Sulking BJP leader Gopinath Munde appears to be moving closer to the Congress. An indication to this effect was available on Wednesday as Munde has not met any BJP central leaders especially L K Advani after his arrival here last nig
Santosh Bhardwaj, the maid who has sued a top Indian diplomat here for alleged forced labour, was scared to take legal action against him given his high profile stature, her lawyer said today. "She has been very afraid to do anything
The Orissa high court has admitted writ petitions challenging the election of finance minister Prafulla Chandra Ghadei from Sukinda constituency and an independent candidate from Champua in 2009 assembly polls. Hearing the maintainability
As a controversy erupted over reported attempts of bugging his office, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday asked the media not to waste time on "bogus things". "All these are bogus things. Don`t waste your time on
Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday filed a petition before a local court here seeking to withdraw a defamation complaint filed by previous DMK government against four AIADMK leaders. The previous DMK government had in April filed a defamat
The Bombay high court has held that working women take care of their children very well and the argument that they do not get time to attend to kids cannot be a ground for "disturbing" the custody of the child. These observations
Tourism minister Subodh Kant Sahay will meet prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday to seek his intervention in reducing taxes in the tourism sector. Sahay along with senior officials including four secretaries from the ministries of fi
AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa, DMK president M Karunanidhi, his son M K Stalin and DMDK chief Vijayakanth spent far less than the limit set by the election commission for poll-related expenses during the April 13 assembly elections. Though the
Goa director general of police (DGP) Aditya Arya`s move of seeking a CBI inquiry into the Balli incident, even as the chief minister assured a judicial probe into the happenings at the tribal agitation, has irked the state government. Stat
The Calcutta high court on Wednesday refused to hear ex-parte Tata Motors` petition challenging the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011. Justice Saumitra Pal, while taking up the petition filed by the Tata Motors, directed
Bank employees across the country will strike work on July 7 to protest against the government decision to dilute its equity in the banks and giving foreign investors additional voting rights. "We are against any such activitie
The election commission of India is considering introduction of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) to make the voting system more verifiable. On July 25, the commission will conduct a field trial of VVPAT in a simulated election in 36 poll
All the self help groups (SHGs) in the country would be able to get credit at seven per cent, at par with crop loans, union minister of state for environment and forest Jairam Ramesh said on Tuesday. "The union government has t
The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM-K) has donated over 3750 textbooks to five colleges in Kozhikode district as part of its corporate social responsbility (CSR). The books were distributed by Kozhikode MP M K Raghavan
A girl, student of LLB first year, was allegedly eve teased and manhandled by some unruly boys in Rajasthan University campus when she was returning to her hostel after writing an exam. The university administration on Tuesday appoi
The central information commission (CIC) has directed the prime minister`s office (PMO) to make public "charges of corruption" levelled against former telecom minister A Raja along with views of various officials on them expressed in the
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy said on Tuesday that the state government had proposed before the union government to set up a dedicated bank for women self help groups so as to improve their financial condition. R
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the union health secretary, drug controller general of India, chief secretary to the government of Andhra Pradesh and district magistrate, Hyderabad over unauthorised drug trials on
The monsoon session of Parliament has been delayed. It is now scheduled to start on August 1. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of cabinet committee on parliamentary affairs (CCP
BJP on Tuesday announced that the party would launch a four-day agitation from June 23 against the UPA government`s alleged inaction in combating corruption, black money and the "barbaric dictatorial attitude" of the government.
