Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Wednesday launched his party`s election campaign from his birth place Thiruvaroor but it remained a lacklustre show. When the veteran leader announced free laptops for students and free bus
A Delhi court today allowed the CBI`s plea for extradition of former Union Carbide Corporation chairman Warren M Anderson, an accused in the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy case, from the United States, saying that "sentiments of the disaster-hit peo
Rejecting as "wild" the charges that bribe was paid during the 2008 confidence motion, prime minister Manmohan Singh took on the opposition for creating hue and cry over diplomatic communications, saying it was a "dangerous" th
The Delhi Assembly on Wednesday approved the Delhi Geo-spatial Data Infrastructure (Management, Control, Administration, Security and Safety) Bill, 2011. The project is one of the flagship projects of the state government, launched to frame and im
On world Tuberculosis day on Wednesday, the health ministry has announced that it would revise the National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTCP) with an objective to provide universal access to quality care to all TB patients. The aim is
Social activist Anna Hazare said he would sit on a fast on April 5 in Delhi for introduction of Lokpal Bill to check corruption. Hazare, while addressing a public meeting at Kalidas auditorium last evening, appealed people to participate i
Petrol pumps across Uttar Pradesh will observe a token strike for 12 hours tomorrow, in line with the call given by the UP Petroleum Traders Association (UPPTA). "All the petrol pumps, excluding company-operated ones, will remain clos
The CBI carried out searches at the corporate office of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation and the residential premises of four NLC officials here in connection with alleged irregularities in award of contracts. A top company official said to
A local court on Wednesday rejected the bail application of MLA Dilip Wagh and his personal assistant Mahesh Mali arrested for allegedly raping a girl last month. The bail application of both Wagh and Mali, currently in judicial custody, w
The estate department of the Uttar Pradesh government is among the top 10 house tax defaulters in the state capital with dues of over Rs 18 crores. As per the list of the Lucknow municipal corporation, the estate department of the state go
Andhra Pradesh government will file a special leave petition (SLP) in the supreme court challenging the Krishna water disputes tribunal`s award on sharing of Krishna river water between riparian states Maharashtra, Karnataka and AP. Simult
On the lines of right to education, Delhi government on Tuesday announced the Chacha Nehru Sehat Yojna, through which universal and free health care will be provided to all the children of the state upto the age of 14 years. With this, almos
Ravjot Singh was all of 12 years old when he was diagnosed with multiple neurocysticercosis – a parasitic disease of the nervous system which causes recurrent epileptic seizures. That was a decade ago. Since then, his treatment has been the
The Wikileaks` expose on the cash-for-votes issue paralysed proceedings in Parliament on Tuesday with opposition demanding immediate discussion on prime minister Manmohan Singh`s statement on the matter. The Rajya Sabha witnessed three adj
Finance Minister Pranab Mukhejree has announced withdrawal of service tax on healthcare, a PTI report states. The finance minister had imposed a five percent service tax on diagnostic tests as well as on private clinics with more than 25 b
In a bid to provide relief from high inflation, the government today increased dearness allowance (DA) by 6 per cent to 51 per cent, benefiting over 50 lakh central government employees and 38 lakh pensioners. "The decision to hike
Cult head Asaram Bapu and his son Narayan Sai, were today summoned by the inquiry commission, probing the mysterious deaths of two students of their ashram in 2008. Justice D K Trivedi, who heads the commission, asked the father-son duo, w
The Maharashtra government would conduct an audit of accounts of cooperative housing societies having administrators considering fraud complaints against them. "We will conduct an audit of cooperative housing societies` accounts where
The Madras high court on Monday ordered notice to the election commission and state home secretary on a petition seeking a direction to restrain authorities in charge of elections in Tamil Nadu from conducting `illegal and arbitrary searches` and
The Madras high court on Monday directed Tamil Nadu public health director to consider the resignation of Dr V Dekal who had conducted the post mortem on the body of former telecom minister A Raja`s aide Sadiq Batcha. Justice N Paul Vasant
