With talk of a Cabinet reshuffle in the air, there was mounting pressure on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to rein in Union railway minister Mamata Banerjee in the wake of Monday morning’s devastating train collision in West Bengal that left over 60 passengers dead.

Apprehending that it might be cornered in Parliament over the Hindu terror issue, the BJP has asked all its senior MPs to gear up to counter any attack on it or the RSS by the Opposition parties. On Monday, the BJP top brass, including Leaders of the Opposition in both Houses and its parliamentary party chairman L.K. Advani, discussed this issue.

In a change of strategy, the JD(U) is reaching out to the non-Congress political parties for less disruptive ways without diluting their stringent opposition against the UPA government on the issue of price rise in the upcoming Parliament session. In a bid not to get flakes for disruptive ways of opposing the UPA government as was the case

The Congress on Monday issued a veiled threat to “rebel” MP Jaganmohan Reddy by stating that his comments on the Congress high command and Andhra chief minister K. Rosaiah are not in the best interests of the party and that the party will act.

The UPA on Monday projected a “united” face ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament commencing on July 26 against the backdrop of the success of Opposition’s Bharat Bandh on the price rise issue. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi deliberated with UPA allies on the strategy to counter the

The Congress appears to have made a clear distinction between the NCP and rest of its allies sharing power at the Centre. While its leaders are criticising the NCP ministers on their performance, they are unable to evaluate performance of the Trinamul Congress and the DMK ministers. “Coalition is a compulsion and not a

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s attempt to break bread with the judiciary after being named as one of the accused in the over Rs 11,500-crore treasury scam, failed on Sunday.

Parts of south Delhi will face power and water supply woes on Tuesday and Wednesday. The private power distribution company, BSES, has informed that due to the ongoing road widening work it will carry out a planned shutdown of a transmission line, which will affect power supply in parts of the south Delhi.

The BJP legislative party in its meeting on Monday demanded an early session of the Delhi Assembly to discuss the status of the preparations for the Commonwealth Games. Also a delegation of the Delhi BJP leaders called on the lieutenant governor Tejendra Khanna demanding action against the state revenue minister Raj Kumar Chouhan for his alleged role in stalling action against a resort for tax evasion.

The income tax department will set up more than 250 counters in the city to facilitate filing of returns.