With flood waters of Mahanadi river system slowly receding in the delta region, Orissa government on Monday accelerated relief work in the affected areas with focus on health care, sanitation and supply of safe drinking water. As discharge
A high-level committee has been constituted to suggest amendments to the Karnataka Lokayukta Act and make it more strong, Lokayukta justice Shivaraj Patil said on Monday. "When compared to other states in the country, the Karnataka Lo
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday appealed to the public to actively participate in the indefinite strike by "all sections of people" in support of separate Telangana which is scheduled to begin from
A special CBI court in Hyderabad on Tuesday rejected the bail petitions of former Karnataka minister and mining baron Janardhan Reddy and his brother-in-law B Srinivas Reddy in the illegal mining case. The court sent the two in CBI custody
The supreme court on Tuesday sought responses from DMRC, Delhi government and the centre on a plea for providing sufficient basic amenities like potable water, toilet and seating facility at all metro railway platforms in the national capital and
HRD ministry is "actively" considering bringing an ordinance to ensure timely award of degrees to students of IIIT D&M Kancheepuram whose career hangs in balance after a bill concerning the institute could not be passed in the rajya
Charging the government with misleading the people on the issue of dealing with corruption in higher judiciary through the Judges Bill, Team Anna today reverted back to its original demand of brining the judiciary under the ambit of Lokpal.
The defence ministry has given approval for disinvestment of 10 per cent of its stake in the country`s only aerospace company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in the next five years. In a defence acquisition council (DAC) meeting held last we
Corporate affairs minister Veerappa Moily on Monday said the union cabinet will take up the New Companies Bill for approval within the next fortnight and expressed hope that it will be passed by parliament before the end of this year. &quo
Tata Motors on Monday told the Calcutta high court that the West Bengal government had "violated" the lease agreement for the land at Singur and "unconstitutionally" taken it over by framing an act. Senior counsel S Pal
The Rajasthan government is planning to enact a bill to bring more transparency in tender process, chief minister Ashok Gehlot said on Monday. The move was aimed to bring more transparency in the tender process, Gehlot said at a public fun
Considering the impact that the blast outside Delhi high court had due to the crowd there, the Bombay high court is mulling the idea of having its proceedings telecast outside, in a waiting room, to reduce the footfalls inside. The high co
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday demanded that the Centre review the Ganga water sharing treaty with Bangladesh as "gross injustice" has been meted to Bihar in the treaty. "Though it is an international issue, but
Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly speaker has admitted a resolution seeking amnesty for Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. "Of the 39 resolutions received, the speaker has admitted 35 including that of independent MLA Abdul Ra
Who will look after the responsibilities of the prime minister during Dr Manmohan Singh`s one-week absence from India next week to attend the United Nations General Assembly session in New York? He will be flying out on September 21 and will be ba
At least 19 children have died of Japanese Encephalitis and high fever while 37 others are still undergoing treatment in Gaya town during the past 20 days, officials said. The children who were brought here for treatment are from Gaya, Aur
Hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Monday rejected the Truth and Reconciliation Commission proposed by chief minister Omar Abdullah and demanded a UN-fact finding mission to probe the unmarked graves in Jammu and Kashmi
Young pilots of the Indian Air Force will now hone their flying skills on advance simulators which will train them in dealing with all possible operational requirements including stressful conditions. "We look forward to conserving fl
Jammu and Kashmir Police has shot off letters to Anti-Terrorism Squads of various states urging them not to detain any person from the valley without informing it. A top J&K Police officer has written to ATS teams of various states ask
For the first time in the country, Chennai-based diversified business conglomerate MARG Ltd has ventured into the business of fabrication of railway wagons, bagging a Rs 37.66 crore project from Braithwaite and Company LTD. The project inv
