United Progressive Alliance (UPA) ally Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday said the hike in petrol prices would lead to further inflation and be a burden on the common man.

Ahead of the debate on Jan Lokpal Bill in Lok Sabha on Friday, Anna Hazare team on Thursday night reached out to BJP, which said a solution to the impasse could be found in consonance with the Constit

In an attempt to get out of a self-created mess, the government has pressed into operation a backchannel group to parley with sympathisers of the anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare.

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The government appears to have foiled the Opposition’s plan to compel it to go in for a floor test in the Lok Sabha on the issue of price rise with the NDA and the ruling UPA agreeing to discuss this

The DMK will not seek replacements for the Cabinet positions vacated by A. Raja and Dayanidhi Maran, following the spectrum charges, while maintaining status quo in its relations with the Congress and

Veerappa Moily, who was shifted from Law Ministry to the Corporate Affairs Ministry, said he had been a victim of ‘campaign by vested interests’ for his reform agenda and the ‘fault of administrative

The government on Monday announced austerity measures, including a ban on official meetings in five-star hotels and restrictions on foreign travel, as it tries to meet its fiscal deficit target.

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The impending Cabinet reshuffle could see the emergence of the second rung in Congress.

There is strong speculation in the corridors of power that about a dozen new faces could get Cabinet berths in

The much-talked about reshuffle of Union Council of Ministers will take place on Tuesday evening, sources said.

This follows a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President So

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to reshuffle his cabinet on Tuesday, informed sources have revealed.

Though there is no official announcement so far, the reshuffle is likely to take place at