The country has experienced decline in rainfall in July and almost all regions except the north-west have started registering negative precipitation.According to the India Meteorological Department, from June 1 until July 8, the country has regist
Making a strong case for economic cooperation among the BRICS nations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today “we need to see our strengths and then cooperate on skill development”. “We must strengthen BRICS
Finally, the demand of the opposition parties on CBI probe has been met. But there is no order yet on their demand for supreme court-monitored probe. The supreme court has transferred the investigation into Vyapam or the Madhya Pradesh`s e
Nitish Kumar, who has prime ministerial ambition, took a dig at prime minister Narendra Modi’s visits abroad and said that it is a blessing that Modi "spends some time in the country also". "What can be said of
Trying to provoke chief minister J Jayalalithaa on her claim that Tamil Nadu`s electricity needs have been fulfilled, DMK chief Karunanidhi on Wednesday asked her to answer the people over charges of irregularities in Tamil Nadu Generation and Dis
Ganesh utsav is a very popular community event in Maharashtra and over the years the 11-festival has generated many controversies. This year the festival begins on September 17 and the Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray has taken up the cause of
The Supreme Court will take up the plea for a CBI probe in the Vyapam scam today. Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had declared on Wednesday that he would also back such a request in the top court. He, however ruled out resignat
Taking cognisance of media reports in which the four-year-old girl`s father Hanuman Mahajan claimed that her life could have been saved had she been rushed to a private hospital along with actress Hema Malini, Rajasthan State Human Rights Commissi
Now the taste will be sweet. The controversial `chikki` supplied to Ahmednagar district schools has been found unadulterated and fit for consumption by two government labs and this news brings relief to Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde.
Raising questions over feasibility of complete ban on app-based taxi services, the Delhi high court has set aside the Delhi government`s order of rejection of cab service provider Uber`s application for licence. The judge on Wednesd
The story goes like this: A bunch of news photographers had pooled resources and hired a taxi for an assignment in rural West Bengal. The taxi driver – a sardar – pulled over in a deserted stretch, got out of the taxi, and squatted to
The Madhya Pradesh high court bench at Jabalpur will decide today (July 8) on the state government’s request for a CBI investigation into the multi-crore Vyapam recruitment scam. In its appeal, made immediately after chief m
There is a change in the business environment and there is also change in the market conditions. The government has put in place certain process that will ease the way business is conducted and this should help in the disinvestment process, which
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive here at Ufa (Russia) today on a three-day visit to attend the BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summits. During his visit he is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping today and Pakistan`s P
Congress has rejected Madhya Pradesh chief minister Chief Minister`s move to request high court for CBI probe in Vyapam scam, insists on supreme court-monitored CBI probe. Meanwhile, there is little hope that a compromised CBI that directly report
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, who stepped down as chancellor of Nalanda University, Bihar in February, has blamed the Narendra Modi government for interference in academia and proclaimed to have been ‘ousted’ from the university.
Even as the supreme court agreed to hear Digvijay Singh’s plea on Thursday, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Tuesday that he will ask the high court to order a CBI probe into the Vyapam scam. "I
Under the shadow of demand for resignation of chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and a supreme court-monitored CBI probe, the court will hear on Thursday a plea by Congress leader Digvijaya Singh and three whistle-blowers into the Vyapam scam.
The supreme court on Tuesday issued notices to the government and election commission on a plea seeking to bring political parties under RTI (right to information act). The petition filed the founding member of Association for Democ
India has been celebrating uncommon success of Ira Singhal, who has topped civil services rank list. Even though she studied in normal educational institutions despite her disability, Ira can take note as future bureaucrat that India has made grea
