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Pranab: I had to be careful... given realities

Rejecting criticism that General Budget was not bold and he lost the opportunity, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday suggested his critics to look at ground realities in the political sphere.

CM: KCR exploits T for political gain

Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy on Thursday launched a scathing attack on TRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao saying that Mr Rao is exploiting T-sentiment to achieve his “selfish political goals”.

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Piravom set for polling on Saturday

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Out of the 134 polling booths in Piravom constituency, 26 have been declared sensitive and so, the Election Commission has made elaborate security arrangements for polling on Saturday.

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Political leaders should become role models of honesty: Survey

Cautioning that market economy cannot function if people are totally self-serving, the Economic Survey on Thursday called upon political leaders and policymakers to become role models of honesty and i

UPA, Mamata set for a fresh crisis

The Congress-led UPA seems to be heading for a confrontation with key ally Trinamul Congress with the latter tabling an amendment to the motion of thanks on the President’s address to Parliament on th

BSP will not contest UP civic polls, blames SP

In a smart political move, BSP president Mayawati announced on Sunday that her party would not contest the forth-coming elections of local bodies since she feared that BSP candidates and workers would

After election debacle, Congress faces fierce budget session

While the political spectrum in Parliament has not changed in actual terms, Congress’ “presumptive” loss in the recent Assembly elections has left it to do a lot of manoeuvring to get its reforms and

Will give industry all help: Mamata

In an effort to win the hearts of industrialists, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee appealed to them to put faith in her government.

“Trust the government, trust the grassroots, trust the pe

MPs want new code to benefit taxpayers more

The parliamentary standing committee on finance, which submitted its report on the Direct Tax Code Bill to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Friday, has recommended hiking the tax exemption limit to Rs

BSY unlikely to be reinstated

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Jolted by the Karnataka high court verdict giving former CM B.S. Yeddyurappa a clean chit in the illegal mining scam, the BJP top brass has begun efforts to placate him but is in no mood to give in to

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