Stating that the continuance of union textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran was "untenable", Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary A B Bardhan today demanded that the prime minister ascertain that the former was made to quit his p
Alarmed at the adverse child sex ratio in the state, the Haryana government has decided to set up a task force in each district to promote gender equity. The task force, to be headed by the deputy commissioner of the respective districts,
Under fire from opposition parties over the law and order situation, the Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a CB-CID probe into the alleged rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in Lakhimpur district. An FIR has been lodged agains
Mystery surrounds an American agency carrying out a survey in different parts of India to know the Muslim opinion on some sensitive issues like placing Sharia over the Indian laws, Islam`s role in mainstram Indian politics, and whether Islam is
Doctors have suggested immediate hospitalisation of yoga guru Ramdev whose indefinite fast against corruption and black money entered seventh day today as his health parameters continued to remain "worrisome". "His blood pre
Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana was on Friday acquitted by a US court on charges of plotting the Mumbai attacks but was found guilty of supporting Pakistan- based terror group LeT and planning a strike in Denmark. A 12-member jury here ru
Bihar would soon have a database of state-level blood donors to boost voluntary blood donation and reduce the expenses on maintenance of blood in blood banks, according to Bihar State Aids Control Society. Society`s project director
The impact of climate change is likely to result in large-scale changes in the biodiversity of the Northeast, a study has revealed. The study, sponsored by The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI), has warned that change in temperature and
National security advisor Shivshankar Menon on Friday said a bill to create the Nuclear Regulatory Authority of India will be tabled in the forthcoming monsoon session of Parliament. "The government is taking steps to introduce a bill
DMK MP Kanimozhi will stay in jail till June 30 as supreme court on Monday adjourned her bail plea in the 2G spectrum scam case. The bench of Justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar asked the CBI to file a response on Kanimozhi’s ba
Former telecom minister A Raja and his staff threatened and coerced officials in giving preference to Swan Telecom and Unitech over Tata group in the award of telecom licences, CBI has informed the Joint Parliamentary Committee probing the 2G scam
Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs today said it will organise a Lok Adalat for companies for the first time on June 11, with an intention of minimising litigation and avoid unnecessary prosecution against defaulting companies. "The
The BJP today gave the thumbs-up to the party-ruled government in Karnataka for its performance but said it needs an image make-over to blunt the negative campaigns of the opposition Congress and JD-S. "His (Yeddyurappa`s) performance
Among the more disturbing aspects of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Obama Moment and its aftermath is our utter collective callousness towards the thousands of peaceful protesters who were beaten and driven out of Ramlila Maidan in the d
The `transparency revolution`, as Defence Minister A K Antony coined it, has swayed a parliamentary standing committee also to recommend extension of the Bill before Parliament to give protection to the whistle-blowers to cover everybody in the go
The Union Cabinet on Thursday lowered the age limit from 65 to 60 years for a monthly pension of Rs 200 to old persons living below poverty line (BPL) under the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme. It raised the amount to Rs 500 for thos
Home minister P Chidambaram finally found his voice on Wednesday, four days after the police under his charge battered democratic rights of thousands of citizens gathered for a peaceful protest at New Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan. “Let him d
BJP today sought to distance itself from yoga guru Baba Ramdev`s plan to set up a force as part of his anti-corruption crusade, saying the party never propagates violence. "We will not support anything like that as the party never pro
The Bhartiya Janata Party will not project the prime ministerial candidate in the next Lok Sabha elections, said party president Nitin Gadkari. The decision has been taken to end the tussle going on between senior party leaders Sushma Swaraj and A
The World Bank administered Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) has trashed India’s total sanitation campaign (TSC) calling it low on sustainability. On a scale of 100, it awarded 58 for the total process and 48 for sustaining it.&nbs
