An IPS officer has gone missing from Tippi in West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh when he was on his way to Tawang from Itanagar. Superintendent of Police of the Special Investigation Cell in the state police M S Chauhan went missing
Fireworks are expected in the next meeting of the JPC on 2G issue scheduled for Thursday with the demand for calling Finance Minister P Chidambaram as a witness becoming a sticky issue. The issue of summoning Chidambaram as a witness is ba
After being censured by his party`s Central Committee for defying the official line on the Kudankulam nuclear power plant issue, CPI(M) veteran V S Achuthanandan has also come under sharp attack in the Kerala unit of the party for openly taking di
The Delhi government is likely to take a radical step of phasing out the public distribution system (PDS) as we know it and replace it with cash transfer: a topic of hot debate for quite some time. Chief minister Sheila Dikshit has approve
Editor`s note: As the toilet vs temple debate rages on, fanned by Narendra Modi`s statement and the Congress`s immediate retaliation, we revisit a story on toilets – rather, the lack ot it – and why, how they more important than we
If everything goes all right, Sumit Bose is likely to replace Ajit Seth as the next cabinet secretary. According to unconfirmed reports, this 1976 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer who presently serves as revenue secretary will be the senior
In the aftermath of senior Haryana IAS officer Dr Ashok Khemka blowing the lid off Robert Vadra-DLF deals in the state and appearing on television channels after he was transferred in an unexplained haste, Congress party has aksed its leaders to k
A senior Haryana IAS officer is at the Centre of a raging controversy after he was transferred in the wake of his decision to probe alleged undervaluation of properties dealt with by Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday questioned the transfer of a senior Haryana IAS officer alleging that he was shunted out because he ordered a probe into land deals allegedly involving Robert Vadra and realty major DLF. A 1991-batch officer, Ash
Slamming the DMK for its "unprecedented scams", AIADMK supremo and Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday exuded confidence that people who unseated the Karunanidhi Government would give more resounding success to her party in the futu
For Ashok Khemka, one more ‘punishment transfer’ was yet another feather in his cap as an upright IAS officer, but he has strongly objected this time. Last week, he ordered a probe into the controversial land deals between the real est
Salboni is one of the twenty-nine blocks of West Midnapore district in West Bengal. It is under teh Medinipur Sadar subdivision anmd 409 villages and 10 panchayats. Area: 559.41 sq km Topography:
As my train, the Aranyak Express, thunders past the plains of South Bengal, I catch fleeting glimpses of the paddy fields, small towns and numerous stations on the way to my destination — West Medinipur district. The train chugs into the sta
Close on the heels of steep increase in diesel price and cap on supply of subsidised LPG, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said greater alignment of domestic rates with global prices was in the interest of both consumers and investors.
Arvind Kejriwal on Monday alleged that there was a "quid pro quo" between the Congress, which is supporting Salman Khurshid on his NGO`s controversy, and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav who is facing a disproportionate assets c
Airing scepticism over the inter-linking of rivers serving the desired purpose, social activist Medha Patkar today charged Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with embarking on the project in the state without consulting people. "
CBI has registered two fresh cases against two companies for alleged forgery and cheating in connection with its probe in the coal block allocation scam and carried out searches in 16 locations, including Delhi and Hyderabad. The ag
Inflation rose to its highest level this fiscal at 7.81 per cent in September as prices of wheat, cereals and diesel soared, a development that may restrain RBI from cutting interest rates at its monetary policy later this month. In
After his return from London where he was “feted and felicitated” by erstwhile masters of pre-independent India’s destiny, union law minister Salman Khurshid justifiably found it difficult to discard the colonial hangover that bo
Three naval personnel, including two officers, were on Monday killed when their Chetak helicopter crashed while landing at Dabolim naval base here. "All three personnel on board have died in the crash which took place at about 1000 ho
