Indian and EU trade negotiators agreed to continue their efforts to overcome the remaining issues, which have been blocking an agreement after more than six years of negotiations and shared the view that the talks in Brussels will give a new thrus
Three 1993 Mumbai blasts convicts` petitions for extension of time to surrender on the ground that their clemency pleas are pending before President Pranab Mukherjee, were today dismissed by the supreme court. Zaibunnisa Anwar Kazi (70), I
Italy today questioned in the supreme court NIA`s jurisdiction to probe the case against its two marines for allegedly killing two Indian fishermen, a contention rejected by the government which assured the court that investigation will be complet
Amrit Das stood on the porch of the headmaster’s office in Salboni high school as his father spoke to one of his teachers, staring straight ahead, oblivious to the general air of chaos and cacophony around him. The conversation over, the boy
Over two centuries of the Asaf Jahi rule [from 1724 to 1947] of the Deccan created a cultural divide among the Telugu speaking people. While the Telugu people of the coastal and Rayalaseema districts progressed in economic, educational and cultura
Last year, Rupert Murdoch, the chairman and CEO of the $34-billion News Corporation and an undisputed global media czar, urged investors not to “judge us the way you would a conventional company”. He added that News Corp’s corpor
Malati Jhodia, a young woman of Siriguda village in Orissa’s Kashipur, could have led a better life had she got what is legitimately hers, a scheduled tribe certificate. In absence of it she was denied the job of an anganwadi worker last yea
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be having a tough time courting its allies, both present and erstwhile. A day after Bihar chief minister put its NDA big brother on a deadline, giving it time till this yearend to announce its prime minist
The supreme court has ruled against the introduction of the African cheetah in India. The apex court, however, has approved the translocation of Asiatic lions from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh and given a six-month deadline for it to be completes. Wi
The semesterisation in Delhi University could not achieve what was claimed by its implementer. The earlier vice-chancellor compromised all the features (like interdisciplinary approach, lesser burdening of students and allowing in-depth understand
Workers work overtime, don’t get paid for it, the agency responsible for paying them accuses the official concerned in the government organisation where they allege misappropriation, that official cries foul, a probe committee is formed, the
Noting that public expectations on law and order and policing are increasing, the Centre today asked state governments to come onboard with it and implement the recommendations of the second administrative reforms commission (ARC). "N
On April 10, within hours of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and finance minister Amit Mitra being subjected to heckling by SFI activists in New Delhi, the state’s governor, MK Narayanan, in Kolkata asked the CPM politburo to apol
The Maharashtra state chief information commission on Saturday gave an order to the prison authorities to display on their website and also on notice boards details of undertrials who have undergone over 50 percent of the maximum prison term t
While India comes under the mandatory “review mechanism” in compliance under the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) next month in Vienna, New Delhi has not made necessary efforts in fighting corruption. &ldquo
Motilal Vora, the senior most Congressman, has confirmed to people close to him that Priyanka Gandhi will contest from Rae Bareli. Her mother Sonia Gandhi does not wish to fight the electoral battle due to health reasons. If Vora i
Future of many students aspiring for medical education is in jeopardy the Medical Council of India (MCI), the statutory body regulating medical colleges, affiliations of new colleges and registration of doctors, is facing internal troubles again.
In large swathes of land across India, few men are more powerful than an elected public representative, and fewer still are as essential for development as such men and women on a mission to usher in change. Acting on a tip off abou
If Bhadohi in Uttar Pradesh is home to the country’s largest hand-knit carpet weaving industry, Moradabad is famous for its brassware; Aligarh is famous for its locks and neighbouring Khurja in Bulandshahr is well known for its ceramic potte
At a time Arvind Kejriwal is focusing his Aam Aadmi Party’s pre-election campaigning on irregular supply, empty promises and inflated bills by the capital’s civic agencies, the heat for chief minister Sheila Dikshit went up a notch on
