The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) today said it will look into the allegations of bribery against officials of state-owned BHEL and NTPC once their names are disclosed by the US Department of Justice. "We have our chief vi
The Calcutta high court today observed that the state information commission should dispose of appeals under right to information act within 45 days. Hearing a petition claiming that the West Bengal state information commission had
The khap panchayats and the honour killings turned out to be too hot for the union cabinet to handle all by itself. Instead of giving a go ahead to the ministry of home affairs to amend the laws to check honour killings, the cabinet has opted for
A five-year-old boy died and seven passengers received injuries when coaches of Garib Rath Express (2518) derailed between Chautara and Gossaigaon Hat stations in Kokrajhar district, Assam on Thursday at about 2.20 am. According to the rep
Government is bringing amendments to a legislation to enable quick eviction of unauthorised occupants from Delhi Metro and New Delhi Municipal Corporation properties. The Union Cabinet approved amendments to Public Premises (Evictio
In a bid to check corruption in welfare schemes, the Uttar Pradesh government has directed the rural development department to prepare posters of touts and paste them in villages and blocks. "Chief Development Officers should l
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will pump in US$ 150 million (about Rs 675 crores) to promote khadi and village industries products, minister for small and medium enterprises Dinsha Patel said in Mumbai. The money will help modernisation
The bill aiming to curb `honour killings` directed by Khap panchayats will go to a Group of Ministers, it was decided in a cabinet meeting on Thursday. In the meeting, Kapil SIbal, M S Gill and four other ministers took on Home Minister P
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has said he has not demanded additional ministerial berths for his party leaders or his MP daughter Supriya Sule, in the Union ministry. "I haven`t demanded any additional berths," P
The corporate affairs ministry is exploring the option of launching a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for its prestigious e-governance project, MCA 21. The ministry`s agreement with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for this purpose comes to an end in
The government is so desperate to get the nuclear liability bill passed that it has indicated its willingness to double the nuclear operator’s liability — from Rs 500 crore to Rs 1,000 crore — in the event of a nuclear disaster.
People defecating in the open is a sight common in villages and to an extent in urban areas too. While the government maintains sanitation programmes will reach all corners of India by next year, the World Bank says this is not going to happen bef
Former Union Carbide chairman Keshub Mahindra was in Bhopal yesterday (July 6) to complete some legal formalities relating to his bail and said he wanted to do “something concrete” for the victims. I am not easily moved by stuf
Union Home Secretary G K Pillai will visit Srinagar today to review the law and order situation in violence-hit Kashmir. He is scheduled to meet Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and some top officials of the state government, official s
The Centre is in consultation with state governments to evolve a plan to contain the attacks on railway property by the Maoists, union minister of state for railways, K H Muniyappa today said. "A comprehensive plan will be unde
Life in the Maoist-hit areas of West Bengal`s Purulia, West Midnapore and Bankura districts was disrupted today on the first day of the two-day Bharat Bandh called by the ultras. All police stations and CRPF camps in the three distr
Even as the Army challenged a Delhi High Court verdict on permanent commission to women defence officers in the Supreme Court, minister of state for defence M M Pallam Raju today struck a different note, saying his ministry was in favour of openin
A Delhi court today framed charges of murder and rioting against senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and others in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which six persons were killed in Sultanpuri here. Additional Sessions Judge S
CBI has recommended to the defence ministry blacklisting of six firms, including four from abroad, as a sequel to its probe into the Ordnance Factory Board scam. Official sources said the CBI is its letter has mentioned four interna
The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), which discussed the situation in Kashmir today, decided to use army as a "deterrent" and that security forces will ensure strict enforcement of curfew. Sources said the CCS, which w
