Mouth cancer survivors from the country got together here on Thursday to advocate a complete ban on the manufacturing and sale of all forms of chewing tobacco in India. The survivors, mostly patients from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, ha
A Delhi court today referred to the proposed special court to be set up for hearing the 2G scam the plea of Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy that he should be made a prosecutor in the case. "The supreme court had directed s
The mysterious death of former telecom minister A Raja`s close aide Sadiq Batcha was today brought to the notice of the supreme court, which agreed to hear the plea for a CBI probe in the matter. Appearing for NGO Centre for Public Interes
Home and auto loans may cost more as the RBI raised its short-term lending and borrowing rates by 25 basis points each yet again today with a view to check spiralling prices of essential commodities. This is the eighth time since March 201
Do you think the noise levels in your neighbourhood are above the prescribed standards but have no way of knowing for sure? Help is on the way: the central pollution control board (CPCB) has installed 35 noise monitoring systems across seven metro
Armed with the Wikileaks expose about 2008 trust vote, the Opposition today closed ranks in demanding the immediate resignation of the government, contending that it has lost moral right to continue as the country`s democracy has been "malign
The supreme court on Thursday remanded Pune stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan in enforcement directorate`s custody for four days, while pulling up the trial court judge who had granted bail to him dismissing the agency`s plea for his remand in a mone
Civil society groups on Wednesday accused the government of being "undemocratic" in its run-up towards deciding on the environmnetal safe guards, including identification of various no-go areas that are to be considered for coal min
Though they have never claimed it, the Manmohan Singh government and the Congress party have lost any moral edge their supporters might have granted them. The reason: the latest repot based on Wikileaks diplomatic cables. Five days before
In a bid to check land scams, prime minister Manmohan Singh has proposed that sale or lease of government land should only be made with the union cabinet`s approval - or at least with clearance from the cabinet committee on infrastructure.
The supreme court on Wednesday asked the government to clarify if its first-come-first-served policy for spectrum allocation was evolved by TRAI or the department of telecommunication following conflicting versions. A bench of justices G S
Against the backdrop of a spate of controversies over the functioning of microfinance institutions (MFIs) and a growing demand for a regulatory body for this sector, the finance ministry has taken a step forward to form a committee to draft the re
The government has favoured "multilateral cooperation" against Somali pirates under a UN framework to safeguard maritime traffic in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and the Gulf of Aden. Pointing out that IOR is "central"
JPC chief P C Chacko on Wednesday accepted public accounts committee chairman Murli Manohar Joshi`s suggestion that he should write to him on the issue of "parallel probe" by two committees into the 2G spectrum scam. Chacko, who
CPI-M is unlikely to field Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan to lead the LDF in the assembly polls. According to party sources, the CPI-M state secretariat which met in Thiruvananthapuram did not favour Achuthandan`s candidature. The
Government on Tuesday made it clear that there will be no revision of the country`s no-first-use nuclear doctrine and said minimum credible deterrence would be maintained in view of threats and challenges. External affairs minister S M Kri
An eighth-grader grievously slashes his teacher`s face on being ticked off for cheating while a bunch of teenagers stab to death their school friend over a petty issue - the two instances of teen rage, which occurred here within days of each other
With Samajwadi Party all set to observe a protest day across the state tomorrow, the Uttar Pradesh government today said that no permission has been taken for the same and asked the political parties to practice restrain in holding agitations and
The rural development ministry is soon going to launch an afforestation drive along the national highways all across the country. The drive, taken up through MGNREGA is aimed at increasing the green cover in the country. “India has v
Amidst high food inflation, falling industry output and uncertain crude oil prices, the Reserve Bank is likely to raise key policy rates by 25 basis points in its mid-quarterly review tomorrow, say experts. The RBI is expected to hike inte
