The Bhartiya Janata Party on Monday lashed out at Congress President Sonia Gandhi for making all sorts of insinuations against RSS and others through her general secretary Digvijay Singh. It asked her to admit that he is only voicing her viewpoint
The Supreme Court today asked the CBI to explain on what basis it took decision not to oppose the bail plea of of DMK MP Kanimozhi and four others in the trial court in 2G scam. A bench of Justices G S Singhvi and H L Dattu asked the Addit
The Food Ministry today said the consultation process on the crucial National Food Security Bill of the government is almost over and the draft Bill will be presented to Cabinet by November 20. "I propose to finish all the work and br
With the figure of Rs 1.76 lakh crore loss in 2G spectrum allocation being disputed, CAG Vinod Rai and other officials of the government auditor will be asked to appear before the JPC looking into the issue. The Joint Parliamentary Committ
The 2-G controversy rocked Parliament`s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting here today with opposition parties demanding that former DG (Audit) R P Singh be summoned and asked why he differs with CAG on the quantum of loss while Congress membe
The governors of West Bengal, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh championed greater autonomy at the gubernatorial level at a two day Governor’s conference, here on Saturday. Speaking freely on present economic, law and order situation in t
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may have to answer many questions on special favours showered on Rajat Gupta, over the years. Gupta, the 62-year old poster boy of Wall Street success, was arrested in New York on criminal charges of leaking inside co
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may have to answer many questions on special favours showered on Rajat Gupta, over the years. Gupta, the 62-year old poster boy of Wall Street success, was arrested in New York on criminal charges of leaking inside co
Within days of having turned the heat on Uttar Pradesh over its MNREGS scams, union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has now written to Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, advising him to tansfer the authority for implementa
The Congress is desperate to institutionalize political monitoring of the UPA government`s flagship programmes, especially in the opposition-ruled states, but its every attempt comes cropper. Sonia Gandhi urged party workers, in several AI
The Government has tied hands of ministers sitting over the sanction sought by the CBI for prosecuting the senior bureaucrats above the rank of joint secretary at the Centre, through an office memorandum issued by the Department of Personnel and t
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is upset with the lousy drafting of notes submitted by the top bureaucrats in the government for consideration by the Cabinet or the Group of Ministers (GoM) that he got a circular issued that "notes should b
Left Wing extremism in eastern states could be contained substantially after completion of the Vijayawada-Ranchi road corridor, Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik said today. "I have asked the centre for construction of this
Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal did not comply with the income tax (I-T) department notice asking him to pay over Rs nine lakh in dues, saying he was needed more time to decide on the issue as he was given "very little time".
India and Bangladesh will soon ink the crucial Teesta water treaty, said Rajeet Mitter, the Indian high commissioner here who called on president Zillur Rahman on Thursday. "The Teesta water sharing treaty will be signed soon,&
Taking a swipe at Team Anna`s fight against corruption, Congress leader Digvijay Singh today said the civil society members were diverting attention of the people from terror activities perpetrated by saffron outfits. "I have always being say
After a lull for several days, Orissa government on Thursday said Posco-India could easily start its work over 2,000 acres so far acquired to set up its proposed mega steel plant near Paradip. "The state government has so far a
Crime in India has increased by 4.9 per cent. In 2010, a total of 22,24,831 crimes were reported under Indian Penal Code against 21,21,345 cases in the year 2009. Murder cases during the year 2010 (33,335) went up by 3 percent as compared to 2009
Election of former Andhra Congress chief D Srinivas as the member of legislative council against the vacancy caused by former chief minister K Rosaiah`s appointment as Tamil Nadu governor has sent shivers among the Telangana activists that the Con
Bhartiya Janata Party patriarch Lal Krishna Advani has affirmed in his latest blog that he is not trying to repackage himself by undertaking the Jan Chetna Yatra. In the blog written from confines of his Prithviraj Road residence he
