BJP and BSP members clashed in the Rajya Sabha today on the issue of police firing on farmers in Uttar Pradesh protesting land acquisition. As BJP demanded a discussion during the Question Hour on the farmers` agitation, BSP strongl
Three persons, including a PAC jawan, were killed and nine injured near Aligarh when farmers fought pitched battles with police who opened fire to restore calm as the Uttar Pradesh government tonight ordered a judicial probe into the violence.
A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took charge of Commonwealth Games, a Group of Ministers met here tonight and voiced satisfaction over the pace of progress in preparations and also approved the theme song for the event composed by Oscar w
Orissa`s perpetual paradox has been one of acute poverty despite abundant availability of natural resources. The paradox, arising out of misgovernance and exploitation of the state`s people is fuelling Maoism in the state, according to Achyut Das,
The gate of the Railway Recruitment Cell (RRC) office is locked, but a board hangs from a tree at the Lajpat Nagar C-Block property housing it. A few construction workers move about. Some renovation work is going on, they inform. Meanw
The Central Information Commission has asked the Delhi government to put all the information regarding the Commonwealth Games in public domain by September 15. This includes details of tenders and consultants appointed for building stadia. The NDM
One of the many inspiring, instructive slogans the government has painted on the walls of some houses in this village says in Hindi: “Do not leave the village, change the village.” The villagers, however, don’t aspire to change m
It’s been more than four months that the right to compulsory and free education act has been implemented, but things are still not clear as far as the implementation of the act is concerned. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has alre
The MCD today launched two new eco-friendly toilets built with innovative technologies on an experimental basis and said it may install some such units near Commonwealth Games venues after examining all aspects. Mayor Prithvi Raj Sa
The sports injury centre at Safdarjung hospital which is being readied for the commonwealth games is at an advanced stage of construction and is expected to be completed by 31st August, said a press release by the health ministry. The rele
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said here today that the manner in which Union Carbide Corporation Chairman, Warren Anderson was allowed to leave Bhopal after the gas disaster in 1984 was not an issue at all. "It does
A bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha today to amend the Medical Council of India Act to replace the existing board of the MCI, facing corruption charges, with a seven-member panel of eminent doctors. The corruption-ridden MCI, set
A Muslim man is bound to support his divorced wife and minor children till she gets remarried, the Delhi High Court has said. The Court said that irrespective of Muslim personal laws, under which the husband is bound to maintain his
Kerala High court today dismissed a Review petition by state government against the judgement of Division bench prohibiting conduct of meetings on public roads and road sides. A division bench comprising Justice C N Ramachandran Nai
Incensed by reports that a drug resistant superbug has been traced to India, government today said there was a need to find out whether some "ulterior motives" were behind the claim. "We are all concerned about it. Su
Recognition granted to three medical colleges during the tenure of former Medical Council of India (MCI) President Ketan Desai is being reconsidered, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad told the Lok Sabha today. Replying to supplementa
The BJP and CPI(M) today slammed agriculture minister Sharad Pawar for stating in Rajya Sabha that the issue of rotting grains was an "exaggeration" and accused the government of not caring for the common man. BJP spokespe
A day after the Supreme Court asked the Government to distribute rotting foodgrains free to the poor of the country, Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar told Parliament that the reports were "quite exaggerated" and that his ministry was re
The hearing on N K Amin plea, an accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, becoming an approver, was adjourned till August 18 by the CBI court here today. Amin had last month filed an application in the court to become
Government today moved a bill in the Rajya Sabha, which provides for allocation of coal blocks through auction to private companies replacing allocation by a government screening panel. Moving the Mines and Minerals (Development and
