Ranchi, Nov 21 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Saturday charged that the Congress may hush up the Madhu Koda scam like the Bofors kickback case. "Congress can cross all ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The health ministry will spend Rs.9.2 billion this financial year for promoting Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) - the Indian systems of medicine ...

Beijing, Nov 20 (IANS) China has voiced strong dissatisfaction over Italian Chamber of Deputies speaker Gianfranco Fini's meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, a media report said Friday. The Dalai ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Bowing to angry protests from opposition parties and farmers, the government Friday agreed to restore the earlier sugarcane prices. The issue was resolved at an all-party ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (ANI): Both houses of Parliament adjourned till Monday on the sugarcane pricing issue following opposition protests. After eminent journalist H K Dua took oath as Rajya Sabha member, ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) "Please, don't disturb trains," Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee appealed to Maoists Friday, a day after the rebels blew up track in Jharkhand derailing a passenger ...

Budapest, Nov 19 (DPA) A NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan would lead to a strengthening of al-Qaeda and cause instability to spread through the region, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday ...

London, Nov.19 (ANI): Britain's first female Muslim peer, Baroness Uddin, claimed 100,000 pounds in parliamentary allowances by registering her main home, a property that she barely occupied. According to The Telegraph, she ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Thursday angrily refused to answer a question from the media about the outcome of a meeting of the Group of Ministers on ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), a key partner in the ruling Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition, Thursday opposed the government's decision to fix sugarcane price at ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): The Centre on Thursday informed the Lok Sabha that there has been considerable growth of the pharmaceutical industry in the country during the last few years. In ...

Rome, Nov 19 (IANS/AKI) Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has ruled out a general election and said his government was "solid". In a statement which followed days of mounting tension within ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): Farmers from all parts of the country have begun congregating in the national capital in an attempt to stall proceedings in the winter session of parliament in ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): The winter session of parliament has been adjourned till noon today, due to opposition protests over sugarcane prices. Earlier today, farmers from all parts of the country have ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned Thursday -- the opening day of the winter session of parliament -- after paying tribute to former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. ...

New Delhi, Nov.19 (ANI): The Winter Session of Parliament beginning from today is likely to be stormy on a number of issues. The Government intends to introduce as many as 62 new bills ...

Brussels, Nov 19 (DPA) Following tough negotiations, European Union (EU) governments and the European Parliament have agreed on the bloc's budget for 2010. A decision was reached to increase expenditure by six percent ...

Berlin, Nov 19 (IANS) Germany has decided to extend its military mission in Afghanistan for another year. The current mandate will expire Dec 13. Germany has deployed over 4,000 soldiers in Afghanistan, ...

New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna reached Kabul Wednesday, a day ahead of the inauguration of President Hamid Karzai for a second term. India had earlier send its congratulations ...

New Delhi, Nov.18 (ANI): Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources, Pawan Kumar Bansal, said today that the Winter Session of Parliament would commence from Thursday and subject to exigencies of ...

NATIONAL US optimistic about reprocessing pact, completing n-deal - Moved at 1618 Hundreds arrested for protesting against Orissa government - Moved at 1706 One month in captivity, released Andhra engineer tells all - ...

New Delhi, Nov.18 (ANI): The Government is learnt to have cleared the names of C N R Rao, scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister, A.K.Ganguly, former chairman of Hindustan Lever and H ...

Amritsar, Nov 17 (IANS) A senior Sikh religious leader from Haryana was Tuesday held guilty by top Sikh clergy at their meeting at the Akal Takht - the highest temporal seat of ...

New Delhi, Nov 17 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has assured that in the upcoming rail budget, a white paper on organizational, operational and financial position of the railways will ...

Islamabad, Nov.17 (ANI): Coming down hard on opponents for representing the Presidency in bad light, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said the opposition parties were carrying out a 'vilification campaign' against ...

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is keen that young Indians connect with parliament, the "beautiful institution" that has "stood the test of time". "I want to make ...

Berlin, Nov 16 (DPA) German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle called Sunday for preliminary work over the next four years towards laying down a plan to withdraw German troops from Afghanistan. Speaking on ZDF ...

New Delhi, Nov 12 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is meeting leaders of all political parties to ensure a smooth conduct of the winter session of Parliament, which begins from ...

New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar will meet the leaders of various political parties in the Lok Sabha Thursday, ahead of the winter session of parliament next ...

New Delhi, Nov 11 (ANI): The Centre plans to introduce a 'state-of-the-art' legislation during the winter session of Parliament to deal with complaints of corruption against judges and also to ensure accountability ...