National Advisory Council member N C Saxena on Thursday termed as "unconstitutional" a key clause in the proposed land acquisition Act which binds private firms buying 100 acre or more to follow the rehabilitation package, as suggested i
BJP MP Tarun Vijay will be questioned in connection with the murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood`s in Bhopal on August 16, police said on Thursday. A Madhya Pradesh police team will soon visit New Delhi in this regard, they said.
Even as food inflation entered into double digits, the prime minister`s Economic Advisory Council on Thursday exuded confidence that the rate of price rise of food items will moderate on account of a good monsoon and bountiful harvest. &qu
Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its orders on the maintainability of the Centre`s plea for recall of its July 4 order appointing an SIT to probe the black money issue. A bench of justices Altamas Kabir and S S Nijjar said it would pass
Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Delhi`s private hospitals, built on subsidised government land, to provide free treatment to the poor, saying they cannot "wriggle out" of their responsibility. A bench of justices R V Raveendran
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare was accorded a hero`s welcome when he arrived at his village Ralegan Siddhi in Maharashtra`s Ahmednagar district with supporters staying awake till late in the night to receive him. After landing in Pun
West Bengal government is mulling amendment of labour laws to prevent strikes on "trivial issues", while also checking unfair labour practises. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had recently sought an end to the `bandh culture` in t
Yoga guru Ramdev and his Haridwar-based trusts have been booked by the Enforcement Directorate in a case of alleged foreign exchange violation, official sources said on Thursday. The Directorate registered the case on the basis of a report
Unfazed by the rejection of his Bill, Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Thursday said he would talk to his Cabinet colleagues to convince them but ruled out any dialogue with BCCI bigwigs. Maken, who is keen to cleanse the system of managing t
An ambitious plan of setting up the Nalanda University on the ruins of the ancient Nalanda, a great seat of learning in Buddhist philosophy and statecraft as perhaps the first residential international educational institution from 5th to 12th cent
Not yet recovered from the tainted Commonwealth Games (CWG), Delhi now plans to host the 2012 South Asian Games, tentatively planned between October and November next year. The Indian Olympic Association, which is headed by senior BJP lead
Giving details of elaborate security arrangements for the eleven day Ganpati festival starting today Mumbai police commissioner, Arup Patnaik has denied any specific threat to the commercial capital. Informing that heightened security measur
Bollywood`s 61-year old veteran actor Om Puri faces privilege notices from a score of ruling and Opposition MPs cutting across party lines in both the Houses of Parliament for the "derogatory and defamatory" remarks casting aspersions on
The Indian government on Tuesday expressed disappointment over the slowdown in the country`s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate and said hard work is needed by all sections, including industry and farmers, to ensure inclusive growth, keeping
The government on Tuesday told Parliament that it does not propose to bring out a white paper on black money. "There is no proposal to publish any white paper on black money," finance minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Raj
The appointment of Lokayukta in Gujarat rocked Parliament on Tuesday, with an agitated BJP terming it as "undemocratic" and demanding recall of Governor Kamla Beniwal accusing her of violating the federal structure. BJP me
Sports minister Ajay Maken on Tuesday said the draft of national sports development bill will be discussed by the Cabinet on Wednesday and if approved it will be introduced in the Parliament in the ongoing monsoon session itself. M
Karnataka high court on Tuesday directed the government to notify Karnataka right to free and compulsory education rules within two months. When the PIL filed by a Bangalore-based teacher Susheela and an NGO came for hearing before chief
Maharashtra Government is working on an insurance scheme for students of higher and technical education courses which will ensure that their studies are not hampered in the event of the death of their guardians. Higher and technic
The Andhra Pradesh high court on Tuesday dismissed the bail petitions of B Ramalinga Raju and seven other accused in the multi-crore Satyam Computer accounting fraud. Justice Samudrala Govindarajulu, who completed the arguments on the b
