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
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
