Election Results 2014: Left's performance in Lok Sabha polls sees drastic declineIn a severe jolt, the Left parties were rendered virtually politically irrelevant in the elections to the 16th Lok Sabha winning only 10 se...
17 May, 2014, 06.17 PM IST
West Bengal records 45% polling till 11 am and Bihar 15% till 10 amWB recorded a voter turnout of 45 per cent till 11 AM in six seats and Bihar 15 per cent till 10 AM in seven seats in the eighth phase of L...
07 May, 2014, 01.34 PM IST
Sitting MP's vehicle sticker removed in West MedinipurThe CPI candidate for Medinipur seat and sitting MP Prabodh Panda, was today involved in a verbal spat with Trinamool supporters over using...
07 May, 2014, 12.48 PM IST
Left leaders meet PM, FM, seek CBI probe in chit fund scamLeaders of Left parties today met the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister and sought a CBI probe into the ponzi scam in West Bengal.
09 May, 2013, 12.56 PM IST
- Disclose action taken on complaint against Patel: CIC to CVC
Two Lok Sabha members, Prabodh Panda and Nishikant Dubey had sought a CVC probe into a May, 2005 letter of Arora to B K Chaturvedi.
31 Mar, 2013, 02.08 PM IST
- Children, women join anti-Posco agitation in Odisha
The anti-Posco agitation in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district took a new turn today with children and women joining the stir for the first ti...
14 Jan, 2013, 09.05 PM IST
Former Indian Airlines chief Sunil Arora had complained about Praful Patel, aideFormer Indian Airlines chief Sunil Arora wrote to the then cabinet secretary B K Chaturvedi in May 2005 complaining that he and the IA boar...
18 Aug, 2012, 11.21 AM IST
- India to amend Constitution to enable land exchange with Bangladesh
The Indian enclaves in Bangladesh were spread over 17,149 acres of land, while Bangla enclaves in India were located in 7,110 acres, Panda ...
17 May, 2012, 04.59 PM IST
- Poverty estimates: Opposition stalls Lok Sabha, Mulayam Singh Yadav seeks Montek Singh Ahluwalia's ouster
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has sought the ouster of all Plan panel members, including its deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluw...
22 Mar, 2012, 04.59 AM IST
- Uproar in Lok Sabha over Plan panel's poverty estimates
As soon as the House met, Sharad Yadav and Prabodh Panda were on their feet demanding suspension of Question Hour for a discussion on lates...
21 Mar, 2012, 12.38 PM IST
- Govt defers AcSIR Bill following opposition concerns
Facing strong objection from the opposition in the Lok Sabha, the government today deferred a bill seeking to enable the CSIR to start an A...
24 Mar, 2011, 04.41 PM IST
- Autonomy of regulators won't be diluted: FM
Pranab Mukherjee assured the House that the government will not dilute the autonomy of the regulators and won't be a 'super regulator'.
03 Aug, 2010, 12.54 AM IST
- Why PC Left out Bengal leaders of Naxal-hit areas, asks Acharia
Home minister P Chidambaram’s meeting with a group of MPs belonging to the Naxal-infested districts on Friday has irked the Left because th...
03 May, 2010, 05.05 AM IST
- LS approves merger of State Bank of Saurashtra with SBI
The Lok Sabha on Monday post facto put its seal on merger of the State Bank of Saurashtra (SBS) with State Bank of India (SBI) amid opposit...
14 Dec, 2009, 08.17 PM IST
- FTA concerns will be addressed: PM
Miffed over signing of FTA with Asean, Kerala's farmers reach out to PM.
06 Oct, 2009, 06.11 AM IST
- Tribals get more say over forests at last
The Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill to give triba...
16 Dec, 2006, 02.37 AM IST
- Written By Tagore?
The vocal Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee stunned the Lok Sabha when she mistakenly credited Rabindranath Tagore as the poet who ...
23 Aug, 2006, 01.11 AM IST