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Power tilt ahead: The NDA's looking at a Rajya Sabha majority

New Delhi, Feb. 29 -- Results declared on Tuesday for 15 seats in the Rajya Sabha representing Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka saw the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) win 10. More stunning ... Read More


Terms of Trade | Will HCES findings change politics in India?

India, Feb. 29 -- When the government publishes the data for the 2022-23 Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES), India will see a big debate on consumption levels, inequality and poverty. The... Read More


'Maintain medicine prices, manufacture medical devices locally'

Dhaka, Feb. 29 -- Health Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen has asked the local medicine companies not to hike the prices of diabetes and heart medicines that so many patients take every day. He made the ca... Read More


Congress struggles against cross votes and rebellion

India, Feb. 29 -- In the year 2000, Debiprasad Ray was the official Congress candidate for the Rajya Sabha when the dominant faction of the West Bengal Congress propped up an independent, Jayanta Bhat... Read More


HT Top Stories: Cong's Himachal battle, rise in rural consumption, drug haul near Gujarat coast, and more.

India, Feb. 29 -- HT brings you a round-up of the most important and interesting stories, so you don't miss your daily dose of news. The Congress on Wednesday scrambled to save its only state governm... Read More


PM Modi announces ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for Dindori road accident deceased; MP CM too announces ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh

Bhopal, Feb. 29 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from the PMNRF (Prime Minister's National Relief Fund) for the deceased's families of the Dindori road a... Read More


Are BJP-BJD alliance rumours another 'false narrative and BJD's propaganda' once cited by Assam CM?

Bhubaneswar, Feb. 29 -- Rumours of a possible BJP-BJD alliance ahead of the upcoming general elections have taken centre stage in Odisha politics. Speculations are rife that an announcement of the Bij... Read More


PM Modi chairs Central Election Committee meeting in Delhi to finalise first list of candidates for Lok Sabha polls

New Delhi, Feb. 29 -- The Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is underway at the party headquarters in the national capital. The meeting, chaired by Pr... Read More


Law Panel May propose simultaneous polls in 2029

New Delhi, Feb. 29 -- The Law Commission is likely to recommend adding a new chapter to the Constitution on 'one nation, one election' and holding the gigantic democratic exercise of simultaneous poll... Read More


NC MPs, others remained silent on abrogation of Art 370, 35A in Parliament: Azad

Jammu Tawi, Feb. 29 -- Highlighting that during his tenure as Leader of Opposition, Chairman Democratic Progressive Azad Party, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said that he was the sole voice raising im... Read More