Rae Bareli-Amethi no more exempt from UP's power-cut

The UPA’s old schemes are unravelling while the new ones are still to take off, says Sunita Moga The United Progressive Alliance government may be getting ready for its fourth and final anniversary bash on May 22, but the mood in the ruling coalition is far from celebratory. Hit by fresh controversies over 2G spectrum allocation and coal-gate scams, the government is further weighed down by the fact that it has no significant achievement to show in its annual report card, except for the ...

London: Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and AICC vice president Rahul Gandhi have been named among top 5 in the world's 100 most influential list of Asians topped by China's new President Xi Jinping. "She is the Chairperson of ...

The opposition on Thursday accused the government of failing to check terror strikes in the country, including on Wednesday attack in Srinagar in which five Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed. "The external affairs minister treats Pakistani prime minister to a sumptuous lunch when he comes to Ajmer Sharif and just four days later, this terror attack happens. ... We should unite and challenge Pakistan," leader of opposition Sushma Swaraj said in the Lok Sabha during the Zero ...

Though the Samajwadi Party chief did not give any specific reasons for staying away, he had spoken out strongly against China during the recent border row, reports Sheela Bhatt. Mulayam Singh Yadav, an important political leader whose Samajwadi Party  supports the United Progressive Alliance government from the outside refused to join dinner hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at 7, Race Course Road, on Sunday evening in honour of the visiting Chinese premier Li Keqiang.   ...

With an eye on the general election, the government on Monday unveiled a series of audio-visual clips, as a part of its multi media campaign to highlight its achievements and showcase the impact of the United Progressive Alliance’s policies in the last nine years. Information and Broadcasting minister Manish Tewari, in whose presence the presentation was made, said the multimedia initiative was different from the 'India Shining' campaign of the National Democratic Alliance in ...

New Delhi : India is a nation where women had been frontrunners with men whether it be politics, social service, arts or any other sphere. Indira Gandhi had been the dominant figure in Indian politics for 18 long years. Annie Besant, Sarojini Naidu, Sushila ...