Initiating the debate on the 2011-12 Union Budget in Rajya Sabha, senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said finance minister Pranab Mukherjee hasn’t given a time frame to tame inflation. “We regret to say in this entire Budget there is no roadmap for tackling inflation. And I don’t see this Budget will propel growth,” he said. Mr Prasad said while foodgrains are rotting, inflation has seen a meteoric rise against a backdrop where 80 per cent children and 70 per cent women are suffering from

The Congress on Wednesday dismissed suggestions that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has passed the buck for the fiasco involving the appointment of P.J. Thomas as CVC.

The BJP staged a walk out in protest against foreign affairs minister S.M. Krishna’s reply on the Indians being held hostage by the Somali pirates.
A war of words ensued between Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj, who raised the issue during Zero Hour and parliamentary affairs minister Pawan Kumar Bansal after Ms Swaraj demanded a statement from the foreign affairs minister on the issue.

Eleven Indian sailors taken hostage by Somali pirates were released Wednesday but there were many other Indians still held hostage on ships owned by foreign companies, including 79 aboard an Egyptian cargo vessel, MV Suez

Twenty two residential houses were gutted and more than five hundred livestock perished in a devastating fire incident in village Baraub, close to LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipore district and about 150-km north of here overnight, the police here said on Wednesday.

After a country-wide terror alert warning attacks at World Cup venues, the Navy, Coastguard and coastal villages have been alerted to prevent any “sea-borne” attack, said sources. The home ministry has specifically asked states to step up security arrangements at the World Cup venues and for the forthcoming Assembly elections in five

Senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj continues to be isolated within the party over her remarks that she was satisfied with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement over CVC appointment issue. After Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley, it’s now the turn of BJP chief Nitin

Continuing his tirade against Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, former state chief minister and JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy on Wednesday levelled fresh allegations against Mr Yeddyurappa. The JD(S) leader alleged an educational trust run by Mr Yeddyurappa had received over `27 crores as donation from companies, including some loss-making ones, which benefited from the government.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the review petition of former Kerala minister R. Balakrishnan Pillai in a corruption case related to the awarding of a channel construction contract in Idamalayar hydro project in 1982, saying there was no merit in his plea for “recalling” of the verdict.

Fearing a setback from decision of All-India United Democratic Front’s decision to contest 86 seats, the Congress leadership has started damage control exercise by fine-tuning its straining relationship with Bodoland Peoples’ Front besides appeasing the Hindu Bengalis in Assam.