India might have been the jewel in the crown of the British empire but it seems like the country does not care much for the bling in its history. The external affairs ministry has no documents proving that India ever asked the United Kingd
T S Darbari has been sacked from Commonwealth Games Organising Committee. Sanjay Mohindroo has been suspended. QBR case handed over to Enforcement Directorate.
Ex-IPS officer O P Mathur, who was the state CID chief when it first probed the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, was today questioned by CBI which also made another attempt to get former minister Amit Shah`s remand by approaching the Gujarat High
Severe punishment awaits those involved in honour killings as the government intends to bring a law on the matter in the current Parliament session itself, Home Minister P Chidambaram said in Lok Sabha today. Maintaining that such c
Defending its decision to supply water to industries from the river Mahanadi and Hirakud reservoir, Orissa government today claimed that a huge volume of water flowed down to sea due to non-utilisation. "67 per cent of Mahanadi
An unsolicited telemarketing call to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is what it took Telecom Minister A Raja to swing into action for prohibiting immediately such intruding calls. Within hours of reports that Mukherjee himself was
In yet another blow to the Centre`s plans on the proposed GST, the states today categorically stated that petroleum products will be out of the proposed indirect tax regime, even as the Centre pressed for the same saying such a move can check wild
There is no respite to the farmers who defaulted in repaying loan from the co-operative banks and Land Development Banks (LDB) in the most affected farmer suicide areas in Vidarbha region. The borrowers from the LDB in the state wil
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the Reserve Bank is keeping a watch on demand factors that fuel inflation and it will make adjustments, if necessary. "It (RBI) is keeping a watch on the demand side and if it is fou
Congress today endorsed sports minister M S Gill`s remarks that setting up of any new committee to hold Commonwealth Games is no solution and said the priority is to organise the event first and then probe the allegations of corruption and irregul
Putting all land records online, setting outreach centre in all police stations to improve interface with people and a host of other steps will be implemented by March next year under governance reforms in Punjab. The blueprint for
The Bombay High Court today asked Maharashtra Government to file an affidavit within three weeks informing whether it had forwarded reports to the Centre in the last five years on implementation of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention
The CBI has recently sent additional evidence against Warren Anderson, former CEO of Union Carbide, to the Ministry of External Affairs in connection with his extradition proceedings in Bhopal case. "The CBI has been consistent
The sports ministry today formed a five-member committee, headed by director Sarada Ali Khan, to investigate the allegations of sexual harassment against former women`s hockey coach M K Kaushik. "Sports ministry has decided to
Gujarat`s first ever milk bank set up in Kashiba Gordhanbhai Children hospital here at Karelibagh here has come to the rescue to many new born babies, who are deprived of breastfeeding due to several factors. Dr Arun Phatak, who too
In a bid to execute anti- Maoist strategies in a planned manner, Orissa government has constituted a state-level Unified Command to deal with Left Wing Extremism, officials said today. The decision to set up the Unified Command was
Senior BJP leader L K Advani along with a delegation of party MLAs from Jammu and Kashmir today met prime minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the prevailing situation in the Valley and demanded that the Centre should intervene to restore normalcy.
The CBI today challenged in the Gujarat high court the order of a lower court rejecting its plea for remand of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. CBI`s plea demanding 10-day custody of S
Vidya Stokes was today elected Hockey India president after defeating former national captain Pargat Singh in the much-awaited HI polls here today. Stokes, who is the interim HI president, won the straight contest by a big margin of
Already engulfed in a series of corruption charges, the CWG Organising Committee today faced more problems with its treasurer Anil Khanna resigning from the post
