Govt finds way out of sugarcane impasse

Opposition parties tasted sweet victory on Friday as the government buckled under pressure to amend its sugarcane ordinance. It will bring forward a Bill that will allow states to fix a higher price for sugarcane than that fixed by the Centre without having to own up liability for the price difference.

No CM candidates in Jharkhand campaign

Campaigning for the five-phase Jharkhand elections that begin on November 25 is in full swing, but the two main fronts in the poll fray have not yet named their candidates for the chief minister’s post.

Koda fails to appear before ED in Ranchi

Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who is facing money laundering and corruption charges, on Thursday failed to appear before the enforcement directorate citing his election campaigning in interior areas of the state.

Will disrupt House on Liberhan, says SP

The Samajwadi Party on Thursday threatened to disrupt Parliament proceedings demanding tabling of the Liberhan commission report, alleging the delay was because the findings put the Congress in the dock in the Babri Masjid demolition case.

Ensure 100 days’ sitting of Parliament: CPI(M)

The CPI(M) on Thursday demanded a constitutional amendment to ensure that Parliament sits for at least 100 days a year even if there was no legislative business. This will make the government “accountable to the people”, it argued.

Maharashtra Cabinet passes resolution, to felicitate Tendulkar

Days after the controversy over Sachin Tendulkar’s remarks on Mumbai, the state government has decided to felicitate him for his achievements saying he has brought glory and pride to India and Maharashtra.

Ire over sugar ordinance forces govt into firefighting mode

Senior ministers of the UPA government got into firefighting mode, working behind the scenes on Thursday to approve critical changes in the sugarcane ordinance issued last month. The ordinance has almost led the Centre into a collision course with the states.

Rahul pushed Bundelkhand case, Cabinet to discuss Rs 7,000-crore package

After a year-long intense campaign by Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi that catapulted the backward Bundelkhand region into the national political discourse, the....

Bardhan blames CPI(M) for Left parties’ decline

Top CPI leader A B Bardhan on Wednesday attacked the CPI(M) and put the blame on it for the Left parties’ decline in the elections and said it was time for the Marxists to buck up and reverse the trend.

Karnataka crisis has put BJP to shame, says Sushma Swaraj

Admitting that the recent crisis in Karnataka following dissident activities has put the BJP ‘to shame’, the party on Wednesday appeared to blame chief minister B S Yeddyurappa for the turmoil, saying he needs to communicate better.

Winter session of Parliament starts today, key Bills on cards

Amidst concerns that political parties outside of the Opposition could join hands in Parliament to protest against the Centre’s decision to enact uniform pricing for sugarcane...

NIA team may question actors who met Headley

As Indian and US investigators dug deeper into the David Headley case, some Bollywood stars—who had reportedly interacted with the American terror suspect during his stay here in 2007-2009—are likely to be questioned.

Rana, wife landed in Mumbai from Dubai, returned 5 days before 26/11

Investigators have found evidence to indicate that Tahawwur Rana, arrested along with David Coleman Headley by the FBI for plotting terror attacks on India at the behest of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, and his wife Samraz Akhtar ‘interviewed’....

No public airing of views: Left Front to comrades

In the wake of two members of the coalition demanding advancing of the 2011 Assembly elections following its repeated electoral debacles in West Bengal, the ruling Left Front has issued a gag order on public airing of views by leaders that contradict its policy decisions.

Shettar inducted in Karnataka ministry

Implementing one more condition of the compromise formula reached with the dissident camp, Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa on Tuesday inducted former Assembly Speaker Jagadish Shettar into his 18-month-old ministry.

Government keeps CIC resignation in ‘suspended animation’

In spite of putting in his papers more than a month ago, chief information commissioner Wajahat Habibullah continues in office because there is no provision in the rules of the central information commission for the appointment of a head who can take charge on a temporary basis.

‘Many possible solutions... Delhi-Srinagar pact our goal’

A New Delhi-Srinagar agreement with Pakistan on board is one of the objectives of the ongoing Track-II initiatives between India and Pakistan and the “quiet” dialogue between the Centre and Hurriyat, says Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq after his talks with Pakistan High Commissioner to Indian Shahid Malik on Sunday.

Headley was sweet, charming, no trouble at all, says landlady

David Coleman Headley, the alleged Lashkar-e-Toiba operative held in the US by the FBI for planning terror attacks in India and Denmark, lived in an apartment in south Mumbai’s Breach Candy area with an elderly Sindhi couple who were “charmed” by the pleasant and accommodating behaviour of their paying guest.

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