Food inflation declined marginally to 11.81 per cent in the week ended October 29, but the slight moderation in the rate of price rise provided little respite to consumers burdened by high prices of essential kitchen staples like vegetables and pu
BJP leader L K Advani on Friday questioned Congress president Sonia Gandhi`s "silence" on corruption issue and asked what she was doing as UPA`s "most powerful leader" to curb the menace. "Corruption has been an is
Amid controversy over the issue of revocation of AFSPA from parts of Jammu and Kashmir, defence minister A K Antony on Friday said the final decision on it would be taken by the Unified Command Headquarters in the state. "The CCS last
A plea by former telecom minister A Raja that he would not cross-examine prosecution witnesses unless the CBI probe is over in 2G spectrum case, was dismissed on Friday by a Delhi court which began formal trial in the matter. Raja made the
The CBI on Friday filed a status report in the Rajasthan high court in the Bhanwari Devi disappearance case in which former minister Mahipal Maderna is a suspect. The report was filed a day after the agency quizzed Maderna on his alleged l
The supreme court on Friday will examine a batch of public interest litigations (PIL) urging it to restrain the centre from carving out a separate Telangana state and ensure that normal public life was not affected on account of the agitation.
Finally the list of 1978 IAS officers as Secretaries to Government of India - is out. Speculations were ripe that list was pruned twice and the third time-the total number of promotees were reduced from 41 to 37. UPA2 personnel pol
The 2G spectrum scam case on Friday entered a crucial stage with a Delhi court commencing the trial amidst protest by former telecom minister and prime accused A Raja refusing to cross-examine witnesses saying trial cannot start when the probe is
Delhi health minister Dr A K Walia on Wednesday told the members of United Residents Joint Action (URJA), a conglomeration of resident welfare associations (RWAs) protesting power tariff hikes, that it is difficult to bring discoms under the ambi
Two years after the Delhi high court ordered it to make high security registration plates (HSRP) mandatory for all vehicles plying in the national capital, the transport department seems to have arrived. If all goes well, the first dawn of the new
Arvind Kejriwal, social activist and member of Team Anna, has welcomed Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s commitment on Lokpal but added that the passage of the bill will be more assuring than empty words. “We sincerely hope the
The Centre is all set to supply rice at Re 1-a-kg to all below poverty line families under the proposed Food Security Act, according to the Andhra Pradesh chief minister`s office. AP has launched the Re 1-a-kg rice scheme on Novembe
The tussle between the Air India and the erstwhile Indian Airlines (IA) staff is still on. A letter written by pilots union reveals that the impasse between the two also sometimes leads to delay or cancellation of flights. Indian Co
Ghulam Nabi Azad formula envisages a Telangana Regional Development Council which may not be palatable to those agitating for the separate state as they say the experiment of such a council earlier was shortlived. The formula contemplates an econo
The Delhi High Court today sought CBI`s response on the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and four others arrested for their alleged roles in the 2G spectrum allocation case. Issuing notice to the CBI, Justice V K Shali sought the prob
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee met prime minister Manmohan Singh here late tonight and is understood to have briefed him about his talks with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. Mukherjee`s meeting with Singh came within
Striking a positive note ahead of the Indo-Pak prime ministerial meeting, India on Wednesday said the trust deficit with its neighbour was “shrinking” and there was a very positive atmosphere. Talking to reporters on his
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In an apparent jibe at coalition partner NCP, Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has said that some coalition constituents in Delhi and in the state behave as if they "own" their departments. "In Delhi, I ha
Stampedes at temples and other religious places in India have claimed nearly 1,000 lives in the last 10 years in the country. Before today`s stampede at an ashram in Haridwar which claimed 16 lives, there was a huge melee at the fam
