Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Wednesday kept up the suspense on continuance of outside support to the UPA government at the Centre, saying a decision on the issue will be taken soon. She also asked the cadres to be ready for snap
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday decried creation of "mindless atmosphere of negativity and pessimism" on the corruption issue and promised to strengthen the anti-graft law by including corporate failure to prevent bribery as a
Ruling AIADMK`s nominee P Dhanapal was on Wednesday unanimously elected as Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Assembly, the first Dalit to be elected to the post in 50 years. Pro-Tem Speaker C K Tamizharasan announced that Dhanapal was unanimously
The Supreme Court has reopened investigations into the disproportionate assets case against BSP leader Mayawati. The court while admitting a PIL, issued notice to the Centre and the CBI and Mayawati saying that it had never prohibited CBI
The “mango people (aam aadami)” turned out in force to buttress anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal`s testimony against businessman Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi. The “malafide nexus” betw
India plans to provide affordable electricity to all households in the next five years, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday. "The Government of India aims to provide 24x7 electricity to all households in the country and affo
Foodgrains production in 2012-13 will be lower than last year`s record output of 257.44 million tonnes but availability would be sufficient to meet domestic demand, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Tuesday. Addressing the Economic
The issue between the Army and the IAF for controlling attack helicopters was a "family problem" and the government was in the final stages of finding a solution for it, Defence Minister A K Antony said here on Tuesday. The Army
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said he intends to work with CAG to erase the impression of adversaries in an attempt to restore trust and confidence in all institutions. Addressing a Comptroller and Auditor (CAG) conference here
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday met the family of a Dalit teenaged girl, who immolated herself after being allegedly gang-raped in this district, and said perpetrators of such "barbaric" crimes must be severely punished.
Over 100 abortion centres in Thane have been asked to close down by health authorities after they were found to be violating regulations, officials said on Monday. Along with this, 319 sonography centres (private as well as government ones
Cutting across party lines, Congress and BJP leaders from Karnataka on Monday met prime minister Manmohan Singh to voice concern over the decision of the Cauvery River Authority asking the state to provide Tamil Nadu with 9000 cusecs of water dail
Taking a serious view of alleged use of human beings as guinea pigs for clinical trials by drug companies, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the centre and various states governments to reply to the allegation. A bench of justices R M Lodh
The relative grading of officers` annual confidential reports during their promotion is not a personal information and should be made public, the Central Information Commission has held. Chief information commissioner Satyananda Mishra sai
The group of ministers (GoM) on Land Acquisition Bill on Monday remained divided over the issue of retrospective acquisitions and the consent required from land owners with agriculture minister Sharad Pawar saying two-three meetings are required t
Cautioning that absence of economic reforms will slow down growth, Indian finance minister P Chidambaram on Monday said political parties may oppose but should not obstruct decision making. "Every government is entitled to lay down po
“Dear PM, the Special Cell is a group of licensed marauders,” Irshad Ali wrote to the prime minister when he was lodged in Tihar Jail. Ali’s emotional letter to the PM was a narrative of the harrowing experience he underwent at t
YSR Congress leader and Member of Parliament Y S Jaganmohan Reddy will have to be in jail for some more time with the Supreme Court on Friday dismissing his bail plea in the alleged multi-crore disproportionate assets case against him. A b
As Kingfisher Airlines extended its partial lockout by a week till October 12, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Friday said the debt-ridden company will have to satisfy airline regulator DGCA on safety before it gets permission to fly again.
A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Friday declined to accept any fresh material other than what has been submitted by the expert panel on the controversial Mullaperiyar Dam row between Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The apex c
