Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan on Wednesday unwittingly lent his name to Bihar’s latest political wrangling with the Opposition parties accusing the state government of thwarting his show on Tuesday. The government’s frequent inability to control large crowds was behind the Opposition parties’ anger.

Inflation slightly moderated to 9.11 per cent in November, down from 9.73 per cent the previous month, but markets were disappointed, and went into the red zone.

The CBI on Wednesday conducted searches at the residential premises of Congress MLA Malkhan Singh in Jodhpur in connection with its probe related to Bhanwari Devi missing case. According to sources, searches were also

At least 56 persons died while 120 others fell ill after consuming spurious liquor at hooch dens on Tuesday night at Sangrampur village at Mograhat in South 24-Parganas. It is feared the death toll will go up.

Along with Ms Banerjee’s note of dissent on the National Food Security Bill, Planning Commission deputy chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia and agriculture minister Sharad Pawar among others raised the issue of whopping

Anna Hazare on Wednesday reached out to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee to enlist her support.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday urged an all-party delegation from Kerala to create a cordial atmosphere between the state and Tamil Nadu to enable his intervention to resolve the Mullaperiyar dam dispute. Following the meeting with the Prime Minister, the 23-member delegation, led by chief minister

After West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stalled a decision on the National Food Security Bill, the Centre has learnt a lesson: it is likely to approach the Trinamul Congress

“In UP, MNREGA does not work because the elephant here eats up all the money. Normally, elephants eat grass but the magic elephant in UP actually eats currency and this currency belongs to neither the UPA government nor the UP government — it belongs to you,” said Congress MP Rahul Gandhi while addressing a rally in Badaun on Wednesday.

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday rejected the Opposition’s demand that the government reveal the names of those who had stashed illegal wealth abroad, saying this would violate India’s treaties with foreign nations and also “dry up our sources of information”.