Two officials of the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) have been arrested here for allegedly helping pilots procure commercial pilot licences. The two - M J Bhattacharya and Mohammed K Ansari - were arrested by the crime branch
The national advisory council (NAC) has voiced concerns that the Lokpal bill may not be able to adequately meet the requirements of a robust redressal system. The NAC working group on transparency, accountability and governance held a day
Indian tobacco company limited (ITC) openly flouted the anti-tobacco laws during the cricket world cup by promoting its cigarette brand Navy Cut by printing its name on hoardings at the points of sale. The hoardings, which were spotted in
The CBI today carried out searches at 20 premises of DDA and CPWD officers besides that of a private firm in connection with alleged irregularities in laying of synthetic turf for lawn bowl event during the Commonwealth Games. The t
Reliance Communications chairman Anil Ambani was on Tuesday questioned by Parliament`s Public Accounts Committee in connection with alleged irregularities in the 2G spectrum allocation. Etisalat DB Telecom CEO Atul Jham was also questioned
After creating a furore by stating that Indians are not "large-hearted", Pakistan`s ODI cricket captain Shahid Afridi did a volte-face, claiming that he was misunderstood and quoted out of context. "Media makes a big deal of
In contrast to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) admitting that the world cup trophy handed over to team India on Satarday was not the orginal one, the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday strongly rebutted such reports .
The Congress party which chose to opt for the left’s outside support to prop up its UPA I government during 2004-08 has called the left front government at West Bengal a “draconian Stalinist regime". In a press brief on Mo
It was a meeting at New Delhi’s India International Centre with a difference. Ten citizens, including practitioners and activists, came together on August 10 to discuss just how corruption can be contained. Those who put their heads
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday voiced support for Anna Hazare`s fast, saying that it was a "valuable campaign", according to Times Now. "The J&K government is not averse to Hazare`s views. He
Civil society and NGOs must work together to prevent child marriages, said Girija Vyas, chairperson of National Commission for Women, today. "If we are to stop child marriages then there is a need for strong implementation of t
The Supreme Court today directed the government to issue within three days a notification for handing over to the CBI the probe into the mysterious death of Sadiq Batcha, a close aide of former Telecom Minister A Raja, after it was alleged that th
CBI today filed charge sheet against 20 people, all CPI-M leaders, in the January 7 Netai massacre case. The charge sheet, filed before Jhargram sub-divisional court, named 20 people responsible for the incident in which nine persons, incl
Managing water resources is the biggest challenge before the country, deputy chairman of the planning commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia said here today. "Managing water resources is the biggest challenge before the country and institu
Deputy chairman of the planning commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said that the panel would earmark more funds for the `Project Tiger`, specially for relocating people from the reserved forests. "If there is a need to relocate p
Smokeless tobacco has already assumed the dimension of an epidemic, said K Chandramouli, health secretary, here on Monday at the first ever consultative meeting by the government on smokeless tobacco. “Smokeless tobacco has already a
Union minister for communications & IT and HRD, Kapil Sibal, here today stated that India is moving towards a new divide wherein the country despite having witnessed the telecom revolution it has
I was wrong. The ministry of information and broadcasting didn’t stand firm after all. Ambika Soni, the I&B minister, bought peace with the news channel licencees she lampoons in private moments. She intervened for the second time
An estimated 67 per cent voters exercised their franchise during the first phase of assembly polls in Assam in 62 of the 126 assembly constituencies. "An estimated 67 per cent polling has been recorded according to latest reports. The
Union law minister Veerappa Moily has ruled out centre imposing a ban on the controversial book on Mahatma Gandhi by Joseph Lelyveld stating that the American author himself has denied writing anything adverse about the leader. Moily said
