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The government's proposed 'white paper' comparing the economic situation before and after 2014 is likely to be introduced in the Lok Sabha today.

It turns out that overall, the economy under both UPA terms (10-year average: 8.1 per cent) outperformed the Modi Govt (average: 7.3 per cent). Even if we look at the average growth rate under UPA II, a period of so-called policy paralysis, it was marginally higher at 7.4% than that under the Modi government.

According to reports, the erstwhile UPA government had in 2013 imposed a fine of Rs 200 crore on the company for environmental damage caused during construction of its port in Mundra in Gujarat and that the present NDA dispensation has waived the penalty.

A belligerent Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP today continued its attack on the Manmohan Singh government by releasing what the party calls a "chargesheet" against the UPA.

The government is set to introduce a bill that facilitates the transfer of the civilian enclaves between India and Bangladesh. The 129th Constitutional Amendment Bill is set to be introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.

BJP's Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitely visit Bodh Gaya blast site

The UPA government is all set to promulgate an ordinance to exempt political parties from the ambit of the Right To Information or RTI Act. The ordinance will make an amendment to the act explicitly excluding political parties from the definition of public authority and will take effect retrospectively from the day of the order of the Chief Informa...

BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley talk about inflation, security and the economic crisis India is facing.

Samajwadi Party sources say the Congress has assured the party that controversial Union minister Beni Prasad Verma - who has been relentless in his public attacks on the SP and its chief Mulayam Yadav - will be dropped from the Union cabinet.

Fickle ally Samajwadi Party has put the Manmohan Singh government out of its misery for now, saying late this afternoon that it is not withdrawing the external support it provides.

Hours after the Prime Minister admitted that Mulayam Singh Yadav could withdraw support to the UPA government, his Finance Minister was in Lucknow, reaching out to the Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh with a promise of more central funds. The BJP called it a "lollipop".

On his way back to India from South Africa last night, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh admitted there was the possibility that Samajawadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav might pull the rug from under the Congress-led UPA government, but also said he was confident his government would complete its full term.

With allies like the Samajwadi Party and the NCP keeping the UPA on the edge, the government seems to be warming up to Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United).

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who quit the ruling coalition last year, has shown support for the government on whatever stand it takes at Geneva, where a resolution on alleged war crimes by Sri Lanka will be put to vote tomorrow.

Congress ministers Kamal Nath, P Chidambaram and Manish Tewari held a press conference today to explain the government's stand on the UN resolution against Sri Lanka and the withdrawal of the DMK from the government.

The government's proposed 'white paper' comparing the economic situation before and after 2014 is likely to be introduced in the Lok Sabha today.

It turns out that overall, the economy under both UPA terms (10-year average: 8.1 per cent) outperformed the Modi Govt (average: 7.3 per cent). Even if we look at the average growth rate under UPA II, a period of so-called policy paralysis, it was marginally higher at 7.4% than that under the Modi government.

According to reports, the erstwhile UPA government had in 2013 imposed a fine of Rs 200 crore on the company for environmental damage caused during construction of its port in Mundra in Gujarat and that the present NDA dispensation has waived the penalty.

A belligerent Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP today continued its attack on the Manmohan Singh government by releasing what the party calls a "chargesheet" against the UPA.

The government is set to introduce a bill that facilitates the transfer of the civilian enclaves between India and Bangladesh. The 129th Constitutional Amendment Bill is set to be introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.

BJP's Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitely visit Bodh Gaya blast site

The UPA government is all set to promulgate an ordinance to exempt political parties from the ambit of the Right To Information or RTI Act. The ordinance will make an amendment to the act explicitly excluding political parties from the definition of public authority and will take effect retrospectively from the day of the order of the Chief Informa...

BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley talk about inflation, security and the economic crisis India is facing.

Samajwadi Party sources say the Congress has assured the party that controversial Union minister Beni Prasad Verma - who has been relentless in his public attacks on the SP and its chief Mulayam Yadav - will be dropped from the Union cabinet.

Fickle ally Samajwadi Party has put the Manmohan Singh government out of its misery for now, saying late this afternoon that it is not withdrawing the external support it provides.

Hours after the Prime Minister admitted that Mulayam Singh Yadav could withdraw support to the UPA government, his Finance Minister was in Lucknow, reaching out to the Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh with a promise of more central funds. The BJP called it a "lollipop".

On his way back to India from South Africa last night, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh admitted there was the possibility that Samajawadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav might pull the rug from under the Congress-led UPA government, but also said he was confident his government would complete its full term.

With allies like the Samajwadi Party and the NCP keeping the UPA on the edge, the government seems to be warming up to Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United).

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who quit the ruling coalition last year, has shown support for the government on whatever stand it takes at Geneva, where a resolution on alleged war crimes by Sri Lanka will be put to vote tomorrow.

Congress ministers Kamal Nath, P Chidambaram and Manish Tewari held a press conference today to explain the government's stand on the UN resolution against Sri Lanka and the withdrawal of the DMK from the government.