Three union sports ministers, who held charge since 2004, had repeatedly warned prime minister Manmohan Singh against the structure and working of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee and its chief Suresh Kalmadi, letters accessed by an RTI act
The supreme court today gave its nod for criminal prosecution of Indian National Lok Dal leaders Ajay and Abhay Chautala in a disproportionate assets case. A division bench of V S Sirpurkar and T S Thakur dismissed their plea of qua
To ensure transparency in administration, a 24-hour live webcasting facility from the official chamber of Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at the state secretariat, was inaugurated today. Chandy also inaugurated a toll-free number that
Principals of many Delhi university colleges have voiced their apprehension about increasing the cut-off relaxation granted to other backwartd castes (OBC) candidates seeking admission - a move that the central government has been pushing for.
After work for construction of the boundary walls and rehabilitation colonies for the Posco project was stalled for the last six days, the Orissa government today accepted the demands of the agitators paving the way for resumption of work.
Delhi public works department (PWD) minister Rajkumar Chauhan was not the only one who tried to influence Jalaj Shrivastava, former commissioner (Trade &Taxes) under whose supervision the department of trade and taxes conducted raids at Tivoli
Prime minister Manmohan Singh asked union commerce minister Anand Sharma to edit a 20-page transcript of his interaction with five editors which took place on Wednesd
The Bhagavad Gita will be taught in government schools of Madhya Pradesh from this academic session despite protests from members of other religious communities. "The study material on teachings from the Gita is ready and would be dis
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today called on President Pratibha Patil against the backdrop of a cabinet reshuffle which is imminent. Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson confined herself to saying that the meeting between the two leaders laste
The Delhi high court on Friday came to the rescue of a student who qualified the joint entrance examination (JEE) of IIT but was denied admission due to a technical error while applying online for the counselling. Justice M L Mehta has iss
Anna Hazare will be meeting Congress President Sonia Gandhi tomorrow to explain the stand of the civil society on the issue of the Lokpal Bill ahead of an all-party meeting on it on Sunday. Hazare has been given appointment at 1600 hrs tom
The justice Dharmadhikari committee, set up to resolve the issue of integration of staff of the erstwhile Indian airlines and Air India into Air India Ltd, has invited the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) to attend its meeting on July 5
While the government is mulling an equity infusion of Rs 1,200 crore into the ailing Air India, it is yet to pay dues to the tune of nearly Rs 800 crore it owes the national carrier for VVIP flights. Out of a billed amount of Rs 1,173 cror
Himachal High court Chief Justice Kurian Joseph today launched a programme for reducing pendency of cases in the High Court and subordinate courts and set targets for disposal of cases relating to undertrials, senior Citizens, minors, disabled and
The enforcement directorate on Thursday issued a showcause notice for attachment of properties valued at Rs 50 crore of Pune stud farm owner and alleged tax defaulter Hassan Ali Khan and his Kolkata-based associate Kashinath Tapuriah in a money la
More than 10 months after USD 9.6 billion-deal was first struck, the Indian government Thursday gave its approval to Cairn Energy for selling its Indian unit to Vedanta Resources, subject to the new owner agreeing to share royalty and pay oil cess
Expressing concern over deaths of 12 babies in a state-run hospital, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today regretted that government hospitals badly lacked proper infrastructure and had turned into "dens of vested interests".
Two proposed subsidiaries of Air India (AI)are set to take off by the end of the year. A cabinet note on operationalising the subsidiaries for ground handling and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) has already been forwarded to the cabinet sec
Aiming to provide a legal right on subsidised foodgrains to the poor, Food Minister K V Thomas today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and said the draft of the proposed National Food Security Act has been finalised and it will be sent to the pane
Amid security concerns, India has decided to conduct testing and certification of software and hardware of all foreign telecom companies and has initiated the process with Huawei of China. Indian telecom minister Kapil Sibal said th
