NC Saxena, a highly influential member of the national advisory council (NAC), has criticised the planning commission for ignoring the issue of hunger in the draft approach paper of the 12th five year plan (2012-17). “If you look, hu
Taking a swipe at prime minister Manmohan Singh yet again, senior BJP leader L K Advani on Friday said he expected the prime minister to have the last word in a democracy but it was not so. Addressing a press conference, Advani said he had
The BJP government in Karnataka on Friday ruled out slashing of cess on petrol following the hike in price and urged the centre to withdraw the price hike. "There is no proposal before the government to reduce cess on petrol. I will w
The enforcement directorate will attach an estimated Rs 50 crore of assets of Pune stud farm owner and alleged tax defaulter Hasan Ali Khan and his Kolkata-based associate Kashinath Tapuriah in a money laundering case. The adjudicating aut
The supreme court on Friday sought response from the centre and the states on a plea seeking fast track court proceedings in criminal cases pending against members of parliament, saying it is "very disturbing" that 162 lawmakers are faci
The first Ultra Mega Power Project of the country at Mundra in Gujarat is facing uncertainty even though the central transmission utility PowerGrid Corporation of India (PGCIL) commissioned the transmission system for evacuation of power on Septem
The skewed sex ratio in several districts of Madhya Pradesh has forced ruling BJP government to launch the `Beti Bachao Abhiyan` (Save the Girl Child campaign) to raise awareness and address this nagging issue which may pose social and demographic
Congress party in Goa has announced its `padyatra` and rally beginning here on the birth anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on November 14 and will culminate on the birthday of its president Sonia Gandhi next month. Subhash Shirodkar,
YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Friday appeared before the CBI after being summoned in connection with the alleged illegal mining and irregularities in allotment of mining leases to Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), owned by former Karna
Special Judge O P Saini, hearing the 2G spectrum scam, has set a sort of record with an unwieldy sentence running into 29 pages in the order he passed on October 22 framing charges against former telecom minister A Raja and 16 others. The
Bhartiya Janata Party patriarch on Friday accused the government of giving time to the black money holders to close down their Swiss bank accounts and transfer funds to some other banks or financial institutions. They have been given stron
Nationalist Congress party chief and agriculture minister Sharad Pawar`s courtesy call on Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday evening fuelled intense speculation even as both the parties insisted that it had nothing to do with politics.
Leaders of emerging giants Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) on Thursday expressed serious concern over fresh instability and volatility in markets and said rapid economic growth in a sustained and balanced manner was the only
Anna Hazare is back in the capital, and fuming. Addressing the media at the Maharastra Sadan along with all his colleagues, he slammed the UPA government and said he would personally campaign against the Congress in the five assembly elections ear
Anna Hazare today broke his `vow of silence` for the past 19 days after paying tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat here. 74-year-old Hazare visited Gandhi`s memorial at around 7 am and broke his `maun vrat`, observed since Oct 16, saying
“The National Innovation Council is to create a $1 billion fund to spur innovation in industrial clusters,” Sam Pitroda, advisor to the prime minister, told the India R&D 2011 event in the capital organised by FICCI and the d
Burdened by increasing tariff hikes in electricity bills, Delhi residents have decided to take things in their own hands. United Residents Joint Action (URJA), a conglomeration of resident welfare associations (RWAs), launched a walkathon on Th
Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday returned over Rs nine lakh dues to settle his resignation from the IRS department. He sent a cheque of Rs 9,27,827 along with a letter to the prime minister Manmohan Singh, insisting that it does not mean any mistake.
The supreme court on Tuesday stayed an ongoing probe by the election commission into the authenticity of former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan`s spendings during the 2009 state assembly polls allegedly involving expenses on "paid new
Mired in controversies, the Prime Minister`s Office (PMO) in India has declined to disclose information related to 2G spectrum allocation issue citing breach of parliamentary privilege. Replying to an RTI query by advocate Vivek Garg, the
