Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess who lived in a castle and one day a handsome prince rode by, saw her, fell in love and promptly married her, after which they lived happily ever after. That was in a perfect world. In the rea
A team of Indian investigators arrived in the US today to interrogate for the first time David Coleman Headley, accused of helping Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists carry out the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. The team comprises officers of the Nat
The union cabinet today recommended to President Pratibha Patil to impose Central rule in Jharkhand after the resignation of chief minister Shibu Soren ahead of a trust vote in the Assembly. The cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prim
Maharashtra state information commission Suresh Joshi has recommended that not more than 100 pages of information should be provided free of cost to RTI applicants belonging to below poverty line (BPL) category. According to Joshi, RTI ap
The CBI has tightened its noose around a prominent real estate builder who is believed to have played a key role in bribing two officials of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) arrested by sleuths early this week. A general ma
The Delhi University Teacher`s Association (DUTA) has asked teachers to dissociate themselves from the admission process to protest against the implementation of semester system. Teachers have also been asked not to prepare the time-table for the
The Bharatiya Janata Party has convened a conference in Mumbai on June 5-6 to brainstorm and formulate a charter for providing good governance in the states ruled by the party and its allies. Performance of the governments in these
Union home minister P Chidambaram today said Maoists or its front groups could be behind the attack on Jnaneswari Express, a theory contrary to railway minister Mamata Banerjee`s claim that it was a conspiracy of the West Bengal government.
The Delhi High Court today directed the telecommunication secretary and the MCD commissioner to set up a committee comprising technical and medical experts to inquire about potential health hazards due to radiation from mobile towers.
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has slammed the Central government on security issues saying that people are getting killed in the violence of Naxals and terrorists while the Centre is just holding meetings on the issue. "
Tobacco use could kill nearly 2.5 million women by the year 2030 out of which three-fourth deaths would occur in low-income and middle-income countries, the WHO has said. According to the World Health Organisation, women constitute
Three Congress candidates today filed nominations for the June 10 biennial elections for the Maharashtra Legislative Council. Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson Hussain Dalwai, former Pune mayor Dipti Chaudhary, and MPCC G
In view of rising number of deaths due to sunstroke in the state, the Orissa Government has again moved the Centre to declare these deaths as natural calamity so that higher compensation could be paid. "We have moved the Centre
The BJP has sought time till tomorrow from Jharkhand Governor M O H Farooq on the possibility of forming the government after the exit of chief minister Shibu Soren last night. BJP state president Raghuvar Das, who met the Governor twice i
Defence minister A K Antony today said the government was "examining all pros and cons of various aspects" of deploying army in anti-Naxalite operations in the country. While making it clear that government had not taken a
Bolstered by a 7.4 per cent growth rate in 2009-10, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today exuded confidence that the economy would expand by over 8.5 per cent in the current fiscal. "... on the whole it is 7.2 per cent plus (in 2009
Government medical colleges with bed capacity of 1,000 can now admit up to 250 students for the MBBS course from the academic session 2011-12, health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad told The Hindu. “But the raise in the ceiling
President Pratibha Patil today concluded her first state visit to China asking business leaders of the two Asian giants to develop "cooperation" that will address concerns of both sides and realise their true trade potential.
Driven by a robust performance by the manufacturing sector, the Indian economy grew by 8.4 per cent in the last quarter of 2009-10, pushing up the overall growth to a better-than expected 7.4 per cent. The manufacturing sector grew
