Politics

Citing his own example, Gadkari said if an ordinary worker like him can become the party president, other too should keep up the hope.

The government decided to cancel six more coal blocks allocated to private companies and deduct bank guarantees of seven others.

This comes after key NDA ally, the Shiromani Akali Dal broke ranks with the alliance saying it supported FDI in retail.

While the Congress is unwilling to give in to NCP's demand to replace Chavan soon, it may do so in the next six months.

Among the names being considered for the reshuffle are Chiranjeevi, Gurudas Kamat, Shashi Tharoor and Pradeep Bhattacharya.

Joshi was given the additional charge of the Railways on Saturday, a day after TMC leader Mukul Roy quit the post.

Narendra Modi was addressing a gathering in Limbdi town of Surendra Nagar district as part of his 'Swami Vivekanand Yuva Vikas Yatra'.

The next few months will be significant as the UPA plans to introduce bills on pension reforms, land acquisition, direct and indirect taxes.

In an open letter to Anna Hazare, the Rajya Sabha MP asked him to focus only on corruption and assured his full support.

NCP leaders had on Thursday asked the Centre to rethink the 'blanket hike' in diesel prices and the cap on subsidised LPG cylinders.

The surprise meeting was held in Delhi in which former Army chief General VK Singh is believed to have been present.

Eighty-three years old Patel, who quit the BJP recently and formed 'Gujarat Parivartan Party' (GPP), has decided to call it 'Parivartan yatra'.

Mamata Banerjee accused the UPA of distorting facts and spreading misinformation that they had tried to contact her.

Sultan Ahmed said that the Trinamool Congress would single-handedly fight corruption.

Chidambaram had explained that the government needed to go ahead with reforms and cut fiscal deficit to restore confidence of investors.

Sources say that the two leaders agreed that the time had come to reshuffle to Union Ministry to carry forward the reforms momentum.