| Govt may rework pricing Ordinance for sugarcane | 20-NOV-09 |
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| The Manmohan Singh government is trying to find a middle path in the impasse over the recent sugarcane pricing Ordinance that created an uproar inside and outside Parliament today. According to top sources in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), the government may rework the Sugarcane (Control) Order to relieve the states' burden and appease a united Opposition that claims to have the power to defeat the Bill in the Upper House. |
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| Sugarcane price issue may sour UPA's winter session | 18-NOV-09 |
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| The six month-old second United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government may suffer a major loss of face in the upcoming winter session of the Parliament as it stands against an united Opposition over the sugarcane pricing ordinance issued last month. |
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| Hooda ministry expanded in Haryana | 07-NOV-09 |
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| The 13-day-old Bhupinder Singh Hooda government in Haryana was today expanded with induction of six Cabinet rank ministers and two Ministers of State. |
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| Bungalow in Lutyen's Delhi may flare up Congress-TMC face off | 02-NOV-09 |
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| Real estate in Lutyen’s Delhi zone has the latest reason for rattle between the Congress and its biggest ally of the second UPA—the Trinamool Congress. According to top Trinamool sources, mercurial Mamata Banerjee is again angry with the Congress—even before the previous contentious issues could subside—over non-allocation of a preferred bunglow for her party office in the capital. Banerjee had zeroed in on bungalow number 14 on Bishamber Dass Marg as the ideal place to house her party office in Delhi. |
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| PM sounds caution on financial reforms | 31-OCT-09 |
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| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the government would like to ‘take forward’ financial sector reforms like insurance and pension, but added caveats that suggested the road ahead was not smooth. |
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| Newsmaker: Andimuthu Raja | 30-OCT-09 |
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| Controversy and the telecom ministry have been closely connected ever since the business was opened to private competition in the mid-nineties. With last week’s raids by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Andimuthu Raja is continuing a tradition. |
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| Left struggles to find allies in many states | 27-OCT-09 |
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| The recent electoral drubbing seems to have forced the Left to search for space in ‘leftover’ electoral politics, as it struggles to find suitable allies in different states for quick-fix poll adjustments. |
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| Importance of Raja for DMK can lead to more tension in UPA | 24-OCT-09 |
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| What is being avidly discussed in the corridors of Sanchar Bhavan, the telecom ministry headquarters, was also the topic for discussion nearly a year earlier among the readers of Dinakaran, a Tamil newspaper. At the time, Dayanidhi Maran, who owns the newspaper, had just been asked to leave the ministry by party chief M Karunanidhi. |
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| Hooda, Chautala's fate to be decided tomorrow | 21-OCT-09 |
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| The fate of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, former Chief Minister Om Parkash Chautala and 1,220 other candidates, including 41 women, will be known tomorrow when the counting of votes is taken up amid tight security for the 90-member state assembly. |
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| Focussed on the big picture | 19-OCT-09 |
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| Winning in the markets requires that you take tough calls and stick with it despite the volatile conditions, believes Harsha Upadhyaya. |
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