Accusing the state government of trying to create social discord to cover up its "failures", Opposition PDP today exuded confidence that people would "defeat the latest government design to divide them on religious and sectarian lin
Bringing good news to power crisis-plagued Bihar after majority of thermal power units fell on the Jharkhand side after the bifurcation in November 2000, US energy major AES Corporation has evinced interest in setting up a thermal power plant in t
Maharashtra leads the west zone states with maximum number of candidates failing to file their election expenditure certificates, chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi said today. The Chief Election Commissioner said 307 candidates who
Food Corporation of India (FCI) has decided to make direct payment to farmers for their produce in the coming paddy lifting season to bring more transparency in procurement process, a senior FCI official said today. "Farmers
The Supreme Court today issued notices to all the accused in Bhopal gas leak case on a petition by the CBI seeking to restore against them the stringent charge of culpable homicide, which attracts a maximum punishment of 10 years` jail term.
Economy grew by an impressive 8.8 per cent during the quarter ended June on the back of robust manufacturing growth. However, certain sectors like financial services restrained the growth in economy, which had recorded 6 per cent gr
CPI(M) today asked the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir Government to immediately initiate the process of dialogue to find a solution to the Kashmir issue, saying delay will only aggravate the situation. Expressing concern at the &q
Bowing to demands by several political parties, government today said it has decided to include caste in census and the formality of endorsing it is expected at the next Cabinet meeting. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Lo
Those waiting for a decked up Connaught Place (CP) will have to wait. The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) will take at least two more years to beautify CP, restoring it to its past glory. This project includes a uniform look for all th
In the race to attract more and more investment in the state, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is banking on skilled workforce, abundant natural resources, continuous power supply, peaceful industrial work atmosphere, a si
Senior Gujarat IPS officer Geeta Johri`s allegation that the CBI was intimidating her to depose against former state home minister Amit Shah in the killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a fake encounter rocked both the houses of Parliament. The calcula
The union ministers and ministers of state will now require the prime minister`s prior approval before proceeding on official foreign tours and they will also have to keep the Prime Minister`s Office (PMO) informed even about their private
Finally, it took the Supreme Court to discipline Sharad Pawar, our food and agriculture minister. “Tell your minister that free food distribution is our order, not a suggestion by us”, the apex court curtly told the government
An FIR has been filed against former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda and 28 others by the Vigilance Bureau, accusing them of forgery and criminal conspiracy while awarding contracts to a Hyderabad-based company for rural electrification.
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
