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
Efforts to wean away Maoists from the path of violence seems to be making progress going by the response to the government`s surrender packages announced in Jharkhand and West Bengal a month back. Jharkhand has made a headstart with
Punjab`s first mega food park, which will involve capital infusion of up to Rs 150 crore, would be developed at Fazilka in Ferozepur district by a consortium led by agro unit International Fresh Farm Products. "The Union Minist
Ramdas Bapuji Ubale-Ghadegaonkar, an RTI activist and a Shiv Sena functionary, was found dead under mysterious circumstances at Nanded in Marathwada region of Maharashtra,
Is Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani qualified to be on the board of a key advocacy group on the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)? Some civil society groups in India have questioned his appointment a month ago, while a UN official h
For the fourth time, the government has played mischief with the nuclear liability bill. The BJP completely missed it and the Left realize the mischief only partly when the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill 2010 was passed in Lok Sab
For the last time on Friday, the parliamentarians decided their salary and allowances themselves as in future the responsibility will be bestowed on an independent permanent mechanism to decide their raise. Piloting a Bill in the Lo
The Madhya Pradesh government has drawn an ambitious plan to generate 800 MW of power through solar, wind and biomass by 2013, to bridge the widening gap between the demand and supply of electricity in the state. "We have embar
In a new turn in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, senior Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Geetha Johri has accused the CBI of pressurising her to implicate some political leaders, including arrested BJP leader Amit Shah. In a cu
Days after a move to confer doctorate on Vishwanathan Anand by the University of Hyderabad sparked a row over his nationality, the varsity`s vice-chancellor today said dates for the convocation of the world chess champion would be decided soon.
The proposed second airport for Mumbai, at Navi Mumbai, will not only impact environment but also reach the saturation point in 25 years, a new study by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) has pointed out, even as environment minister Jairam Ra
Resident doctors at Delhi`s Safdarjung hospital have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from September 1 if their demands for permanent security arrangements and basic amenities are not met by the administration. In a notice on displ
A set of wide ranging recommendations submitted by the six working groups, the rural development ministry formed in March this year to monitor and review the working of the NREGA, will not be implemented anytime soon. “Many of t
For the sixth year in a row, over 4.7 crore subscribers of retirement fund manager EPFO are likely to get 8.5 per cent interest on their deposits in the current fiscal. "EPFO`s apex decision-making body, the Central Board of Tr
A comprehensive law on Code of Criminal Procedure will be brought within a year as the code had become "very old", Home Minister P Chidambaram said in the Rajya Sabha today. "I agree that there should not be a pieceme
Parliament today enacted a new law to enforce stricter regulations for foreign contributions in form of gifts, funds and other forms to individuals and social organisations in the wake of changed internal security environment and large fund flow.
In an apparent balancing act, the Congress today appeared to have distanced itself from the "saffron terrorism" remarks of Home Minister P Chidambaram saying, terror has no no colour. With BJP and Shiv Sena seeking to rake
In a move that will be welcomed by Mumbaikars, BMC today lifted the water cuts in the city for a month due to the ongoing festival season. The city has been facing water cuts since June last year due to scanty rainfalls. Currently,
Seven years in the making, the whistleblowers’ bill or the "Public Interest Disclosure and Protection to Persons Making the Disclosures Bill, 2010" was finally introduced in Lok Sabha on Thursday. [For the text of the bill see the
Bihar’s growth story – though 11 percent growth rate in the state GDP is being questioned now – has an interesting fallout: Punjab’s farmers are facing a severe labour crunch, especially during the peak season of paddy tran
