A recent supreme court order on information commission appointments at the states and union level has come under criticism from RTI activists and legal experts. A two-member bench, of justices A K Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar, on September 13 held
Backing Centre`s decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said the decision will help farmers prosper by removing middlemen from the supply chain and generate new jobs. Addressing the national executive
Armed with a letter written by Manoj Jayaswal to allot 26 percent shares of AMR Iron and Steel Private Limited, a Jayaswal Group company, "free of cost" to the Lokmat Group of Congress MP Vijay Darda, the Central Bureau of Investigation
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi may field some Muslim candidates in the coming Assembly elections for the first time to present his secular face with an eye on the prime ministerial chair. Not a single Muslim was fielded by the Bharatiya Jana
Hopes of ailing Kingfisher Airlines resuming operations on Friday faded on Thursday with last ditch efforts by the management to persuade striking engineers and pilots to return to work failing to end the deadlock over the issue of non-payment of
The Supreme Court today refused to grant interim bail to ex-Army officer Shrikant Prasad Purohit, Pragya Thakur and other accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. A bench of justices H L Dattu and C K Prasad refused to grant any interim re
Sharpening its missile prowess, India on Thursday successfully test-fired its nuclear- capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile with a strike range of 350 km from a test range near here as part of a user trial by the army. "The surface-to
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi has invited country’s five top industrialists to dispel corporate concerns about investing in the Himalayan state troubled by insurgency. Rahul Gandhi persona
The Winter Session of Parliament will be partially hit as the Gujarat poll campaign will be at its peak around that time. Tentatively, it is speculated that Winter session is to commence on November 19. If it is so, the 26 MPs from
Observing that piracy and armed robberies in high seas were threatening the stability of the Asian region, Defence Minister A K Antony on Wednesday said India was taking steps to augment its capabilities to fight piracy and terrorism. Addr
The Prime Minister`s Office (PMO) has declined to part with information related to coal blocks allocation citing ongoing CBI probe in the matter. "Keeping in view the ongoing CBI investigation in the matter, disclosure of information
The Supreme Court has directed the Centre and States to provide basic infrastructure, including drinking water and washroom facilities, in all schools within six months.
Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday lowered India`s growth forecast for the current fiscal to 5.6 percent, from 7 percent projected earlier, citing falling global demand and impact of delayed monsoon on agricultural production. India
West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan on Wednesday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is the right person to speak on the issue of FDI in retail as he is an economist. "The prime minister is looking after it. He is the right person to sp
In a huge embarrassment to Narendra Modi who has been raising questions on the expenditure on foreign travels of Sonia Gandhi, an RTI activist in Gujarat has accused the state government of not providing details on the travel bills of the Chief Mi
A report, released on October 1, by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says that India`s senior citizen opulation will be overwhelmingly female by 2050 — women will outnumber men in the 60 years plus category for age. We explored the
Jharkhand High Court Monday rejected a bail petition moved by former chief minister Madhu Koda in a money laundering case against him pertaining to Rs 1,340 crore. Justice H C Mishra, who had on Friday reserved the order, dismissed the pet
What is the price of life? This is not a rhetorical question or about fixing compensation after a disaster. What is the price of life for a man facing death? That is the uncomfortable question many cancer specialists have to ask themselves.
Arvind Kejriwal on Monday played down criticism by Anna Hazare of his anti-corruption group getting into politics, saying there was no fight between the two and they were combating graft through different routes. Kejriwal, who met Hazare f
Complacence to realisation, Uttar Pradesh’s socialist government’s great leap forward in child rights falls short. Uttar Pradesh is the largest state with more than 200,000,000 inhabitants and the second highest GDP in the country. If
