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A Congress-plus opposition spaceBe it the Delhi Ordinance or boycott of the inauguration of the new Parliament building, the noise around regional parties forming a united...
Jharkhand crisis: UPA shifting MLAs to Chhattisgarh to prevent ‘BJP's poaching bid'Following a petition by the BJP seeking Soren's disqualification from the Assembly in an office of profit case, the Election Commission has...
No party will get majority, Congress will forge an alliance for 'UPA plus plus' government: Jyotiraditya ScindiaIt goes without saying that no single party, be it the BJP or the Congress or any other party, is going to get an absolute majority, Scindi...
Why a coalition of CMs mirrors a federal stateWith 20 ruling alliance CMs, clearly the opposition feels squeezed and there are moves afoot to create a loose chief ministers’ front.
BJP-Sena break up: Numbers the only article of faith in coalition politicsThe fate-line of Suresh Prabhu, the new Railway Minister, is a test-case on how dynamics of coalition politics work or change.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha opposes fuel price hike"I request the Honourable Prime Minister to intervene and withdraw the increase in prices of petrol and diesel," she added.
Faced pressure from UPA allies: Ex-solicitor generalHe said, "The pressure was always there in some matters. It was there in a matter related to Shibu Soren."
UPA-2 also had a plan for downsizing governmentVeerappa Moily had presented a report in May 2009 outlining a blueprint for reorganisation of ministries and recommending bringing down the...
Optimism about rupee grows, Barclays cuts one-month forecast to 59 vs US dollarHowever, a weak coalition and an unfavourable election outcome may just put brakes on the rally seen in the markets and the rupee.
Can't say whether crisis averted: Omar Abdullah on NC-Congress tussle"I cannot say whether the crisis has been averted," Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said about tussle with Congress.
ET poll for 2014 election: NDA is best alliance to run India, say respondentsET survey shows nearly half of the respondents in the survey named the NDA as the best alliance to run the country.
Government mulls partial rollback of diesel price hike: SourceGovt is considering a partial rollback of a hike in diesel prices announced last week as part of a slew of "big bang" reforms that have plu...
Panel may delay economic reforms, fears Congress sectionA section of Cong fears that the party's decision to buy peace with the NCP may have come at the cost of further delaying the govt's plan t...
Congress NCP spat: Sulking NCP hands in list of grievances; threatens to pull out of governmentThe NCP has asked the Congress to stop targeting its ministers in the Maharahtra government and to consult allies on key appointments.
Red lines not obvious in UPA-II unlike UPA-I: P ChidambaramUPA II faced "red lines" that are not obvious unlike UPA-I but the government learnt to adjust and get the allies on board, P Chidambaram s...
- Pranab Mukherjee comfortably placed in Presidential race
It is now just a matter of gathering around 25K votes for Pranab to sail home safely in polls with SP, BSP jumping onto 'support Pranab da'...
Assembly Elections 2012: Poll debacle can constrain Congress in Presidential choiceCongress' poor show in the just-concluded Assembly polls in five states has raised questions over its ability to get a candidate of its cho...
- NCP's youth wing attacks Prime Minister & Congress for governance deficit
The Opposition's charge of governance deficit at the Centre has now got an endorsement from within the UPA.
- Cong move signals tough posture against allies
Raja’s resignation over the controversy over 2G spectrum is a break from UPA’s past when Congress dumped its own men like Shashi Tharoor bu...
- UPA II's new coalition muscle
The reflexes of Congress high command and the PM vis-a-vis the demands of coalition management show the two have decided to lead from the f...