India
ANDHRA MAY BE PUT UNDER CENTRAL RULE
NEW DELHI (TIP): Andhra Pradesh is likely to be put under President’s rule amid indications that a decision to this effect may be taken in the next couple of days. The state has been without […]
India
India
Interim Budget 2014: Cars, consumer durables to be cheaper
NEW DELHI (TIP): Financial markets went in for the interim budget with little expectation, and rightly so, as finance minister P. Chidambaram was not expected to tinker with the existing tax laws. But he still […]
Business & Economics
Political insult administered by US to Narendra Modi shouldn’t be overlooked
US diplomacy is a cynical mixture of principle and expediency. The world’s foremost power needs to project internationally that its policies are based on certain high principles so that its global hegemony is not seen […]
India
Creation of Telangana Celebrated
It has been a long and painful struggle for the votaries of Telangana who finally succeeded in getting the Parliament of India to create a separate state of Telangana, despite all opposition from many quarters, […]
India
Supreme Court halts release of Rajiv Gandhi’s killers
NEW DELHI (TIP): Rajiv Gandhi’s killers cannot immediately walk free, the Supreme Court on Feb 20 told the Tamil Nadu government, acting on the Centre’s petition seeking a stay on chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s decision […]
India
A Report Card of 49 day Kejriwal government
In the seven weeks since its stunning victory in the assembly polls, the Kejriwal government has come in for heavy criticism over a series of stand-offs with the authorities — including its law minister’s ‘vigilante’ […]
India
Ending boycott, US envoy Nancy Powell meets Narendra Modi
GANDHINAGAR (TIP): The United States ended a decade-long boycott on February 13 of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi over deadly religious riots as a top diplomat held talks with the man who could be the […]
India
Congress lowest: Times Now poll
NEW DELHI (TIP): The BJP could reach its highest tally ever and the Congress its lowest point, giving the NDA the best chance of forming the government after the Lok Sabha polls, though well short […]
India
MAMATA AND ANNA TO CAMPAIGN TOGETHER FOR LOK SABHA ELECTIONS
KOLKATA/PUNE (TIP): Mamata Banerjee’s ambition to play a key role in the national politics is taking shape after plans of sharing the dias with Anna Hazare in a joint campaign for the forthcoming Lok Sabha […]
India
Parliament erupts in chaos, pepper spray used as MPs shame India
NEW DELHI (TIP): Parliament erupted in chaos on February 13 over a bill to create Telangana, with angry MPs coming to blows, pulling out a microphone and pepper spraying the chamber. Waving banners and shouting […]
India
WEAPONS OF HOUSE DISRUPTIONS
NEW DELHI (TIP): The difference between the street and Parliament blurred on February 13 as pepper spray, shards of broken glass, uprooted microphones and brawls turned Lok Sabha into a battlefield between supporters and rivals […]
India
MAHARASHTRA CM AGREES TO SHUT 22 TOLL PLAZAS, RAJ THACKERAY KEEPS UP THREAT
MUMBAI (TIP): MNS chief Raj Thackeray on February 13 wangled a promise from CM Prithviraj Chavan to shut down 22 toll plazas immediately and unveil a new policy before the poll model code of conduct […]
India
Ending boycott, US envoy Nancy Powell meets Narendra Modi
GANDHINAGAR (TIP): The United States ended a decade-long boycott on February 13 of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi over deadly religious riots as a top diplomat held talks with the man who could be the […]
India
KEJRIWAL ORDERS FIR AGAINST RIL, MOILY, DEORA
NEW DELHI (TIP): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ordered registration of an FIR against Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani, Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily, former minister Murli Deora and former director general of Hydrocarbons […]
India
EIGHT SECRET AKALI-CENTRE MEETINGS BEFORE BLUESTAR
CHANDIGARH (TIP): “I received a call from Chief Commissioner Krishna Banerji asking me to see him immediately. As soon as I entered his room, he signalled all those already present there to leave immediately. He […]
India
Kejriwal threatens to quit
NEW DELHI (TIP): After witnessing disruptions on the first day of the special assembly session, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said he will resign if the BJP and the Congress stalls the tabling and the […]
India
GOM SUGGESTS UT STATUS FOR HYDERABAD
HYDERABAD (TIP): In a major concession to the Seemandhra lobby aimed at minimizing the opposition to the passage of the AP Reorganization Bill, 2013, the Group of Ministers that met here on February 6 recommended […]
India
RTI hero Arvind Kejriwal won’t share information
NEW DELHI (TIP): Arvind Kejriwal may have been a champion of the Right to Information Act but his government seems bent on stonewalling requests for information on several key decisions taken by it. It’s been […]
India
DECLASSIFY BLUESTAR DOCUMENTS, DEMAND AKALIS
New Delhi (TIP): In the wake of steaming debate on UK’s advisory role in Operation Bluestar, the Akalis on February 6 upped the ante against the government demanding immediate declassification of correspondence between the Indian […]
India
J&K HEALTH MINISTER CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT
SRINAGAR (TIP): Jammu & Kashmir minister of state for health department Shabir Khan has been charged for sexually assaulting a lady doctor inside the civil secretariat in Srinagar. The alleged assault took place on January […]
India
Sibal’s son moves SC against Kejriwal
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday will hear a petition by telecom minister Kapil Sibal’s son challenging a Delhi High Court order asking the trial court to consider applications by Delhi chief minister Arvind […]
India
’84 riots: Delhi Cabinet’s go-ahead for SIT probe
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Delhi Government on February 6 gave its nod to a proposal to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to look into the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The SIT will re-investigate the […]
India
Angry middle-aged men form 88% of AAP ticket-seekers
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) appears to attract educated middle-aged men if snap trends are anything to go by. In a mirror of its top leadership, the average AAP ticket aspirant is […]
India
Anna Hazare may back Mamata as PM
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a new partnership, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee might be endorsed by anticorruption crusader Anna Hazare as a likely prime ministerial candidate or leader of a non-Congress, non-BJP front. Hazare’s move […]
India
Stormy start to parliament’s last session before election
NEW DELHI (TIP): Congress party hopes of pushing through new laws to tackle corruption stalled on February 5 when the parliament’s last session before a general election was adjourned amid rowdy scenes over the proposed […]