The “Sonar Tori” (golden boat) may not have been able to do its one-time run between Kolkata and Dhaka last year to mark Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary. But yet another train, Sanskriti Express, which also showcases the life and times of Tagore, is all set to embark on a similar journey in August this year.

The Congress Party on Monday launched a no-holds-barred attack on Ramdev and the BJP accusing them of trying to destabilise the government at the Centre. The AICC also firmly backed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with party general secretary Janaradan Dwivedi hailing him as the biggest Sanyasi (saint) in contemporary politics.

Union textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran on Monday denied allegations that he had forced NRI entrepreneur Sivasankaran to sell his stake in telecom firm Aircel to Malaysian company Maxis and sought to prove that Aircel was up for grabs even before he became communications minister.

High drama unfolded at the AICC headquarters during the party’s regular evening briefing when a person posing as a journalist tried to attack Congress general secretary and chairman of media department Janardhan Dwivedi with a shoe. The attacker was apparently miffed over the treatment meted out to Ramdev. But in a swift turn of events

In what will be India’s biggest defence deal with the United States so far, at $4.1 billion, the Cabinet Committee on Security on Monday approved a proposal for the acquisition of 10 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III advanced airlifter aircraft for the Indian Air Force. The deal is now expected to be signed soon. It comes as major relief to the US,

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written a letter to Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee making it clear that it is not possible for the state government to send its views on the draft Lokpal Bill within a short period of six days. The CM also expressed surprise that the state government’s views have been

Keeping aside a petition on the forcible eviction of yoga guru Baba Ramdev from Delhi’s Ramlila Grounds here in the early hours Sunday, the Supreme Court on Monday rather took “suo motu” cognisance of the government’s post-midnight swoop on thousands of resting and sleeping people and issued notices to the Centre and the Delhi government on the alleged “brutalities” by the police in the eviction process.

As the pitch of the BJP’s 24-hour satyagraha heightened and a patriotic song, Yeh Desh Hai Veer Jawano Ka, was played to keep the atmosphere charged late on Sunday night at Rajghat, senior leader and Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj broke into a jig. She swayed to the beats with the BJP youth wing chief Mr Anurag

More than 24 hours after the police crackdown on Baba Ramdev’s anti-graft fast late Saturday, workers were dismantling tents at Ramlila Grounds on Monday amidst tight security arrangements.

A combative Baba Ramdev on Saturday intensified his agitation and alleged that the government had betrayed him. Stating that he will battle against corruption till his last breath, he

called on his followers to reach the national capital to join the agitation.
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