Congress on Tuesday slammed Narendra Modi for allegedly giving away ecologically sensitive land to a detergent company in Gujarat, accusing BJP's prime ministerial candidate for promoting crony cap

Parakh said coal ministers Shibu Soren and Dasari Narayana Rao had reversed the prime minister's decision on auction of coal blocks

Former Union coal secretary P C Parakh said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was responsible for the coal block allocation scam and the country’s subsequent policy paralysis. He said so at an event here on Monday to release his book, titled Crusader or conspirator – Coalgate and Other Truths.

Even as the curtains were drawn on campaigning for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Haryana slated for April 10 on Tuesday, the residents of five villages whose several hundred acres were acquir

Announcing a special package for mining-affected components, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar stated that he has made a provision of Rs 150 crore to rehabilitate mining affected people and assured t

Pollution in Yamuna or Ganga do not figure in the manifestos of the capital’s three major political parties nor does any focused plan on addressing the crisis of rivers.

Despite having its roots in Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party doesn’t talk about its plans for the extremely polluted Yamuna. With little progress made on the Ganga and Yamuna action plans, the Congress merely aims to “clean rivers on a large scale”. The BJP, meanwhile, continues to pitch its controversial pet project—interlinking of rivers. Environmentalists say little thought has gone into addressing urgent ecological concerns like the state of rivers or their position on dams.

Panaji: Mining belt in North Goa, which was once buzzing with activity, seems impervious to the high-octane election campaign steered by BJP and Congress as people are more concerned about resumpti

‘Can’t Grow By Neglecting Poor Or Business’

New Delhi: Even as a “communal versus secular” battle promises to remain the main motif of the 2014 election, Congress has sought to counter criticism that it presided over a slowing economy by balancing its “welfare” instincts with an outreach to business.