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Railway Bribery Case

Pawan Bansal resigns as Railways Minister over bribery charges

Ending days of speculation, Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal resigned from the Union Cabinet on Friday evening. Sixty-four-year-old Bansal was given the marching orders shortly after Congress Pr......read more

UPA in Trouble

Pawan Bansal, Ashwani Kumar's fate to be decided at Cong meet tomorrow

A meeting of the Congress top brass is scheduled for tomorrow evening amid talk that a decision on the removal of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and shifting of beleaguered Law Minister Ashwani K......read more

Karnataka Assembly Polls

Congress MLAs elect Siddaramaiah as next Karnataka chief minister

Siddaramaiah, who led the Congress party's battle against the BJP government's corruption in Karnataka, was today chosen to be the new Chief Minister in a hotly-contested race, edging out party vetera......read more

PM to seek re-nomination to Rajya Sabha from Assam

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, whose current term in the Rajya Sabha comes to an end on June 14, will once again seek nomination from Assam, Congress party sources here said. Singh has been representi......read more

Coal Scam

Coal Scam Report: Cong to take call on Ashwani Kumar at meeting today

While the Congress is yet to take a decision on Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, under fire for vetting the CBI’s status report on the coal block allocations row, the party’s strategists are interpreting W......read more

Railway Bribery Case

What explains Mamata Banerjee's pregnant silence in railway scandal

As the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) zeroes in on appointments made during the tenure of the Trinamool Congress in the Railway Ministry to understand the process of top level appointments, pol......read more

Karnataka Assembly Elections

Karnataka Assembly elections: Cong MLAs to pick CM, Kharge, Siddaramaiah in lead

Congress has set the ball rolling for picking its chief minister in Karnataka by convening a meeting of its newly-elected MLAs here tomorrow with senior leaders Mallikarjuna Kharge and Siddaramaiah be......read more

Rahul Gandhi gives humility message to MLAs

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday asked Haryana MLAs to shun 5-star culture and not take the party for granted. Rahul, who was in Panchkula on a day-long tour to interact with distric......read more

Karnataka: Choice of CM narrows down

Leader of the Opposition in the outgoing Karnataka assembly Siddaramaiah and union minister Mallikarjun Kharge remained front-runners in the race for the chief minister’s chair after state party chief......read more

Firm headed by 'bribe arranger' was eyeing key railway project

CBI investigators piecing together the money trail in the alleged railway bribery scam believe that Narayan Rao Manjunath, the managing director of the Bangalore-based G G Tronics India Pvt Ltd, was t......read more

Karnataka Assembly Polls

BJP sees red over Shiv Sena's 'happiness' over Karnataka defeat

The BJP today expressed surprise over Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray expressing his happiness over the Jagadish Shettar-led government's defeat in Karnataka Assembly elections. Related: BJP loss de......read more

Coal Scam Report

Ashwani Kumar denies meeting Manmohan Singh over CBI's coal scam report

Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, who is under attack over vetting of CBI probe report on coal blocks allocation scam, today went to the Prime Minister's Office, triggering speculation that he met Manmohan ......read more

Karnataka Cabinet

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah inducts 28 ministers, keeps tainted away

Largely keeping away "tainted" MLAs, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today expanded his ministry with the induction of 28 ministers. But the exercise -- five days after he was sworn-in alone --......read more

Political unifier: After Gadkari, Cong MLA Renu Jogi undergoes weight reduction surgery

Weight loss surgery, it seems, can be a political unifier. Former BJP president Nitin Gadkari had undergone a much-publicised operation to reduce his weight some time back. Now it is the turn of Renu ......read more