The Maharashtra government is planning to appeal in the supreme court against a Bombay high court bench ruling that jobs should be given to project affected people (PAPs) on the basis of merit and candidates will have to appear for competitive exa
The supreme court on Tuesday deferred its hearing on the issue of legalisation and decriminalisation of gay sex among consenting adults in private. A bench headed by justice G S Singhvi adjourned the matter without specifying the da
An eight-member team of experts from Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) today visited Nirma cement plant being opposed by farmers on various grounds in Mahuva taluka of the district following Supreme Court orders. The team, c
The ministry of environment and forests on Monday issued guidelines to states for dealing with the man-leopard conflict. A statement issued by the ministry described it as a first step to deal with the complex and important issue. “The inten
The Supreme Court today favoured fixed time frame for governments to grant sanction to prosecute its officials in corruption cases. "There are cases where people (sanctioning authority) are sitting for months. Three months is sufficie
Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy today told a special court that he should be associated in the 2G spectrum allocation case as he is willing to assist the CBI in a "formal way". "I have to be associated in a formal way w
An estimated 75 per cent of the voters cast their votes during repolling today in six polling centres of three Assam assembly constituencies of Rangia, Bhawanipur and Udalguri. Election office sources said the electors cast their votes pea
The role of the centre in the creation and funding of anti-Naxal armed group of special police officers (SPOs) to fight Maoists today came under the scrutiny of the Supreme Court which said several serious issues arises from their existence.
Congress today left it to Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Iqbal Singh to decide whether or not to resign in the wake of his alleged links with suspected money launderer Hasan Ali. "We leave it to his (Singh) conscience. The matt
Oxfam India is working on ensuring food justice in a resource-constrained world. The NGO will launch a major campaign across the country on June 1 on different issues of food security under one umbrella. The issues that the campaign shall cover ar
The war over the alleged fake CD reached the Supreme Court today when senior advocate Shanti Bhushan sought contempt proceedings against politician Amar Singh for "fabricating" conversations between the two and Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Jammu and Kashmir will soon have a "new drug policy" which will focus on checking the menace of spurious drugs and bringing transparency in the procurement system. "The new drug policy will soon be put in place in J&K. T
The much-awaited biggest draw of lots for 16,000 flats offered by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for which 7.53 lakh applicants are vying was held on Monday in Noida amid tight security. With DDA restricting entry, hundreds o
The ministry of environment and forests has decided to lift the ban on sand mining in Maharashtra. The ministry plans to lift an administrative moratorium that had prevented sand from being mined in the state, environment minister Jairam ramesh sa
Congress general secretary, Digvijay Singh has said that not just the politicians, but the judiciary too should come under the purview of the Lokpal Bill. Talking to reporters here on sunday, Singh said this implied that the prime m
Brushing aside allegations against advocate and former union minister Shanti Bhushan and his son Prashant Bhushan, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said the smear campaign against the anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare, Shanti Bhushan
A Chhattisgarh court today directed activist Binayak Sen to surrender his passport as a bail condition in line with the Supreme Court order. Additional District and Sessions Judge BP Verma directed that Sen be released on a personal bond a
A Chhattisgarh court today directed activist Binayak Sen to surrender his passport as a bail condition in line with the Supreme Court order. Additional District and Sessions Judge BP Verma directed that Sen be released on a personal bond a
Anna Hazare on Monday wrote to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on the "smear" campaign launched against civil society members of the joint drafting committee on Lokpal Bill and asked her to advise her "colleagues" not to try to
A special court on Monday asked the CBI whether Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy`s private complaint in the 2G spectrum case could be tagged with the agency`s FIR in the case. Special CBI judge O P Saini sought response from
