A section of lawyers on Thursday moved the Calcutta High Court seeking suo motu contempt proceedings against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her alleged comments against the judiciary on August 14. A division bench, comprisi
With several hundred Pakistani Hindus arriving in India following alleged persecution, the government on Thursday said they will get long-term visas to stay in the country if they apply under stipulated rules. "So far, no one h
Against the backdrop of exodus of people belonging to northeast from Karnataka, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Thursday warned of strict action against those who spread rumours. "If rumours are spread, strict action will be taken
The chief justice on Wednesday did not mince words in opposing the government`s move to silence the judiciary with the judicial accountability bill. This was the theme of our cover story of the April 16 issue.
Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh is of the view that there must be a 10-year moratorium on mining. “I am of the view that let there be 10-year moratorium on mining in certain areas and in these years train locals with an aim to make
Union minister Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, who was undergoing treatment for a serious liver ailment, died at a city hospital onTuesday. The end came early this afternoon a week after Deshmukh, 67, the Science and Technology Minister, was h
The Planning Commission on Tuesday said the biggest challenge before India is to improve investment climate, and the initiative taken by the government in setting up a review panel on GAAR has sent the right signal.
Far from being ideology-driven, the Maoist movement is a levy-based movement, the rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said here on Monday. The minister was delivering the inaugural edition of the Governance Lecture series, `Saranda and the Au
The current gloomy market scenario dictates the need for a more “investor-friendly” land acquisition bill, the rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said here on Monday. Elaborating on the more “investor-friendly&rdquo
A year after the Saranda Development Plan (SDP) was rolled out in Jharkhand, rural development minister Jairam Ramesh announced the commencement of a similar development plan in another region in the same state. Called Saryu Development Pr
Maruti Suzuki India is understood to have decided on resuming partial production at its violence -hit Manesar plant by next Tuesday. "Almost all the assessments have been completed and partial resumption of the Manesar plant is likely
Security measures were tightened in Manipur in view of Wednesday`s Independence Day boycott call given by major insurgent organisations with police forces intensifying roving patrol at the capital complex here to intercept the movement of armed ul
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Tuesday ended his fast on the sixth day of protest against black money and declared that he will launch a big movement against Congress before the Lok Sabha polls Home secretary RK Singh on Tuesday said that
The issue of violence in Mumbai over Assam riots stalled proceedings in the Lok Sabha for the second consecutive day on Tuesday as opposition members stormed the Well demanding dismissal of Maharashtra government, leading to adjournment of the Hou
"In one joint meeting of BSD and GHSR, one DOC woman com (comrade) had cried against the decision to arrest 3 women squad members, those were wishing to go home during Christian festival. In my presence there, Com Manoj/Bhaskar CCM (central c
Delivering the inaugural edition of the Governance Lecture series, `Saranda and the Audacity of Hope: An experiment in Grassroots Governance’, union minister for rural development Jairam Ramesh said that he is appreciative of the magazine&rs
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday led the Rajya Sabha in felicitating Hamid Ansari on his second term as Vice-President and Chairman of the House saying his re-election was a tribute to his qualities. When the House met for the day,
A judicial probe has been proposed into the riot-hit areas of Assam. “A three member judicial team with a retired supreme court judge should investigate the situation and submit a report in three to six months time,” said Shabnam Hashm
Absconding former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda on Monday moved the Delhi High Court for anticipatory bail in the Geetika Sharma suicide case, four days after his bail plea was dismissed by a lower court. Appearing for Kanda, senior a
Ignored by the government, Yoga guru Ramdev on Monday decided to take his protest on black money and corruption to Parliament and vowed to oust Congress in the next Lok Sabha polls. "The government has become completely deaf. We have
