On a day the Samajwadi Party mobilised parties against the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) reservation in promotions sought by the rival Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a revelation came that even the basic quota of appointments of SCs,
Prime minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi appear to be on a collision path on the issue of "subsidies," a group of Congress MPs learnt to their anguish at the first in the series of the special interactions organi
India`s relentless pursuit of economic growth left in the last two decades has had a huge cost on social welfare, believes Dr Atul Kohli, professor of politics and international affairs at the Princeton University. Kohli said, " India h
A determined opposition on Tuesday forced the adjournment of Parliament till noon demanding resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the CAG report on coal block allocation. As soon as the Lok Sabha met for the day, opposition mem
Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday reopened its Manesar plant in northern Indian state of Haryana amid heavy security, a month after a lockout was declared due to the violence in which one senior company official was killed and 100 others injured.
A village situated in the Maoist hotbed of Latehar district in Jharkhand is poised to take off on the development path, thanks to elimination of the rebels from the area and the launch of a special development programme by the Centre. Ever
Months before the 20th anniversary of the horrific 1992 post-Babri Masjid riots, Mumbai’s psyche is once again like that of a city under siege. Muslims and Hindus alike see the clouds of trouble gathering again. Muslims are facing a stony ho
Emphasising on the need for delivering timely justice to people of the country at an affordable cost, prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Saturday said that his government is committed to working with the judiciary to bring about improvements in j
The festering wounds of the Assam agitation and the attendant violence that hijacked the movement and led to more conflicts with people of other communities and tribes have, over the years, transformed itself into a more ‘ghoulish avatar&rsq
Rapping the government for its failure to timely implement the competitive bidding mechanism for allocation of coal blocks, CAG on Friday said part of the Rs 1.86 lakh crore loss could have been partially tapped had the procedure been put in place
Slamming the levy of development fee on passengers using Delhi Airport, the CAG on Friday said the Civil Aviation Ministry violated the bid conditions for the benefit of GMR-led DIAL to the tune of over Rs 3,415 crore and pressed fixing responsibi
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said miscreants spreading rumours that have led to people belonging to North East flee from Bangalore, Pune and other parts of the country, should be brought to book. Making a statement after Rajya S
Prime Minister`s economic advisory panel on Friday pegged GDP growth for the current financial year at 6.7 percent, painting a better picture of the economy than by other think-tanks. It, however, added that inflation would remain high dur
Was it really overdrawing of power by Uttar Pradesh that caused the massive grid failure for two consecutive days – Northern Grid on July 30 and Northern, Eastern and North-eastern Grids on July 31 – as the then power minister Sushilku
The government on Friday once again deferred a decision on a Bill that seeks to give more powers to commodity markets regulator FMC as Food and Consumer Affairs Minister K V Thomas was not present in Cabinet meeting. "The Forward Cont
Appeals and assurances of safety by the Karnataka government notwithstanding, people from northeast continued to flee the state in hordes for the third consecutive day on Friday, driven by rumours of impending attacks. The exodus so far co
Nine BJP chief ministers will meet on August 18 in the capital for a conclave on Good Governance. They will also talk about the problems in northeast, Maoists, fiscal and other issues. L K Advani, including other BJP leaders will
President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday called up LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley to enquire the discomforts these leaders faced during `At Home` at the Rashtrapthi Bhavan while celebrating the 65the Independence day. Prana
The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday granted bail to yoga guru Ramdev`s close aide Balkrishna, nearly a month after he was arrested by the CBI in a fake document case. Hearing the bail application, a single judge bench of Justice Tarun A
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Centre and all the state governments on a PIL seeking its direction to them for tracing 55,000 missing children in the country. Agreeing to hear the public interest litigation (PIL), a ben
