The ambitious free laptop scheme of the Tamil Nadu government, in which 68 lakh laptops are to be distributed to government-aided higher secondary school and college students, is all set to get rolling this week. Under the scheme, a poll p
Tihar Jail authorities on Friday told a Delhi court that Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, who has sought bail on health grounds in the 2008 cash-for-vote case, has been kept in a separate cell under hygienic conditions in the prison. The report
A two-day meeting of Team Anna core committee will begin at his village Ralegan Siddhi on Saturday. "Arvind Kejriwal reached the village this afternoon, while Kiran Bedi and Prashant Bhushan will be reaching tomorrow morning," Ha
Ahead of the assembly elections due in the next few months, speculation is rife in Uttarakhand unit of ruling BJP tonight about a change of guard in the wake of a series of alleged scams facing the government. BJP sources here said chief m
CBI, probing the alleged irregularities in the 2005 APIIC-Emaar Properties land deal, has served notices to over 80 persons, including some politicians, their kin and Telugu filmstars. These persons, whose identity were not revealed by off
Uttar Pradesh Congress on Thursday demanded a CBI probe into the alleged irregularities in mining of sand and stone in the state which it said could prove to be of bigger magnitude than in Karnataka`s Bellary. "Illegal mining of sand
In an attempt to retrieve the anti-graft campaign yielded to Anna Hazare and camp, the Bhartiya Janata Party on Thursday set its 84-year old patriarch Lal Krishna Advani on yet another Yatra to mobilise people against corruption.
The monsoon brings in its wake a primeval expression of joy as the first showers bring welcome rain, followed by sporadic outbreaks of seasonal diseases, mudslides and water-logging, and finally panic as the season reaches its peaks with a deluge
NDA leaders today protested in Parliament premises against the arrest of two former BJP MPs who had acted as "whistleblowers" in the cash-for-vote scam and demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, alleging that he was h
National auditor CAG (comptroller and auditor general of India) on Thursday castigated the Oil Ministry for allowing Reliance industries to retain its entire eastern offshore KG-D6 block in contravention of the Production Sharing Contract, but did
The decision to acquire 111 planes by Air India through debt was "a recipe for disaster" and should have raised alarm in the government, the comptroller and auditor general (CAG) has said. Terming the move for getting of a
With food inflation falling to a single-digit for the week ended August 27, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee expressed hope on Thursday that it would moderate further after the end of the festive season, though high prices of non-food items conti
India and Bangladesh today agreed to remove all barriers and improve infrastructure like road, port and rail links for enhancing bilateral trade. This was agreed after a two-day successful visit by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here
With several places in Orissa already reeling under the impact of floods, 11 districts in the state have been put on alert due to a likely release of 10 lakh cusec of water from the Hirakud dam tomorrow, officials said today. "
Observing that the UPA Government`s Land Acquisition Bill is "a political response to a political problem", rural development minister Jairam Ramesh today said his party leader Rahul Gandhi was the force behind the speedy introduction of
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight said corruption has become a major national issue and asked all political parties to work together to help overcome the problem. Asked about the mass support for Anna Hazare`s anti-corruption hu
Congress president Sonia Gandhi returned to the capital early this morning from abroad where she underwent surgery a month ago for an undisclosed ailment. "Congress President returned early today and she is fine," party ge
Maharashtra government has decided to set up a separate commissionarate of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at the state level to ensure effective implementation of the ambitious central government project. The
Fending off criticism that the much-awaited Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Bill 2011, cleared by the cabinet on Monday and introduced in parliament on Wednesday, failed to strike a balance between development and displacem
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) was on Wednesday handed over the probe of the bomb blast outside the Delhi high court which has killed nine people and injured nearly 50 people and a special team of 20 members was formed to investigate the
