Imagine if an archive is created of US cables exposed by WikiLeaks, how would it interest scholars like Amartya Sen? The Nobel laureate may have discovered the “argumentative Indian” after studying the tradition of dialectics in ancien
While it is common knowledge that polls at various levels in a democracy spur rampant graft, chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi painted a far grimmer picture on Friday calling elections "the biggest source of corruption" on Friday.
Jats demanding reservation in government jobs have decided to withdraw their three-week-long agitation that badly hit train traffic in parts of north India after talks with Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The breakthrough cam
Prime minister Manmohan Singh-appointed Shunglu committee will submit another three reports on alleged irregularities in Commonwealth Games related projects by March 29. The reports will highlight several inadequacies on part of government
In the November 16, 1966 edition of The New York Times, J Anthony Lukas began an article titled ‘The Week of the Cow: Many in India Think Cabinet Shifts After Riot May Hurt Prime Minister’ with: “The proverbial bull in the china
Home Minister P Chidambaram today "denounced" diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks after he came under attack in Parliament over his reported comments in one of them that India would have made more progress if it had only Southern and
Noting that Wikileaks cables were a "sad and revealing" commentary of where Manmohan Singh and Congress have landed the country in, CPI(M) has said Americans were willing to for the UPA government to do everything to win the trust vote s
Warren Buffett-led Berkshire Hathaway is looking at direct entry into the growing insurance sector and is keenly watching the developments regarding further opening of the sector to foreign investment. The US conglomerate Berkshire Hathawa
The Prime Minister-appointed Shunglu Committee has found procedural violations by Delhi Lt Governor Tejinder Khanna and Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for alleged inadequacies in executing projects related to 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today assured a delegation of NDA MPs that their demand for a special status for Bihar would be taken up in the next meeting of the National Development Council. "We met the Prime Minister and demanded th
The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, which has spearheaded the Gorkhaland agitation in the Darjeeling hills, has decided to focus on its demand for a separate state in the coming West Bengal Assembly election. Tilak Dewan, GJM central committee mem
A Trinamool Congress MP was stopped at the Indira Gandhi International airport here after he was found carrying Rs 57 lakh but was later allowed to go after he informed authorities that the money belonged to his company, sources said here today.
JPC Chief P C Chacko today approached Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar with a complaint that Public Accounts Committee (PAC) could be encroaching upon its turf in the probe in 2G Spectrum scam and sought her intervention. He also brought to h
JPC today began looking into the 2G scam with its Chairman P C Chacko saying he would take up with Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar the issue of possible encroachment of its turf by the Public Accounts Committee whose chief Murli Manohar Joshi remain
Kolkata-based businessman Kashinath Tapuria, an "advisor" to stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan, was on Thursday remanded in the Enforcement Directorate`s custody till March 30 after he was arrested on money laundering charges. Tapur
The Delhi Police has been asked to speed up its inquiry into the alleged cash-for-vote scam in 2008 and may question senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley and former party activist Sudheendra Kulkarni in this connection. Sources said the Delhi Po
In a breather for embattled Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, a local court on Thursday postponed proceedings relating to his prosecution and referred to Lokayukta the allegations made in one of the complaints against him over illegal deno
The government has invited social activist Anna Hazare on Monday to discuss the draft of the Lokpall bill prepared by the civil society. V. Narayanaswamy, minister of state for Parliamentary Affairs has written to Hazare in this regard.
The ministry of earth sciences will provide weather related information to farmers at the block level now. Currently, the information is available only till the district level. “The agro-meteorological prediction has to go to a smaller scale
Five states in India have taken the initiative to send a strong message to the public about the harmful effects of tobacco by increasing VAT on cigarettes, bidi and gutka in this year’s budget. In the 2011-12 state budgets, VAT on to
