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Are we belittling our institutions, asks Digvijaya Singh after Supreme Court's censure of CBI

Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Monday May 13, 2013

Congress General Secretary Digivijaya Singh today questioned the Supreme Court and the Central Administrative Tribunal over remarks, which according to Mr Singh belittle India's institutions.

Karnataka election results: Congress to form govt in Karnataka, BJP loses its only southern state

Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Wednesday May 8, 2013

Karnataka has delivered an unambiguous verdict. The Congress will form the next government and will not need help. The party won 121 seats, which will give it a majority in the 224-seat Assembly.

The 12 heavyweights who fell as Congress crushed BJP in Karnataka

Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 8, 2013

As the Congress juggernaut rolled on in Karnataka, 12 Ministers of the Jagadish Shettar Cabinet, including Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa, fell by the wayside, rubbing salt into the wounds of the vanquished BJP.

Karnataka election results: BJP loses only government in south, aided by Yeddyurappa

Edited by Mala Das | Wednesday May 8, 2013

For the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), it is game over in Karnataka. The party, which broke into the Congress' bastion, forming its first government in the south, has faced an embarrassing loss, failing to garner even half of the 110 seats it won last...

Karnataka election results live: Congress gets majority; BJP routed, JD(S) gains

Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Wednesday May 8, 2013

Karnataka has delivered an unambiguous verdict. The Congress will form the next government and will not need help. The party is leading in 119 seats, which will give it a majority in the 224-seat Assembly.

Karnataka election results live: BJP on its way out, says split hurt the party

Edited by Mala Das | Wednesday May 8, 2013

Karnataka Election Results Live: For the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), it appears to be game over in Karnataka. The party, which broke into the Congress' bastion, forming its first government in the state five years ago, now appears to be struggling ...

Coal scam: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should own up 'responsibility' and step down, says BJP

Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 30, 2013

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today said the "public spat" between the Attorney General and the Additional Solicitor General reinforces its view that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should own up "responsibility" in the coal scam and step down.

Coal-gate: Supreme Court hits out at CBI over sharing of report - Who said what

Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Tuesday April 30, 2013

Coal Scam: The Supreme Court has castigated the CBI sharply today for showing a report on its coal investigation to the government before submitting it to judges last month. The court says their first exercise is to free the CBI from political interf...

Opposition agrees that Finance Bill can be taken up tomorrow in Parliament

Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Monday April 29, 2013

As expected, there was total chaos in both Houses of Parliament this morning, with the Opposition shouting angry slogans against the government and demanding the resignation of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar for trying to influence the CBI's inquiry into...

Coal scam: Opposition wants PM, Law Minister to resign - Who said what

Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Friday April 26, 2013

After the CBI has admitted to the Supreme Court that the report on its coal investigation, submitted to judges last month, was seen in advance by Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, and bureaucrats in the Coal Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office. The La...

2G scam: all-out war for Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC)

Reported by Sunil Prabhu; Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Thursday April 25, 2013

It's war in the joint parliamentary committee or JPC that dissected the telecom or 2G scam. Opposition members have said they have no confidence in Congressman PC Chacko as its chairman and want his removal. The Congress has hit back demanding the re...

2G scam: Committee at war, Samajwadi Party is key for Congress

Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Thursday April 25, 2013

In a new example of an old habit, the Congress is in an awfully tight spot, and needs the Samajwadi Party (SP) for a bailout. The Congress' problem is this: exactly half of a parliamentary committee that examined the telecom or 2G scam has today dema...

Congress asks for removal of three BJP leaders from JPC: Full text of letter to Speaker

NDTV.com | Thursday April 25, 2013

It's war in the joint parliamentary committee or JPC that dissected the telecom or 2G scam. Opposition members have said they have no confidence in Congressman PC Chacko as its chairman and want his removal. The Congress has hit back and given a let...

2G scam: all-out war for joint parliamentary committee

Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Thursday April 25, 2013

It's war in the joint parliamentary committee or JPC that dissected the telecom or 2G scam. Opposition members have said they have no confidence in Congressman PC Chacko as its chairman and want his removal. The Congress has hit back demanding the re...

Nitish Kumar's deputy turns on him as tension with BJP peaks

Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Tuesday April 16, 2013

In Bihar, it has often fallen upon BJP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi to iron out the kinks between his party and Nitish Kumar, who heads the government.