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After nine years in power, the United Progressive Alliance faces the question of credibility, says Aditi Phadnis Around August 15, 2012, a proposal emanating from the Prime Minister's Office caused consternation among half a dozen secretaries to the Government of India who were asked for comments on it.The suggestion was that from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would announce a scheme for free cell phones to all Below Poverty Line citizens. If mobile phone ...

A countrywide survey conducted by ABP News and Nielsen spells doom for the ruling Congress-led United Progressive Alliance. If Lok Sabha polls were held right now, says the survey, the UPA will win only 136 of the 543 seats in the Lower House. The coalition had won 262 seats in the general election held in 2009. The Congress party alone had won 209 seats. Click on NEXT for ...

What didn't shine for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in 2004 may still help construct a third United Progressive Alliance (UPA) victory in 2014. That's what the ruling Congress-led coalition believes anyway.Nine years after the saffron ...

If polls were held today, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will get a mere 136 Lok Sabha seats, according to a survey done by ABP News-Nielsen. The main opposition, National Democratic Alliance, is likely to get 206 seats, while ...

The developments relating to the issue of licences for coal mining during the United Progressive Alliance regime's first term have trained the spotlight on the weaknesses and inadequacies of the process that was followed. Almost seven years after ...

Amar, Akbar and Anthony are the buzzwords in the latest United Progressive Alliance (UPA) television commercial Sadbhav (good faith), which seeks to showcase communal harmony and unity among people in various parts of the country.The TV spot shows common ...

After the exit of two Union ministers Pawan Kumar Bansal and Ashwani Kumar, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) leadership appears to have turned its focus on purging Congress-ruled states of tainted leaders. In the backdrop of mounting Opposition campaign, ...

The Bharatiya Janata Party charged the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government on Friday of shielding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his alleged role in the coal allocation scam by forcing former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar to quit his post. "Everybody knows why Ashwani Kumar had resigned and made amendments in the CBI report. It was just to protect the prime minister, since he was looking after the coal portfolio at that time," former union minister and BJP national ...

Now, a multi-media catalogue on India's development news.taaza.com: (4 Days ago) New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government Monday came out with a multi-media catalogue of India's development in the last nine years.