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Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the "disturbing trends" of growing intolerance, communal polarisation, and hate crimes will damage India's polity.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called his party's manifesto or Sankalp patra, a document promising good governance, security and prosperity of the country. BJP chief Amit Shah in his introductory message claimed that India is a "maha-shakti" now. During the period between 2004 and 2014, when UPA was in power, India had "slipped in the eyes of the wor...

The government's move to announce 10 per cent quota for the economically backward in jobs and education, designed to be a game-changer ahead of the national election, was executed with almost military secrecy. The quota proposal was added to the cabinet agenda at the eleventh hour to avoid leaks, say sources.

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday said there may be a Congress President from outside the Nehru-Gandhi family in future, adding that she opted for Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister in 2004 as he was a better candidate for the post than her.

The Narendra Modi government is planning to revive a UPA bill, which sought to put in place a system to probe complaints against judges of the Supreme Court and the high courts, after adding a new clause to assess the performance of members of the higher judiciary.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, has cost thrown up an ad bill of nearly Rs 100 crore, according to information revealed through a Right to Information or RTI application.

The Supreme Court today issued strict new rules for what is permissible as government publicity and advertising, warning that taxpayers' money should not be squandered on political mileage.

The GST - originally mooted by the UPA - will subsume excise, service tax, state Value Added Tax (VAT), entry tax, octroi and other state levies after its implementation from April 1, 2016.

After books by a former media adviser to the Prime Minister and a top bureaucrat, a member of the outgoing Planning Commission has added grist to the mill by saying it was Sonia Gandhi who called the shots on all appointments and policies of UPA governments.

A day before the government's flagship Food Security Bill was debated and passed in the Lok Sabha, three farmers committed suicide in a single district of Andhra Pradesh. The deaths on Sunday mocked the government's newspaper ads plugging its farmer-friendly policies the very same day, with the ironic title "tribute to farmers".

In 2004, when BJP-led National Democratic Alliance was seeking to return to power in the national elections, they launched a campaign called India Shining to woo the voters by showcasing their achievements. Nearly a decade later, the UPA government, led by the Congress, is treading a similar path.

With an eye on the general elections scheduled to be held next year, the UPA government has unveiled a series of audio-visual clips as a part of its multimedia campaign to highlight its achievements and showcase the impact of its policies in the last nine years.

Ashwani Kumar today insisted that his "conscience remains clear," and that he resigned as Law Minister "to put an end to controversy." Addressing the media at his residence, Mr Kumar added that his resignation does not "imply wrongdoing," that "certain political decisions need to be taken," and that he remains a "loyal foot soldier of the (Congress...

Former BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that an influential political leader had approached him, seeking help in pulling down the central government. Mr Gadkari added that he had turned down the request.

Ruling out the possibility of the DMK returning to the Congress-led UPA alliance, party spokesperson and MP TKS Elangovan today said, "there is no window for reconsideration. It has grills." He added, "we are out of the alliance and now there is no coalition dharma."

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the "disturbing trends" of growing intolerance, communal polarisation, and hate crimes will damage India's polity.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called his party's manifesto or Sankalp patra, a document promising good governance, security and prosperity of the country. BJP chief Amit Shah in his introductory message claimed that India is a "maha-shakti" now. During the period between 2004 and 2014, when UPA was in power, India had "slipped in the eyes of the wor...

The government's move to announce 10 per cent quota for the economically backward in jobs and education, designed to be a game-changer ahead of the national election, was executed with almost military secrecy. The quota proposal was added to the cabinet agenda at the eleventh hour to avoid leaks, say sources.

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday said there may be a Congress President from outside the Nehru-Gandhi family in future, adding that she opted for Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister in 2004 as he was a better candidate for the post than her.

The Narendra Modi government is planning to revive a UPA bill, which sought to put in place a system to probe complaints against judges of the Supreme Court and the high courts, after adding a new clause to assess the performance of members of the higher judiciary.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, has cost thrown up an ad bill of nearly Rs 100 crore, according to information revealed through a Right to Information or RTI application.

The Supreme Court today issued strict new rules for what is permissible as government publicity and advertising, warning that taxpayers' money should not be squandered on political mileage.

The GST - originally mooted by the UPA - will subsume excise, service tax, state Value Added Tax (VAT), entry tax, octroi and other state levies after its implementation from April 1, 2016.

After books by a former media adviser to the Prime Minister and a top bureaucrat, a member of the outgoing Planning Commission has added grist to the mill by saying it was Sonia Gandhi who called the shots on all appointments and policies of UPA governments.

A day before the government's flagship Food Security Bill was debated and passed in the Lok Sabha, three farmers committed suicide in a single district of Andhra Pradesh. The deaths on Sunday mocked the government's newspaper ads plugging its farmer-friendly policies the very same day, with the ironic title "tribute to farmers".

In 2004, when BJP-led National Democratic Alliance was seeking to return to power in the national elections, they launched a campaign called India Shining to woo the voters by showcasing their achievements. Nearly a decade later, the UPA government, led by the Congress, is treading a similar path.

With an eye on the general elections scheduled to be held next year, the UPA government has unveiled a series of audio-visual clips as a part of its multimedia campaign to highlight its achievements and showcase the impact of its policies in the last nine years.

Ashwani Kumar today insisted that his "conscience remains clear," and that he resigned as Law Minister "to put an end to controversy." Addressing the media at his residence, Mr Kumar added that his resignation does not "imply wrongdoing," that "certain political decisions need to be taken," and that he remains a "loyal foot soldier of the (Congress...

Former BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that an influential political leader had approached him, seeking help in pulling down the central government. Mr Gadkari added that he had turned down the request.

Ruling out the possibility of the DMK returning to the Congress-led UPA alliance, party spokesperson and MP TKS Elangovan today said, "there is no window for reconsideration. It has grills." He added, "we are out of the alliance and now there is no coalition dharma."