Central Bureau of Investigation has registered two fresh cases against two companies for alleged forgery and cheating in connection with its probe in the coal block allocation scam in India and carried out searches in 16 locations, including Delhi
Central Bureau of Investigation has registered two fresh cases against two companies for alleged forgery and cheating in connection with its probe in the coal block allocation scam in India and carried out searches in 16 locations, including Delhi
The post-monsoon Bihar is a treat to those eyes accustomed to watching concrete structures. Vast expanse of verdant greenery dotted with thick growth of trees is a telling tale of the state’s continued defiance to rapid and mindless urbanisa
As the central government and Ekta Parishad signed an agreement on Thursday on the land reforms issue, women and land rights groups wanted to know how serious the government was on women’s land rights issue. “The deal between both the
Salman Khurshid has compared Arvind Kejriwal to ‘gutter snipes’ and threatened legal action, after the maverick anti-corruption activist alleged that a trust run by the union law minister and his wife has bungled public money. But, goi
The Rangarajan Committee on Friday recommended deregulation of the sugar sector, the only remaining industry that continues to be controlled by the government, by giving freedom to mills to sell sugar in the open market. It has also sugges
Voicing concern over frivolous and vexatious use of RTI Act, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said the citizens` right to know should definitely be circumscribed if it encroaches on an individual`s privacy. "There is a fine bal
Mumbai Police has stepped up vigil after an anonymous letter sent to the state Secretariat `Mantralaya` threatened to bomb important government installations in Mumbai and Nagpur. The letter, received on Thursday, specified timings at whic
Under fire for allegedly abducting the top medical officer of Gonda, Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Revenue Vinod Kumar Singh resigned on Friday. "I have sent my resignation to the Chief Minister as I am a devoted worker of SP. I
CPI(M) leader Mohammed Salim has accused Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee of trying to be more "Leftist than the Leftists" by attacking the government over reforms including FDI in retail. However, the Trinamool Congress
On the eve of right to information`s (RTI) seventh anniversary, the national campaign for peoples` right to information (NCPRI), organised a public hearing on the transparency law in New Delhi on Friday. At the hearing, the recent SC order on appo
Ten days after landless poor from different parts of the country embarked on a protest march to Delhi, demanding urgent implementation of land reforms, the government staged a give-in and the march was called-off at Agra on Thursday. An agreement
Congress is trying to whitewash the allegations of corruption against Robert Vadra and the Gandhi family saying that the parties being accused of striking the sweetheart deals are private concerns — a businessman (Vadra) and a company (
The national capital is in the middle of a reforms frenzy. There’s nothing wrong with that except that Manmohan Singh is seeking to package three years of utter failure as sudden virtue. Since his return to the finance ministry on July 31, P
The Congress-led UPA government has found the "right combination" in the alliance to push through much-needed economic reforms in India in the next two years, Minister of Law and Justice Salman Khurshid has said. "We have mo
Realty firm Unitech on Thursday said it would exit from telecom joint venture with Norway`s Telenor by disposing of its entire shareholding in Uninor and both the parties have amicably settled all legal disputes between them. Telenor wante
Three suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists, who were allegedly involved in the recent Pune blasts, have been arrested by Delhi Police. Sources said on Thursday that the trio were apprehended by Delhi Police`s Special Cell. The su
Prime minister Manmohan Singh is upset with union ministers rushing to defend Robert Vadra, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law on news-channels. Vadra was recently accused by India Against Corruption of having influenced acquisition of
The UPA government that has been facing brickbats from the opposition parties has got a compliment from BJP leader L K Advani for its flagship programme, MGNREGA, which he said has helped empower rural people and revive economic growth. Ma
Denied appointment by Prime Minister, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Wednesday criticised Manmohan Singh for the September 19 order of Cauvery River Authority headed by him on release of water to Tamil Nadu, and said it had no basis and was an
