The Congress on Tuesday lashed out at L k advani for calling Manmohan Singh a "weak prime minister", saying that teh aging opposition leader did not have any issues to talk about. "Advani is like a stuck gramophone record. H
Railways minister Mamata Banerjee locked horns with her cabinet colleagues, finance`s Pranab Mukherjee and home`s P Chidmabaram, at a recent meeting over the treatment meted out to government servants accused of corruption. The troika were at a me
Faced with high food inflation, the government today decided to increase fertiliser subsidy to absorb high global prices so that the domestic price of urea, Di-ammonium phosphate (DAP)and muriate of potash (MOP) are protected. The g
The Supreme Court today upheld the death sentence to Nithari serial killer Surinder Koli for murdering 14-year-old Rimpa Haldar, one of his victims in the serial rape-cum-killing episode six years back, saying the case was "horrifying" a
The government has no plans to increase petrol and diesel prices even though international crude rates have touched USD 100 per barrel, Oil Minister S Jaipal Reddy said here today. "We are not at the moment thinking of increasi
Members of parliament and that of legislative assemblies will have a greater say in the implementation of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The ministry of urban development is working on a proposal to formulate mo
In a bid to prevent ecological damages caused due to developmental activities around National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries, the Environment Ministry has come out with new guidelines to create eco-sensitive zones which will work as "shock ab
Former chief justice of India (CJI) K G Balakrishnan’s refusal to reveal his income tax details under the right to information (RTI) act has not gone down with the civil society. The income tax department, Kochi, had asked the former
Prime minister Manmohan Singh has directed ministries and departments to adhere to the most comprehensive official estimates for quoting figures, avoiding confusion created by multiple estimated. The gujjar agitation in Haryana, ongoing te
Concerned over leakage and wastage of public funds, the government today constituted a task force under UIDAI chief Nandan Nilekani to suggest ways to provide kerosene, cooking gas and fertiliser subsidies to intended beneficiaries directly.
Armed Maoists blew up a state-run school building at Barhara in Chakkarbandha forest in naxal-hit Gaya district late last night, police said. Over fifty ultras armed with sophisticated weapons surrounded the school, commanded the vi
About 70 per cent polling was recorded in the bypoll at Sanjari Ballod assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh`s Durg district today, officials said. No incident of violence was reported during the polling, though there was a clash be
The city saw its first swine flu casualty for the year when a person, who was admitted in a hospital ten days ago died here this afternoon. The patient, who was on a ventilator since he tested positive, breathed his last today, hosp
Almost a month after the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) passed an order to demolish the scam-hit Adarsh Housing Society, its members have approached the Bombay High Court challenging it. The Environment Ministry ha
The agitation threatened by Indian Airlines pilots over pay parity with Air India pilots has been put on hold by the their representative body Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) after the Air India CMD Arvind Jadhav said on Monday that ci
Amid instances of corruption in MNREGA implementation, government has decided to tighten the audit system, which includes broadening the scope of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in the scheme. "The CAG has been giving some r
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has been accused by the opposition of remaining silent on various scams haunting his government, will meet editors of television channels tomorrow for a question-answer session that will be telecast live.
V Kishore Chandra Deo Congress MP from Andhra Pradesh is tipped to head JPC on 2G, according to highly placed Congress sources. There are other contendors from Lok Sabha Congress MPs Francisco Sardinha or Vijay Bahuguna. But So
BJP on Tuesday sought a clarification from the UPA government at the centre on alleged tapping of over one lakh telephones across the country, describing it as a "cause of grave concern". Stating that this amounted to misuse of p
Former telecom minister A Raja was opn Monday sent to CBI remand for three more days by a Delhi court which also extended the custody of Swan telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa for four days in the 2G spectrum case after the CBI said it wanted to
