Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav (PTI file photo)

Mulayam toast of UPA-II anniversary do

On the third anniversary of UPA-II — its eighth year in power — the government seemed to be working hard on a two-point agenda : bringing Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on board and smashing the perception that it was suffering from policy paralysis.
With two years to go and on a boat that’s constantly rocking, PM Manmohan Singh said “there are uncertainties’’ and “we can do more’’. But added that given “the adv ..More

Coal ‘scam’ disrupts Parliament

The Opposition was up in arms on the government’s delay in tabling a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on allocation of the coal blocks, forcing the suspension of the Question Hour in both Houses of Parliament on the last day of the Budget Session.
When the House convened, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar made obituary references to the loss of lives in the Hubli-Bengaluru Express train accident. The Left, BJP and Shiv Se ..More

Air India plane (PTI file photo)
Contempt petition filed

Air India today filed a contempt petition against striking pilots in the Delhi High Court on grounds that :...more

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patniak (Express file photo)
Patnaik bats for Sangma

Describes him best candidate for President post...more

Kannauj LS bypoll June 24

The two-month-old Akhilesh Yadav government in the state is set to face the first test of its popularity -- :...more

Girl gangraped by 2 youths

A girl was allegedly abducted and gangraped by two youths when she was returning from college at :...more

INDIA'S GEN-X MISSILE

Agni-VI to be ready by mid 2014

Agni-IV (IANS file photo) Being developed by the DRDO, the new generation ICBM Agni-VI will have a strike range of 8,000 km to 10,000 km.

OFFENSES

‘Crime against women on rise’

(File photo) 2,13,585 cases were registered in 2010, compared to 1,95,856 and 2,03,804 cases in 2008 and 2009, Khurshid said.

PRESIDENT POLLS

Wait and watch, says NDA on President polls

LK Advani (PTI file photo) The BJP-led alliance indicated that it was not averse to supporting former LS Speaker PA Sangma for the top job.

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