Prime minister Manmohan Singh today sought to downplay controversial remarks made by environment minister Jairam Ramesh at the climate change summit in Cancun, saying "don`t read too much into this". The prime minister`s response
Post 26/11, a section of the Congress leadership was seen playing religious politics after one of its leaders, A R Antulay, implied that Hindutva forces may have been involved in the Mumbai terror attacks, according to a confidential memo by the t
Former union telecom minister A Raja today said he will cooperate with the CBI to prove his innocence in the wake of the probe agency conducting searches at the DMK leader and his aides` residences in connection with the 2G spectrum scam.
Tamil Nadu government has instructed district administrations not to grant no-objection certificate (NOC) for sale of agricultural lands for the purpose of converting them into housing plots or industrial sites, state Agriculture Minister Veerapan
The going might get difficult for RTI applicants. The government has started the process of notifying the RTI rules. As per the new rules, each RTI application can have questions related to only one subject matter and the word limit is 250 words.
The Intelligence Bureau has alerted the government about a quantum jump in the foreign money flowing in the country through withdrawals by foreigners on credit and debit cards issued by the foreign banks. It warns that such money po
The CBI questioned former telecom officials for the second day today after the agency conducted searches at their premises in connection with its probe into the 2G spectrum allocation scam. Official sources said the questioning woul
Reserve Bank of India today said it will intervene if inflation does not decline to Central bank`s targeted level by March 2011. "Inflation may come down to RBI`s projections, if it does not we will have to take steps," RB
Chief election commissioner (CEC) S Y Qureshi has vetoed the idea of compulsory voting in India. "Democracy and compulsion don`t go together," he told journalists while releasing consultation papers on electoral reforms here on Thursday.
In a move to weed out corruption, the Nitish Kumar government today decided to scrap the existing allocation of funds for Local Area Development (LAD) scheme for MLAs and MLCs in Bihar, in principle. A decision to this effect, which would
With terror threats looming large over the civil aviation sector, an advisory council of experts will be set up soon to deliberate on and recommend measures to step up aviation security. This was disclosed by Civil Aviation Minister
Corruption in awarding contracts in Commonwealth Games (CWG) has "tarnished" the image of the country, a Delhi court noted today while dismissing the bail applications of two former Organising Committee officials associated with the mega
The Supreme Court today rejected a plea for expunction of its controversial, `something-rotten-in-Allahabad High Court` remark, saying it stood by its suspicion that some of its judges, not all, are suffering from uncle judge
After one of its spokesmen attacked Ratan Tata, BJP today sought to distance itself from the industrialist`s criticism of NDA government`s telecom policy, saying it did not want to get embroiled in corporate wars. "BJP has no i
The government today told the Supreme Court that the issues raised by Tata chief Ratan Tata in his petition relating to the Nira Radia tapes require investigation. Sources said that the affidavit filed by the government has maintai
The WHO Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) guidelines for the disabled were released in Delhi on Friday at a national seminar of CBR India network, aimed at creating a more inclusive atmosphere in development. The guidelines, a joint col
Differences have cropped up among officials of the Madhya Pradesh flying club over whether it comes under the purview of the right to information (RTI) act of 2005 or not resulting in delay in getting information from the premier institute of the
The toll-free number, 1091, a helpline run by the Delhi police for women in distress, has not been working for some time even as city authorities have spared no attempt at making the number publicised in the backdrop of the Dhaul
Delays in prosecuting the corrupt is one of the biggest reasons for thriving graft in the country, apart from a nexus between the politicians and bureaucrats, according to Karnataka Lokayukta justice Santosh Hegde. “If we have a syst
