Anna meets Sonia; NDA to attend Lokpal meet
Civil society activist Anna Hazare met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and sought her support for the enacting of a strong Lokpal on Saturday, a day before the all-party meet on the draft of the proposed Lokpal Bill.
Telangana Cong MPs, MLAs to resign July 4
The Telangana issue took centre stage again on Friday with several developments and announcements. Ruling Congress MPs, state legislators and ministers from the Telangana region announced finally that they will resign en masse on July 4 in support of their demand for a separate state of Telangana.
HDK levels ‘illegal’ land charge on Yeddy, kin
In an attempt to tarnish the image of top leaders of BJP with the same brush that he has repeatedly used against chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, Janata Dal (S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy on Wednesday accused them of benefiting from unlawful accounts of a cement manufacturing firm allegedly acquired by members of the first family in Karnataka. “I want the reaction of BJP leaders’ on this. From Bangalore to Hyderabad to Delhi to Nagpur, every
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Monsoon begins in Kerala 2 days early
The southwest monsoon reached the Kerala coast on Sunday, two days earlier than predicted, marking the beginning of the country’s annual rainy season.
UP farmers' stir spreads to Agra, Mathura, Aligarh
The farmers’ agitation against land acquisition in Uttar Pradesh appears to be developing into a major confrontation between them and the state government as it spread on Sunday to Agra, Mathura and A
Mulayam ‘balm’ to worried Congress
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday delivered a much-needed succour to the Congress by asserting that there is no threat to the UPA government despite the DMK having decided to walk ou