turmoil within the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee continued on Thursday with one official resigning, three others being suspended and a multi-crore deal with an Australian firm terminated on a day of high drama.

REC, which has a borrowing programme of raising Rs 28,000 crores in the financial year 2010-11, plans to diversify its investor base to tap international market at a competitive rate. REC has planned to raise external commercial borrowing (ECB) of $1 billion from the international market. In view of this, mandate was given to Bank of

The parents of a girl in Gurgaon have alleged that she committed suicide in her house following alleged corporal punishment at her school. The Gurgaon police said that they are investigating the allegations and would register a case. However, the school authorities denied the allegation. The girl had committed suicide on July 25 after