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Cong bears down on Maya over police-farmers` clash

With Saturday`s skirmish between protesting farmers and policemen in Greater Noida leaving four dead, the Congress had only the sharpest criticism reserved for Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati and her government. On Monday, Con

RTI queries at PMO rise a hundred times over

The number of RTI applications filed with the prime minister’s office (PMO) has seen a steep rise of almost 100 times in the last five years. From 48 application filed in the year 2005, the PMO had received 3032 queries till September last y

Delhi reports on Chauhan to union home ministry

The Delhi government has sent a detailed report to the union home ministry about state PWD minister Rajkumar Chauhan`s alleged involvement in protecting a leading resort in a tax evasion case for which the Lokayukta has recommended his removal fro

SC stays Allahabad HC order on Ayodhya land

The supreme court on Monday stayed the Allahabad high court`s verdict dividing in three parts the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya, terming as "something strange" the judgement although the parties had not asked for

Western UP tense after Sunday`s violence, leaders detained

Tension today prevailed in parts of western UP hit by farmers` unrest over land acquisition even as a heavy police deployment was made in the affected areas and political leaders were detained preventing them from reaching the troubled spots.

Phone tapping key to nailing tax evaders: CBDT chairman

Sudhir Chandra, chair­man of the central board of direct taxes (CBDT), occupies a room in North Block whose balcony overlooks the majestic Rashtrapati Bhavan. The centrality of its location is symbolic of its significance to governance. Since

Brits say no to LibDems, alternative voting system

British voters have overwhelmingly rejected plans to change the `first-past-the-post` voting system in a nationwide referendum. After a divisive campaign that saw the Coalition partners on opposing sides of the argument, the No vote storme

Metro`s Blueline operations suspended due to dust storm

With gusts of windling blowing dust across Delhi on Friday afternoon, the Delhi metro shut operations on its Blueline for a hour and half as visibility fell to two kilometres during the duststorm. Services on the Dwarka-Noida line were sus

Porsches, posh and pathos: Pity the poor little rich kid

The two elements needed to indict any motorist in India is to have him own a foreign made luxury car and live in a posh area. If he then finds himself in an accident he is nailed to the cross with glee and malice flowing like lava from the those w

Children rate Anganwadis and schools

School children from 16 states across the country were out to demand their rights. Children demanded the fulfillment of the Common Minimum Programme which promised to commit 6percent GDP to public spending on education and 3percent on health.

Cong wants Sinha out of JPC

Congress on Friday hit back at BJP leader and former finance minister Yashwant Sinha for endorsing Murli Manohar Joshi`s draft for admission as the parliamentary accounts committee (PAC) report on the 2G scam. Congress termed Sinha`s stand "b

ED chargesheets Hasan Ali, aide for money laundering

The enforcement directorate on Friday chargesheeted Pune-based stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan and his associate Kashinath Tapuriah in a case of alleged money laundering. Khan (53), is alleged to have stashed huge amount of black money abro

NVG should replace CSR: industry experts

The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, a think tank and training institue of the ministry of corpoarte affairs (MCA), on Friday organised a multi-stakeholders consultation to discuss the draft National Voluntary Guidelines on Social, Environme

ED moves SC for contempt charges against Sahara chief

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday moved the Indian apex court seeking initiation of contempt of court proceedings against multi-business conglomerate Sahara group CMD Subrato Roy for allegedly interfering into the investigation of the 2G

UP MLA gets life term for engineer`s murder

BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari and nine others were today sentenced to life imprisonment by a sessions court here for murdering PWD engineer Manoj Kumar Gupta after he refused to pay donations for chief minister Mayawati`s birthday celebrations in 2008.

Hasan case: ED officer suspended for shoddy probe

The enforcement directorate (ED) has suspended an officer for allegedly conducting a shoddy probe into the Hasan Ali Khan case in 2007. ED officer Amrinder Kumar Singh was suspended yesterday for conducting a "shoddy probe"

SC upholds attachment of Harshad Mehta``s properties

A bench of justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan upheld the contention of the government that the properties needed to be attached as they were parts of the various benami deals and transactions resorted to by Mehta, who gained notoriety in the `9

Kanimozhi keeps court date in 2G trial, seeks bail

Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi`s daughter and DMK MP Kanimozhi appeared before a special court in Delhi on Friday, responding to summons for her alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum scam and sought bail on grounds of being a woman.

`I am not an easy target` : Kanimozhi

DMK MP Kanimozhi, set to appear before a CBI court on Friday in connection with the 2G spectrum scam, today said nobody should think she is an "easy target" and asserted that she will fight the case legally. "I don`t

Pilots to hold talks with civil aviation secretary

Talks between the agitating Air India pilots and civil aviation joint secretary Prashant Shukul remained inconclusive on Thursday, a day after they were initiated. However, the pilots` representative body Indian Commercial Pilots` Association will

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