Against the backdrop of opposition by Samajwadi Party and disruption of proceedings by BJP over coalgate issue, Government on Wednesday appealed to all political parties to get a bill providing for reservation to SCs and STs in promotions in gover
A slew of new extra-budgetary taxes has outraged Punjab, leading to state-wide protests. The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) sees no other way of bridging the state`s fiscal deficit and staggering debt burden of Rs 69,000 crore (even after a part
A suspected terrorist was arrested by National Investigation Agency here, police said on Tuesday. The man, identified as Anis, was arrested yesterday from Banguspura locality by a joint team of NIA from Hyderabad and Uttar Pradesh Po
The stalemate in Parliament over coal block allocations entered the tenth day on Tuesday as BJP persisted with its demand for resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned till noon after opposit
The CBI on Tuesday registered cases against five companies and unknown government officials as part of its probe into alleged irregularities in allocation of coal blocks and carried out searches across 10 cities. According to CBI spokes
1. What’s the coal block allotment scam all about? Going strictly by the CAG report, 57 captive coal blocks were allotted free of cost to private companies in an arbitrary and opaque manner between 2004 and 2009. The government had d
Against the backdrop of MNS chief Raj Thackeray threatening to throw Biharis out of Maharashtra, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Monday said people have a right to seek employment anywhere in the country. "Everybody has a
The Supreme Court on Monday lifted its ban on iron ore mining operations in Karnataka by companies which had not flouted lease conditions. A three-judge forest bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam accepted the report of its Central Empowered
Over 300 people including 114 women and four organisers were arrested after police raided a party at a hotel where liquor was being served allegedly without a license in Wagholi near here, police said. Acting on a tip-off, police raided th
Parliament was deadlocked for the ninth day on Monday on the issue of CAG report on coal block allocation as BJP persisted with its demand for resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned till noon
Errant private recognized schools may have to give back money collected from unjust fee hikes to its students with 9 percent interest, as the fee hiked by these schools was not required. The report submitted by Justice Anil Dev Singh commi
Valsan Thampu, the Principal of St Stephen’s College, was pronounced guilty of attempting a Lasith Malinga on India’s young cricketing prodigy. In a cricket-crazy nation, he was branded the spoil sport for derailing young Unmukt’
Gujarat chief minister and BJP leader Narendra Modi emerged as the top choice as a probable prime minister among the respondents of a survey conducted by ABP News and AC-Nielsen. Modi was the favourite of 42 percent of the respondents, ahead of Ra
In a major setback to the Sahara Group, the Supreme Court on Friday directed two of its companies to refund around Rs 17,400 crore to their investors within three months with 15 per cent interest. A bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and
SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav and MPs from TDP and Left parties on Friday sat on a dharna in front of Parliament House to seek a judicial inquiry into coal blocks allocation. Eight parties, including the Samajwadi Party and the Left, have
SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav and MPs from TDP and Left parties on Friday sat on a dharna in front of Parliament House to seek a judicial inquiry into coal blocks allocation. Eight parties, including the Samajwadi Party and the Left, have
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Andhra Pradesh’s main opposition, plans to launch a large-scale campaign, and it is not against the ruling Congress, but against the news network NDTV. A survey by NDTV in late August has showed that if
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has once again ducked the question of who is No. 2 in the Union Cabinet in the working arrangements he made during his 4-day Iran visit from February 28. It is because of this ticklish issue that he could not
Parliament remained parlaysed for the eighth consecutive day on the issue of CAG report on coal block allocation as BJP stuck to its demand for resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh which was vociferously countered by the Congress-led allia
Political slugfest over the CAG’s report on allocation of captive mines to the private companies has followed an irritatingly predictable routine so far and is unlikely to change any time soon. Sharp exchange of charges and stalling of parli
