New Delhi: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday said that his party did not believe that the Congress-led central government has interfered with the CBI report on the coal block allocation scam.

Asked if his party believed that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government manipulated the CBI report on coal block allocation, Mulayam Singh said, "We do not believe so, but we believe that the government should give an explanation."

Talking to reporters at Parliament House, the SP chief also said that the coal block allocation scam was not the most important issue...

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and removal of Law Minister Ashwini Kumar in view of a "series of scams" and the way the government "sought to suppress the truth".

"Today (Tuesday), the BJP parliamentary party has decided that the prime minister should resign and law minister should be removed in the light of the...

Bangalore: BJP leader LK Advani had taken money from erstwhile Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa to allow him to remain in office after corruption scandals involving him surfaced, Yeddyurappa's Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) alleged on Monday. The BJP rubbished the allegations.

"I have documents and will release them at the appropriate time," V. Dhananjaya Kumar, a former Bharatiya Janata...

Thiruvananthapuram: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's proposed visit here has already kicked up a row in Kerala, but it could become more "colourful" as he may meet a cardinal of the Catholic Church while here.

There are reports that Modi might meet 53-year-old Rev. Moran Mar Baselios Cleemis Catholicos, head of the capital-city headquartered Syro Malankara Catholic Church, in the state...

New Delhi: BJP on Monday alleging JPC of "massive cover up" in 2G spectrum allocation sought adjournment of question hour in both houses of parliament to raise the issue of the parliamentary committee (JPC) report on the scandal.

Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Prakash Javadekar on Monday, day one of the second half of parliament's budget session said, "There is a massive cover up of the...

New Delhi: Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Sunday said he still believes that the party's "dual power centre model" - Sonia Gandhi as party chief and Manmohan Singh as prime minister - has created a perception of uncertainty.

"It is always better to have one point at which the buck stops. Here of course Mrs Gandhi has never interfered in the functioning of government, whatever...

Ranebennur (Karnataka): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders LK Advani and Sushma Swaraj on Sunday launched the ruling party's campaign for the May 5 Karnataka assembly with a scathing attack on central government's corruption and promising "zero tolerance" against graft.

Advani addressed public meetings in this north Karnataka town, about 350 km from Bangalore, and in Davangere in the...

New Delhi: Support of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) would be crucial for the Congress-led UPA during the remainder of budget session of parliament as the government's failure to get the finance bill passed will imply its lose of majority and result in early elections, say analysts and political observers.

Keeping that in mind, the government is keen to get key...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday blamed the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in New Delhi for playing "sheer politics" by not yet releasing its share of the funds for the rural job scheme.

Bengal's spending on the 100 days of jobs provided under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) was the country's highest...

Chandigarh: Paying a surprise visit to Punjab, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday expressed his desire to correct the system within the party, saying the problems of grassroots level workers did not reach its top officials due to a communication gap.

Reaching Khanna town in Ludhiana district Friday morning, Gandhi held a closed-door meeting with party leaders and activists. Instead...