With the arrest of BJP MLA Suresh Rana for making “hate speeches” which led to the Muzaffarnagar riots, the saffron outfit is now expected to make a strong pitch to consolidate the Jat and Hindu votebank by playing its tried and tested Hindutva card.

Trinamul Congress leader Mukul Roy took charge on Tuesday as railway minister, replacing party colleague Dinesh Trivedi, on a day when 15 people were killed and three others seriously injured as the Mathura-Kasganj Express rammed into an overcrowded jeep at an unmanned railway crossing near Hathras, Uttar Pradesh.

The new railway minister, Mr Mukul Roy, who had preferred to attend a Mamata rally, rather than visiting a train accident site at Guwahati during his tenure as minister of state for railways on July 11 last year, blamed the van driver for accident.

Trinamul Congress leader Mukul Roy took charge on Tuesday as railway minister, replacing party colleague Dinesh Trivedi, on a day when 15 people were killed and three others seriously injured as the M

As suspense continues over naming Uttar Pradesh’s new chief minister, sources said Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s son Akhilesh Yadav, credited with scripting the SP’s biggest-ever victory, is likely to be named CM.

As suspense continues over naming the Uttar Pradesh chief minister, sources disclosed to Deccan Chronicle that Akhilesh Yadav, son of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, who is being credited f

In what is being seen as a major embarrassment for the government, minister of state for railways Mukul Roy has virtually ignored a directive by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is also currently handling the railway portfolio, to rush to the site of the Guwahati-Puri Express derailment in Assam. Indications are that Mr Roy, who is now in