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 […]
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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
JAYA TO STAND TRIAL IN INCOME TAX CASE
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a major setback to Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, the Supreme Court rejected her appeal against prosecution by the Income Tax department for not having filed tax returns between 1991 […]
India
11 MPs willing to lobby for oil major for money
A Cobrapost investigation exposes 11 MPs who were willing to write letters of recommendation to promote a fictitious oil exploration company for money NEW DELHI (TIP): An investigative website, in an expose, has revealed names […]
Europe
Ex-LTTE men lay down arms to join poll battle
JAFFNA (TIP): Ananthi Sasitharan, a candidate in the September 21 elections to the Northern Province council in Sri Lanka, is a teacher by profession. She is also the wife of an LTTE militant – one […]
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Landmark Land Acquisition Bill gets LS nod
NEW DELHI (TIP): After Food Security Bill, the pathbreaking Land Acquisition Bill that aims to give a fair deal to farmers for their land for industrial use was passed by the Lok Sabha on August […]
India
12 MPs suspended after ruckus in LS over Telangana
12 MPs suspended after ruckus in LS over Telangana NEW DELHI (TIP): Daily disruptions since Parliament’s monsoon session began on August 5 finally led to the suspension of eight Congress MPs in Lok Sabha – […]
India
Food Bill tabled in Lok Sabha amid objections
NEW DELHI (TIP): The much talked about, ambitious and historical bill to replace the National Food Security Ordinance 2013 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday amid strong objections raised by the AIADMK and […]
United States
Not In The Race For Prime Minister : RAJNATH SINGH
NEW YORK (TIP): The Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh on Saturday, July 20, categorically denied that he is in the race for Prime Minister of India if BJP returns to power at the Center. […]
India
President Pushes For Food, Land Bills
NEW DELHI (TIP): President Pranab Mukherjee kickedoff the budget session of Parliament with a long list ofachievements of UPA-2 and reiterated its commitment tofood security and land acquisition, giving the first glimpseof the Congress’s 2014 […]
India
Kejriwal’s Party To Launch Its Own News Channel
Channel will fight for the rights of common man NEW DELHI (TIP): Social activist Arvind Kejriwal’sAam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced its decision tolaunch its own news channel to focus on common issuesand propagate the […]
India
How can lawbreakers make anti-rape laws: Verma panel
NEW DELHI (TIP): How can a Parliament comprising persons with criminal record pass an effective criminal law amendment reform? The Justice JS Verma committee has asked the government this vital question in its report on […]
India
Two MPs, 6 Legislators Face Rape Charges: Reports
NEW DELHI (TIP): Two sitting MPsand six sitting legislators in differentstates were fielded by their partiesdespite cases of crimes againstwomen pending against them, a thinktank said on Thursday, four days aftera 23-year-old medical student wasgangraped […]
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Parliament disrupted for 13th day on coal issue
NEW DELHI (TIP): Parliament was disrupted even on the last day of the Monsoon Session on September 7 with BJP members insisting on their demand for resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the issue […]
India
Seven parties protest disruption, want coal allocations probed
NEW DELHI (TIP): Upset with the BJP’s repeated disruption of Parliament over coal blocks issue, seven political parties on Aug 30 came together in protest against the BJP and also decided to press for a […]