When the BJP sensed that raising the issue of former Gujarat miniister Amit Shah`s arrest might spell trouble in parliament, it chose to put it on back-burner. But now it wants to hold weeklong nationwide protests against what it calls the misuse
So low are the expectations from the Commonwealth Games that all they need is for the microphone to be working when the oath is taken or Indian athletes to last the opening ceremony without fainting and it will be declared a ‘grand success&r
At least 103 people were killed and another 370 injured when flash floods triggered by torrential rains struck this Himalayan town in Ladakh region, northeast of Jammu and Kashmir, leaving a trail of death and destruction. "We
The Indian Institute of Technology at Delhi may soon start undergraduate courses in humanities and other streams. Speaking at a press conference organised by the institute on the occasion of its 41st Convocation, the director Prof Surendra Prasad
The rail coach factory project at Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh and wheel manufacturing plant at Chapra in Bihar will be completed in the next two years, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee informed Rajya Sabha today. Replying to supplem
State-owned insurance giant, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) plans to invest Rs 2,00,000 crore across asset classes in FY 11, up from the Rs 1,92,000 crore last fiscal. "We have internally targeted to invest Rs two la
The man who has largely been responsible for the CWG fiasco, Suresh Kalmadi on Friday ruled out stepping down as Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman in the wake of corruption allegations but said he would quit if asked to by prime min
Government today said it was willing to ask the CBI to look into charges of irregularities by state agencies involved in Commonwealth Games projects and accused the Opposition of projecting incorrect figures on the expenditure incurred for the meg
The government today said 240 doctors and paramedic staff would be available round the clock at the Commonwealth Games village to tackle any medical emergency or outbreak of disease during the mega sporting event. "Adequate arr
The Gujarat government is strongly opposed to the provisions in the proposed Goods and Service Tax council (GST) as part of the ammendment to the proposed constitutional ammendment related to the implementation of GST that are aimed at throttling
Observing that it wanted to "win the hearts and minds" of the peo
Nearly 20 of our brothers and sisters have been killed in police and CRPF firing over the past one year during street protests in various parts of Kashmir. Why are we Kashmiri youth taking to streets despite knowing that our stones are no match to
The issue of alleged large-scale corruption in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) projects today rocked Lok Sabha with the entire opposition attacking the government accusing it of allowing "loot" of public money. Members of the
The Planning Commission on Thursday said it is contemplating an increase in the number of districts which will receive aid to fight the Maoist menace under the Integrated Action Plan (IAP) being formulated by it. "I don`t want
The CCS chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met on Thursday for the second time in five days to review the latest situation in Kashmir valley which relatively remained peaceful for the second straight day after being rocked by violence.
Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Thursday said inflation will come down by September and reach the comfortable level of 6 per cent by December. "Inflation will come down by September-end. You can se
The five year investigation by the CBI into the theft of Rabindranath Tagore`s Nobel medal and other memorabilia from Rabindra Bhavan museum in Santiniketan, was
On a day of dramatic developments, the Hockey India was tonight derecognised by the government barely a few hours after its polls, which itself ran into a controversy following the election of a tainted office bearer. The government
The BJP in Madhya Pradesh has chosen to stay shut over the possible return of former state chief minister Uma Bharti into the partyfold after the Central leadership asked senior leaders to desist from going public about their views on the issue.
Engulfed in a spate of corruption allegations, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee today finally cracked the whip by suspending a close Suresh Kalmadi aide T S Darbari and two other tainted high-ranked officers in a desperate bid to restor
