President Pratibha Patil has rejected the clemency petitions of three killers of Rajiv Gandhi whose death sentences were confirmed by the Supreme Court in 2000. The apex court had sentenced members of the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has "misled" the nation on issue of clean waiver for import of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) technology, CPI(M) charged in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. The latest decision of the Nuclear Suppliers
After UP, the Punjab government has also imposed a ban on the release of Prakash Jha`s controversial Hindi film ‘Aarakshan’ (Reservation) in the state following apprehensions that some scenes and dialogues may trigger trouble.
Alleging that the Andhra Pradesh government has failed to create a congenial atmosphere for talks on the strike notice served by them, the Telangana employees on Thursday refused to accept the invitation for dialogue. The government has no
Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and several other leaders of the amalgam were placed under house arrest ahead of a rally in old city on the third death anniversary of a slain separatist leader. Peoples League chairman Mukhtar Ahmad W
Food inflation surged to a four- and-half month high of 9.90 per cent during the week ended July 30 on the back of costlier onions, fruits, vegetables and protein-based items. Food inflation, as measured by Wholesale Price Index (WPI), sto
The D V Sadananda Gowda ministry in Karnataka will be expanded today with the induction of five more ministers, keeping out the mining magnates Reddy brothers and their close associate B Sreeramulu. According to sources in the chief minist
Heritage activists in Goa have alleged that the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) was spreading misinformation about a 16th century monument belonging to the erstwhile Kadamba dynasty in Old Goa, the state`s former capital. A grou
The supreme court today granted a week`s time to the Tamil Nadu government to submit its view on the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) study, which gave clean chit to Vedanta group firm Sterlite on the environmental imp
The state unit of CPI(M) today alleged a benami land deal of about 200 acres in the outskirts of Shimla and demanded a CBI probe into more such deals. The state secretariat members Tikender Singh Panwar, Omkar Shad and Sanjay Chauha
Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda today decided to recommend a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the implementation of Rajiv Gandhi rural electrification programme in Palamau division of the state. The allegations pertaine
The Anna Hazare team today expressed satisfaction over the venue offered to them by police for holding the indefinite fast against Lokpal Bill even as they denied any going back on their stand on the legislation. The core committee
Leader of opposition in lok sabha Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday called for the ouster of union home minister P Chidambaram over the police lathicharge of BJP protestors in the national capital on Tuesday. Answering reporters questions on if
President Prathibha Patil sought a detailed briefing from the government on the file it sent on union cabinet committee on political affairs (CCPA) on Tuesday that gave a go-ahead for the deletion of Clause ‘F’ of Para 14 o
Food rights activists have pointed out major flaws in the government`s draft of the national food security bill, especially with regards to the policy provisions for children. A letter from the activists is reproduced below: The W
Over three years have elapsed since the start of the construction of the 41-km-long Berhampur-Taptapani road in Orissa`s Ganjam district, but only ten percent of it has been completed so far. The road work, undertaken as part of the World
New Karnataka chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday ruled out creation of a deputy chief minister`s post and re-induction of controversial Reddy brothers in the cabinet. On his first visit to Delhi after assuming office, Gowda sa
The delivery of the first consignment of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Air India has been further delayed by two months. Earlier, the planes were to arrive in India by October, but now their delivery has been extended to December. Air India
Reliance Telecom Ltd, one of the accused firms in the 2G case, on Wednesday told a Delhi court that it did not hold substantial equity in Swan Telecom at the time of grant of spectrum licences. "No criminal case is made out against Re
The home ministry is likely to submit its Action Taken Report on the findings of Shunglu Committee that probed alleged irregularities in execution of Commonwealth Games projects to the prime minister`s office next week. Official sources sa
