Sunday 12 November '06
Soon, the Congress will have what it calls a secular alternative to the RSS-run Saraswati Shishu Mandir. The party is planning its own version of primary schools in the tribal belts of the country to counter the Sangh ideology with Gandhian values.Wednesday 8 November '06
The Election Commission today announced the date for holding by-elections in two Andhra Pradesh parliamentary constituencies...Tuesday
7 November '06The Parliament's Winter Session, which begins on November 22, will witness a break from tradition. Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has decided to do away with the practice of hosting dinner meetings for political parties.Monday
6 November '06In Uttar Pradesh, it’s time to party. As the state begins the countdown to the Assembly elections early next year, political parties are mushrooming all over UP, from Fatehpur to Bulandshahr, from Ghaziabad to Moradabad.Friday
3 November '06Every person who has served as a member of the Provisional Parliament or either House of Parliament for “any period” will now be entitled to a pension of Rs 8,000 per month.Saturday
28 October '06The name of the nearest post office and village may no longer be enough to get into the voters list.Saturday
28 October '06VHP leader Pravin Togadia’s habit of hitting the headlines with his vitriolic comments has landed him before the Privileges Committee of the Rajya Sabha on a motion moved against him in 2000.Tuesday
24 October '06Thousands of posters of Abu Salem, in a kurta and Gandhi cap, conveying Eid greetings, have surfaced in the UP town of Azamgarh as the first sign of the serial blast accused to fight the elections in Uttar Pradesh.Monday
23 October '06Thousands of posters of Abu Salem, in a kurta and Gandhi cap, conveying Eid greetings, have surfaced in the UP town of Azamgarh as the first sign of the serial blast accused to fight the elections in Uttar Pradesh.Sunday
22 October '06Every year, the national film awards are followed by a controversy. But this time there’s already plenty of controversy, the awards are not out and may not even be announced this year.Sunday
22 October '06Every year, the national film awards are followed by a controversy. But this time there’s already plenty of controversy, the awards are not out and may not even be announced this year.Monday
23 October '06Every year, the national film awards are followed by a controversy. But this time there’s already plenty of controversy, the awards are not out and may not even be announced this year.Friday
20 October '06With the Supreme Court today directing the Election Commission to complete panchayats and municipal polls within the stipulated period of five years...Saturday
14 October '06Differences over the Women’s Reservation Bill bailed out the delimitation process at the all-party meet today. With the Left, BJP and the UPA-NDA constituents disagreeing on the 33 per cent women’s quotaSaturday
14 October '06Congress was happy to be set up by UPA constituents and BJP to ensure delimitation doesn’t change muchFriday
13 October '06In sharp contrast to the enthusiasm shown to introduce 27 per cent quota in higher education, at a meeting tomorrow, political partiesMonday
9 October '06Hauled up by the Planning Commission for having no structural mechanism in place for physical monitoring of the MPLAD scheme...Sunday
8 October '06The search for the national headquarters of the Rashtriya Vikas Party will take you to the office of SPIS Limited, a detective agency in Faridabad...Saturday
30 September '06At stake is Rs 3,750 crore for 250 most backward districts, including key VIP constituencies, in 26 states.Thursday
28 September '06With the land acquisition for the Tata Motors Singur project threatening to create a dent in the Left Front’s pro-poor image...Saturday
23 September '06The election Commission has decided to turn on the heat on candidates who filed false affidavits with their nomination papers during the 2004 Lok Sabha elections.Tuesday
19 September '06The new EVMs will have a system of time stamping and real-time slottingTuesday
5 September '06Despite changes in the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, the office-of-profit controversy is not quite over. Because not all posts, held by those against whom disqualification petitions are pending, have been exempted.Thursday
17 August '06The government has more or less given up the idea of bringing the Right to Information Bill that seeks to keep file...Thursday
17 August '06With the President showing no signs of signing the office-of-profit Bill despite a gentle reminder from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the I-Day...
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