Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has acknowledged his teetering coalition could be further undermined by the pullout of another ally, while insisting it will not fall before polls due next year.

Speaking on his way back from a summit in South Africa, Manmohan Singh said he could not rule out the possibility of the Samajwadi Party (SP) quitting the coalition in what would be the third such move in less than six months. Read More

Jyothi Shankaran

    Jyothi’s last role was as Senior Editor with the business news channel Bloomberg TV India. He also worked as News Editor at business-standard.com, the online version of the business newspaper Business Standard. Jyothi is a chemical engineer from the Regional Engineering College, Srinagar.