Government on Tuesday told the supreme court that it was taking seriously the issue of leakage of conversation between Tata chief Ratan Tata and corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and that an inquiry has been ordered into it. "The governm
Commonwealth Games works under investigation are worth Rs 28,000 crore and time is required to probe them, the high-level Shunglu committee said on Tuesday. "The total project costs worth Rs 28,000 crore. How do you expect me to compl
Permit cards of about 800 Blueline operators expired on Monday, bringing the number of such buses to 1600. However, about 230 out of 1600 operators might get the permission to ply the buses till June 1 if the Delhi high court orders for the same,
As investigation continues into the large cash haul from a Buddhist monastery linked to the Karmapa, home minister P Chidambaram on Monday said he was yet to draw any conclusion on the issue as the probe was still on. Chidambaram said vari
The BJP was firm on its demand for a JPC probe into the 2G Spectrum scam and the justice (retd) Shivraj Patil Committee report on procedures for allocating 2G licences has not changed the scenario, leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swar
All types of construction in gram sabha land across the country are illegal as the land is meant for common public purposes, the supreme court has ruled and directed all states to forthwith demolish the unauthorised structures on them and evict th
The transport department has decided to deploy 24 enforcement teams at heavy-loading points in the city. The areas where large number of buses ply or where movement of traffic is more, the enforcement staff of the department will ensure that traff
Almost two months after Delhi hosted the coveted Commonwealth Games 2010, the city is losing its sheer. Infrastructure at the stadia is not the same anymore, flooring at the bus- stops is getting damaged. The city`s much vaunted world-class look i
For long the critics of the national rural employment guarantee act (NREGA) have termed it the largest relief programme, where workers are paid in lieu of negligible work, and that the stated objective of creating durable assets has not been achie
While there is protracted battle going on to end the Doha Round of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), India has indicated that it is not very desperate to sign unless developing countries` (including India) concerns are addressed at the highest l
Passengers travelling on tatkal tickets must now carry their identity proof in original or face the prospect of being treated as ticket-less travellers and penalised. Dogged with complaints of alleged irregularities in the `tatkal scheme`,
As part of nationwide protests against corruption, ‘India against corruption’ activists and protesters from non-government organisations rallied at Azad Maidan in Mumbai on Sunday on the 63rd death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
Posco, the South Korean steel giant, finally got an environment clearance from the ministry of environment and forests on Monday. The clearance for the steel-cum-captive power plant comes with 28 additional conditions though. These conditions are
The minoirity affairs ministry has proposed the setting up of an equal opportunities commission, a watchdog to ensure a level playing field for minorities and other disadvantaged social groups in jobs. Minister Salman Khursheed has been pu
Pakistan on Monday welcomed Indian home minister P Chidambaram`s remarks about sharing the findings of the probe into the Samjhauta Express bombing, claiming that the level of cooperation on interaction on security matters had enhanced between the
An eight-year old boy, who underwent a brain tumor surgery at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), alleges he was sexually abused by a doctor inside the hospital premises three days after his surgery. The boy was admitted t
The supreme court today asked the railways and the Haryana government to assess their financial losses due to the disruption in rail and road traffic following a stir against booking of some upper caste people in the Mirchpur dalit killings case.
Congress won two out of three seats in the electoral battle for municipality chairpersons in the recent general elections held in Rajasthan. BJP won a seat at Malpura in Tonk district, where the party`s candidate Subhash Galav defeated his
Holding vote bank politics responsible for the illegal infiltration from Bangladesh, outgoing Meghalaya director general of police Sibabrata Kakati has said that politicians are reluctant to solve the "serious" issue. "It is
The government on Monday revised the GDP growth rate for the 2009-10 financial year upward to 8 percent from the earlier estimate of 7.4 percent on the back of improved performance of the manufacturing and services sectors. "The growt
