The Enforcement Directorate has questioned former Telecom Minister A Raja in connection with its money laundering probe in the 2G spectrum case. This is the first time that the ED has questioned Raja in the case. During ques
After a dramatic turnaround, the highway ministry finds itself in a bind. There are simply no takers for the highway projects. All the attempts by the ministry, and the national highway authority of India (NHAI) responsible for building and mainta
Angry Muslim youths hooted and heckled National Conference (NC) president and Union minister for new and renewable energy Farooq Abdullah for sermonising and not giving a solution. Abdullah was addressing a conference on ‘Politics of terror,
Amid controversies over Vodafone tax matter and GAAR, BJP on Wednesday hit out at the government saying it has mishandled these issues creating scare and uncertainty among the foreign investors. The main Opposition party suggested that Pri
Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj on Wednesday appointed Jagadish Shettar as Chief Minister and invited him to form the government. Bhardwaj accepted the resignation of D V Sadananda Gowda as Chief Minister, a Raj Bhavan communique said.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the trial court proceedings against senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. A bench of justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan directed the lower court not to proceed with the
The NDA backed presidential candidate P A Sangma on Wednesday said that presidential elections were not held on party lines and every body has a right to vote according to their conscience. "Today I have come to appeal to all MPs and
Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday expressed shock and disgust over "deliberate distortion" of his statement in the media about middle class attitude towards price rise, saying he did not "mock or chide" anyone.
Qu’ils mangent de la brioche. The traditional French phrase when loosely translated into English means, “Let them eat cakes”. Wrongly attributed to the infamous Queen Marie Antoinette, the phrase is first mentioned in Je
It was not so long ago that many people were very upbeat about the prospects of the Indian economy. This sentiment was induced by the maintenance of exceptionally high rates of aggregate economic growth since 2003-04, and the fact that the init
Judicial work in several courts in Mumbai and elsewhere in Maharashtra was on Wednesday affected as lawyers abstained from work to join their counterparts from across the country in response to a boycott call given by Bar Council of India (BCI) to
Ending his 11-month tenure, D V Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday resigned as Karnataka Chief Minister, paving the way for Jagadish Shettar to take over, but not before dramatic scenes were witnessed with his supporters trying to physically prevent him
A day before UPA Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee`s Jharkhand visit, Congress on Wednesday said chances of JMM President Shibu Soren supporting him are positive, though he has chosen to defer the date of announcement of his choice for the J
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Wednesday won the Sitarganj Assembly seat by a record margin of 39,954 votes over his nearest BJP rival to retain the top post. The victory margin is the highest in all the assembly elections in
Sharpening his attack on UPA rival Pranab Mukherjee, Opposition-backed Presidential nominee P A Sangma on Tuesday said Rashtrapati Bhavan was being used as a "dumping ground" for the "failed" former Finance Minister. &q
A section of pilots of Kingfisher Airlines today went on a strike over non-payment of salary and other dues for the past five months, forcing cancellation of five flights. Airline officials said the pilots who did not report to work
West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan has sought a report from the Visva-Bharati University on a school hostel warden allegedly forcing a girl student to drink her own urine as punishment for bed-wetting. "I am waiting for the rep
Andhra Pradesh governor ESL Narasimhan on Monday had an hour-long meeting with the Union minister of health Gulam Nabi Azad. He discussed the auction of medical seats in private medical colleges for a cost of 70-80 lakhs. He is believed to have ha
A controversy broke out over Law minister Salman Khurshid`s reported comments that Rahul Gandhi is only playing a `cameo role` and Congress is directionless prompting the senior leader on Tuesday to clarify what he meant was that the young and new
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction and life imprisonment of ex-MP Anand Mohan Singh in the 1994 murder case of Gopalganj District Magistrate G Krishnaiah A bench headed by Justice A K Patnaik dismissed the plea of Singh, a
