The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus depots will soon have to do without government handholding. The transport authority is aiming at cutting its losses - believed to be at Rs 30-40 crore a month - by making them earn their keep. Each
The Supreme Court today admitted a petition to examine the acquittal of JMM chief Shibu Soren in connection with the murder of his private secretary Shashi Nath Jha in 1994, in which the CBI has chosen not to challenge the exoneration of former Jh
The CBI today filed an application in a court here to interrogate former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, accused in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, in jail. Shah, facing murder and extortion charges in the fake encounter case, was
Hinting at a hike in its key rates tomorrow, the Reserve Bank today said it would continue exiting from its easy money regime to check double-digit inflation, while ensuring stable economic growth. "Given the risk to inclusive growth
The Rajya Sabha is likely to sit up to 8 pm from Tuesday to discuss and dispose of numerous bills and other legislative business. There are consitutional amendments, replacing ordinaces with the bills. An announcement is likely to be made on Tuesd
CBI has summoned two retired IPS officers, who had at one point of time headed the probe into the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case as chiefs of state CID, and questioned one of them. G C Raigar and O P Mathur, who have already
The Supreme Court today asked the Army to produce before it the government notification which debars women officers from getting permanent commission in the armed forces. A bench comprising Justices J M Panchal and Gyan Sudha Misra
The mystery about who facilitated the escape of Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson`s from the country after the Bhopal gas tragedy, may never be solved. The then Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Arjun Singh has said in the past that A
Congress president Sonia Gandhi is said to have expressed shock at the court ruling on the Khairlanji issue. During a recent discussion on communal violence bill at the National Advisory Council (NAC) Narendra Jadhav raised the Khairlanji issue. T
Sports minister M S Gill today assured that the cases of sexual harassment that have plunged hockey and weightlifting into a moral crisis would be dealt with in a "professional and impartial way". Gill said the sports mini
Rejecting BJP charge of government misuing CBI in the Sohrabuddin case, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today expressed the hope that Parliament will function smoothly and discuss important national issues. "Well, there is no tru
After eluding the CBI for four days, former Gujarat minister and Narendra Modi`s close aide Amit Shah was today arrested by the probe agency in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case and sent to jail shortly after he made a dramatic appearance at
Imports in solar technology will be allowed only in the first phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), Farooq Abdullah, the minister for new and renewable energy announced while unveiling the guidelines for selection of new gr
The power sector could trip the country`s growth story if states do not check the losses of power utilities that totaled a staggering Rs 40,000 crore last fiscal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today. "The power sector is p
CBI today told a Delhi Court that there was no sufficient evidence against former union minister Jagdish Tytler in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case. Pleading for dismissal of a petition filed by the family of the riots victim against the
Under attack for surging prices particularly of food items, the government today said it expects good rains to help halve inflation to six percent by December. "We expect to see the rate of inflation in wholesale prices to come
The BJP today stood behind Gujarat minister of state for home Amit Shah, who resigned after being charged with murder in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, saying the "mischievous designs of the CBI" will be exposed in court.
The Maharashtra government is toying with the idea of having Special Economic Zones (SEZs) for wind energy farms where the players from the segment will be encouraged to set up projects and supply power to the grid. The state has al
Facing arrest over murder charge, Gujarat minister of state for home Amit Shah, a close associate of chief minister Narendra Modi, resigned from the state ministry on Saturday. "As I landed here in Delhi, I have information tha
If rural development minster CP Joshi has his way, people in rural India can become crorepatis by answering questions on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY), Indira Awas Yojna (IAY) and othe
