The state government appointed commission of inquiry, looking into 17 death cases lodged in the Valley from June 11 to July 19, met for the first time since its formation about a month ago and decided to set up its sub-offices at Anantnag and Bara
Twelve people were convicted and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for five years while 75 others acquitted today in three separate cases relating to the communal riot in Kandhamal. The three cases were disposed by two fast track c
The Orissa government on Monday said it will move Supreme Court challenging the Centre`s approval of forest clearance to Polavaram irrigation project in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh without taking its view. "We will challenge th
TRS today warned it would respond seriously if police cases are filed against the students of Osmania University over the attack on the teachers from non-Telangana regions. "Workers from Nalgonda and Karimnagar were beaten up i
Union government is planning to introduce a series of legislations to reform the education system in the country and the Parliament will soon discuss National Vocational Education Bill, HRD minister Kapil Sibal said here today. Deli
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said that his government would take all possible help to ensure the welfare of labourers from Jharkhand, who went to Leh to work in construction companies, stuck there after the cloud burst hit
The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Monday recorded the statement of former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani, an accused in a 2002 post-Godhra riot case. The statement was recorded on a complaint filed by Zakia, wh
Health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad announced various measures his ministry would be taking to improve the health delivery in the country at the 11th conference of Central Council of Health and Family Welfare held here on Monday. To control i
An embarrassed UPA government dropped the Enemy Property Bill listed for debate and passage in the Lok Sabha on Monday as it found itself falling between two stools. The related Ordinance will now be allowed to lapse. This is the result of
An embarrassed UPA government dropped the Enemy Property Bill listed for debate and passage in the Lok Sabha on Monday as it found itself falling between two stools. The related Ordinance will now be allowed to lapse. This is the result of
India will soon have a new programme for better menstrual health of adolescent girls, said health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad here on Monday. “Adolescent pregnancies present themselves a great challenge for maternal health. The risk of
There`s no way out of this mess. With the Delhi government stepping up efforts to clear out as many as 1,800 Blueline buses from Delhi roads, read NDMC (New Delhi Municipal Corporation) routes, starting September 15, commuters will indeed find the
The Gujarat High Court today adjourned the hearing on a petition by an NGO seeking to summon Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in connection with 2002 riots, till September 27. A division bench of Chief Justice S J Muk
The government today introduced Direct Taxes Code (DTC), offering much lower benefits than in the original proposal, that seeks to increase tax exemption on income from Rs 1.6 lakh to Rs 2 lakh and fix the corporate tax at a flat 30 percent.
People earning more than Rs 10 lakh a year may save up to Rs 41,040 in income tax, if slabs proposed by the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) bill come into effect, experts said. Similarly, tax burden would reduce by Rs 21,540 for those earni
The Prime Minister`s Office on Monday cleared appointments of the chairmen of eight nationalised banks and promotion of 10 general managers as executive directors. PMO over-ruled the objections from the Establishment Officer and also from
Four months after a Delhi High Court appointed committee highlighted the dismal conditions of construction workers at Commonwealth Games sites, not much has changed. According to the findings of the People’s Union for Democratic Righ
BJP today said the charges levelled by senior IPS officer Geetha Johri against the CBI in the Sohrabuddin encounter case should be investigated and demanded a debate on the issue in the Rajya Sabha. "The Supreme Court had direc
A special CBI court here today adjourned till September 7 hearing on the bail application of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, arrested in connection with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. Special CBI Judge G K Upadhyay a
The Supreme Court today allowed UP Chief Minister Mayawati`s plea seeking postponement of hearing in the disproportionate assets case relating to her declared wealth going up from Rs one crore in 2003 to Rs 50 crore in 2007. A bench
