The CBI on Friday virtually gave a clean chit to Tata and Videocon groups in the 2G spectrum scam but said the role of Anil Ambani was being probed as three jailed corporate honchos of his company RADAG have distanced themselves from any wrongdoin
UN-HABITAT has reposed confidence in India`s ability to resolve satisfactorily the ongoing crisis that has emerged from the acquisition of land in the absence of a holistic policy. The global body said the country will have to deal with the multit
India on Thursday said Chinese patrols do "stray" across to the Indian side but downplayed such incidents holding that its boundary with China is one of the "most peaceful and tranquil." "We have a very long
Eighty reports of the law commission, which advises government on complex legal issues, are pending with various union ministries and departments with one of them awaiting a decision for the past 53 years. The commission has so far submitt
With new names being added to the 2G spectrum scam, the CPI(M) on Thursday said the Cabinet will have to take "collective responsibility" on the matter and cannot find fault with only one or two persons. Senior CPI(M) Poli
Prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday made an aerial survey of quake-ravaged areas of Sikkim and announced Rs 1,000 crore as Central assistance to the state. He also met victims of the 6.8 magnitude quake admitted to the STNM Hospital.
Entering the cyberworld with a blog and a twitter account, Anna Hazare on Thursday accused "some government agents" of creating an image that it was due to their "favourite ministers" that he gave up his fast in Delhi`s Ramlila
In the backdrop of controversy over a finance ministry note on the 2G issue, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. Mukherjee`s consultations with Gandhi came a day after his letter to prime m
Andhra Pradesh BJP on Thursday appealed to prime minister Manmohan Singh to convene an all- party meeting to discuss and resolve the issue of separate statehood for Telangana region, which is witnessing a crippling general strike for over two week
The Uttarakhand assembly on Thursday witnessed pandemonium for the third consecutive day with main opposition Congress disrupting the proceedings demanding immediate discussion on the scandals of BJP government and handing over the inquiry into th
Ahead of the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP will be organising two separate `yatras` led by its veteran leaders from October 13 onwards to mobilise voters in the region. BJP national vice president Kalraj Mishra told PTI in P
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday described the latest rise in food inflation toward the double-digit mark as an area of "grave concern". "Food inflation has gone up and it is perilously close to double digits...
Jailed former telecom minister A Raja and 13 others on Thursday told a Delhi court to separately deal with CBI`s fresh plea to invoke additional charge of criminal breach of trust against them to enable them to seek bail in the 2G spectrum allocat
A special court on Thursday convicted all 269 police, forest and revenue department officials accused in the Vachathi case relating to atrocities on tribal people including rape of several women during a search for smuggled sandalwood. The
The Indian publishing industry seems to have woken up to the emergence of the digital publishing business in the country. At a Ficci event on the publishing sector, Dolly Bhasin of SPH Consultancy and e-Services Pvt Ltd said, “Publishing mar
A larger-than-life portrait of Sardar Patel, hung on the front of the staircase leading to the home minister’s office in North Block, is a reminder of the grandeur and awe in which this office was once held. For every home minister, Patel us
Genuinely transformative ideas always have a strong rustic whiff of the earth. Once Tamil Nadu chief minister and Congress stalwart Kumaraswami Kamaraj was stuck at an intersection near the town of Cheranmahadevi in Tirunelveli district waiting fo
Days after Orissa government appointed some BJD leaders as heads of state-run cooperative, the Orissa high court on Thursday restrained a state nominated body from taking charge of Cuttack Urban Bank. Instead, the high court in its interim
Police today prevented Independent MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid from staging a protest outside the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly against the stalling of the resolution seeking clemency for Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. The MLA along wit
The directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption on Thursday carried out raids at the residence of former Tamil Nadu minister T M Anbarasan at Kundrathur near here in connection with a disproportionate assets complaint, police said. Anbara
