Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Murli Manohar Joshi on Friday accused textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran of having played a vital role in starting the 2G spectrum scam.

Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Murli Manohar Joshi on Friday accused Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran of having played a vital role in starting the 2G spectrum scam.

"Mr. Maran started a b

BJP on Friday raked up the Ram temple issue and invoked former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as part of its strategy to make a comeback in Uttar Pradesh with party chief Nitin Gadkari ruling out having truck with any party for next year’s Assembly polls.

The state unit of the BJP, which is hosting the party’s national executive beginning here Thursday, is facing a piquant situation.

The Samajwadi Party, poised to challenge the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party in the coming Assembly elections, is now facing the threat of internal sabotage from its own party cadres.

In an obvious effort to build bridges with farmers in UP, UP chief minister Mayawati will hold a kisan panchayat on Thursday in which she is expected to hear their grievances. The CM is also expected to announce some sops for farmers at the panchayat.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Thursday announced a new land acquisition policy that would take farmers' views into consideration and trained the guns on the central government, saying it ha

Under pressure over farmers’ agitation, the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday announced a new land acquisition policy under which its role in acquiring land for private developers would only be that of a facilitator.

BJP on Thursday dismissed textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran’s explanation on pay-offs to family — owned Sun TV Network and alleged that it was a simple case of “bribery and quid pro quo” as he gave licenses and alloted spectrum to Aircel in 2007 at 2001 rates.

BJP on Thursday came out in support of Baba Ramdev’s campaign against black money and said the Centre’s “reluctance” to release the names of those persons whose unaccounted wealth is stashed in foreign banks is due to “apprehension of loss of face for it”.