Some of the crucial documents which could throw light on Commonwealth Games deals have gone missing with the probe agencies fearing that they could have been destroyed or hidden. Official sources said that the key files, which contain impo
The government is clearing the way for commerce secretary Rahul Khullar to take over from Ashok Chawla as finance secretary in February, a month before the union budget for 2011-2012 is presented. Doing away with a long-held practice of re
Facing growing criticism over its inability to curb rampant criminal activity in Nagaland, the police has formed a Special Operational Force (SOF) to tackle the problem. Extortion, kidnapping, blackmail and other criminal activities have d
The World Bank on Tuesday approved a USD 1.5 billion credit and loan for India`s Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) aimed towards improving rural accessibility of roads. The new project will concentrate on the states of Himachal Prad
Going by Sharad Pawar’s words and deeds in the past one-and-half years, you can be pardoned for thinking that he heads the ministry for blackmarketeers and hoarders, rather than food and agriculture that he actually does. Look at his latest
The union urban development minister S Jaipal Reddy on Tuesday warned that nearly a fourth of the members of the Lok Sabha could harbour a conflict of interest with the house`s business, quoting a study. "When rich people come into Parl
An empowered group of ministers (EGoM) headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to meet by end-December to consider raising prices of diesel and domestic LPG. "We are hopeful of an EGoM meeting soon ... hopefully i
Pulling up the Maharashatara government, the Bombay High Court today observed that the controversial Adarsh society smacked of "a clear-cut case of manipulation" by its officers in which everybody who was supposed to clear the file was &
Criticised by Congress for its attacks on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, BJP today hit back saying it had the right to raise "legitimate" questions to him on why "he did not stop" a minister from defying his mandate and swindli
Breaking from its standard practice, CBI today questioned corporate lobbyist Niira Radia for four hours at her residence in south Delhi in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam. CBI`s move to question Radia at her farmhous
The government`s flagship programme NREGA has created a source of additional income for families living below the poverty line in tribal areas of Rajasthan but has failed to check distress migration as minimum 100 days of employment assured under
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to withdraw criminal cases against 18 people, including a BSP leader, involved in Luhari killing, official sources said. UP Law Department Special Secretary Rajendra Kumar has directed the Mu
With winter settling in and the nights getting colder and longer, homeless children here are preferring to call the streets their home instead of taking refuge in night shelters, which they say are less child friendly, say NGOs. The
The Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) is the latest to have been served a notice by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF). In a show cause notice issued on Tuesday, the KCA has allegedly been held responsible for illegal felling of mangrov
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today expressed deep concern over the sharp rise in onion prices and said effective steps should be taken to bring down the prices to affordable levels. In a letter to the secretaries of Departments of
Each of the three interlocutors in Jammu and Kashmir appointed by the government will get Rs 1.50 lakh a month and each is allowed to take an executive assistant with an overall remuneration not exceeding Rs 40,000 a month. The home
Congress president Sonia Gandhi is understood to have discussed with senior party leaders the “secretiveness” adopted by prime minister Manmohan Singh about his offer to face the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that came as a big surpr
Polio cases in India have drastically fallen as compared to last year, according to a recent report by Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), a wing of World Health Organisation (WHO). India’s 2010 record on polio shows only 41
Lack of adequate sanitation infrastructure cost India a whopping $54 billion in 2006 - close to 6.4 percent of the country`s gross domestic product (GDP) - according to a World bank study. “Inadequate sanitation causes India consider
Firing yet another salvo at BJP government in Karnataka governor H R Bhardwaj on Monday said he was not satisfied with chief minister B S Yedyurappa`s reply to his two letters about corruption charges against him and his ministers. "I
