The supreme court (SC) on Monday sought the attorney general`s opinion on Amar Singh and Jaya Prada`s plea that they should not be disqualified as members of parliament (MP) after their expulsion from the Samajwadi Party. A bench head
The central vigilance commission (CVC) has formed a "special cell" comprising senior officials to look into complaints of corruption related to Commonwealth Games (CWG) projects. Sources said the special cell, which is functional
Telecommunication department has decided to insist on mobile phone operators for obtaining clearance from the wildlife division of the ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) for setting up mobile phone towers in view of the possible ill-effects
The supreme court on Monday refused to expedite proceedings against Congress MP Raja Ram Pal and 10 former parliamentarians in the infamous `cash-for-query` scam. A bench headed by Justice R V Raveendran dismissed the PIL seeking "fas
People of the Narmada valley marked their 25 years of struggle against big dams last weekend without much fanfare, quite clearly because their struggle has gone out of public discourse and national consciousness. A sad comment indeed given the sem
Observing that infrastructure deficit was posing a major constraint to India`s growth, prime minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said an outlay of over USD one trillion was envisaged for infrastructure projects during the next Five-year Plan beginni
The amount of money spent on commonwealth games (CWG) projects in Delhi University (DU) was more than three times that the initial estimated budget. The information obtained by Delhi based RTI activist Gopal Prasad shows that more than
The amount of money spent on commonwealth games (CWG) projects in Delhi University (DU) was more than 300 times that the initial estimated budget. The information obtained by Delhi based RTI activist Gopal Prasad shows that more than Rs 3
The government is mulling separate fund for non-governmental organisations in the twelfth five-year plan. “As NGOs are eyes and arms of the government, a significant portion would be allocated for these groups in the twelfth-five ye
A pocket-sized device could be the answer to casualties during railway tracks patrolling. The Delhi division of the northern railways will give patrollers a portable GPS device which will help locate their positions on the tracks. Often, t
Seated in a popular multi-utility vehicle, members of the five mobile squads of the Delhi transport corporation are cracking down on ticketless travelling in the city. Each squad has been assigned one of DTC`s five zones - east, west, north,
Advertisements of educational institutes, coaching classes and educational programmes will now be governed by specific guidelines. Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), the apex self-regulatory body for the advertising content of
Some 200 km from Patna, the state capital, on the national highway 77, there is a bridge (popularly known as Kataunjha Pul) over river Bagmati. About half a kilometer long, it connects Muzaffarpur and Sitamarhi, the two neighbouring district
The country`s senior-most bureaucrats now have to cut back on their international junkets, with the prime minister having instructed them to undertake only those trips where their presence is indispensbale. A letter from the cabinet secret
As US president Barack Obama prepares to visit India early next month, former official of the George W. Bush administration feels that India’s growing weightage in the Asian region is in America’s interest. “As India is t
Food inflation declined to 15.53 per cent for the week ended October 9, on improved supplies and declining prices of certain vegetables, especially, potato. Food inflation fell by 0.84 percentage points to 15.53 per cent during the week, f
The 25 Assam Rifles (AR) based in Arunachal`s Changlang district has apprehended several drug addicts, peddlers and smugglers, official sources said here today. So far the battalion has succeeded in apprehending 15 drug peddlers from the a
Karnataka High Court today resumed hearing on the petitions by 11 rebel BJP MLAs challenging their disqualification from the Assembly by Speaker K G Bopaiah after their withdrawal of support to the B S Yeddyurappa Government. After
An estimated 53 per cent of the 1.07 crore voters exercised their franchise today in 47 of the 243 seats in the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections which passed off by and large peacefully amid tight security. Over 150 perso
Miffed over alleged apathy of the state authorities towards development of their areas, voters stayed away from at least 12 polling booths spread over Madhubani, Purnia, Araria, Madhepura and Kishanganj districts in the first phase of poll in Biha
