A day after Congress appeared going soft on Ramdev, party General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Thursday hit out at the yoga guru asking him to first declare how much black money he possesses before launching a campaign to bring back ill-gotten weal
Gujarat government’s unique annual programme aimed at increasing the enrolment of children, especially girls, in primary schools all across its 18,000 villages is set to kick off on June 14. The six-day Shala Pravesh Utsav celebrates
Government and Congress on Thursday came in defence of Home Minister P Chidambaram rejecting opposition demands for his resignation in the wake of the Madras High Court order that declined to dismiss a petition challenging his election to Lok Sabh
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test: Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen and ask yourself if the step you contem
Ridiculing the statement of TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao that Telangana would be formed within next three months, BJP state spokesperson NVSS Prabhakar on Thursday challenged him to facilitate Telangana state in three months or quit political lif
The government will move the Supreme Court on the issue of 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities in July after the summer break of the apex court and not approach the vacation judge as the HRD Ministry has "no worry at this point" on stu
United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi is working hard to get the support of entire spectrum of political parties, including the Left as well as Bharatiya Janata Party, for party’s presidential candidate. Sources
The government on Thursday approved Rs 632 crore capital infusion in cash-starved regional rural banks (RRBs) to improve their capital adequacy and lending capacity to the agriculture sector. "RRBs will get Rs 632 crore from th
Amid differences among allies, the government on Thursday deferred a decision on the changes in the crucial Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Bill, 2011. "It (the PFRDA Bill) was taken up and deferred," sai
Delhi will soon have its own Meta University. The concept of meta university is a new one and a step taken by four universities in Delhi – Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi University (DU), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and the Indian Institut
Andhra Pradesh Information Technology Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah on Thursday appeared before the CBI in connection with a case pertaining to alleged illegal assets involving YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy even as the agency con
Declining relief to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on a petition challenging his election to Lok Sabha, the Madras High Court Bench, however, on Thursday struck down two charges against him of distribution of cash and involvement of bank and go
DMK leaders T R Baalu and M K Stalin on Thursday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and are believed to have discussed the issue of selection of a candidate for the presidential election. The meeting lasted for around 5 to 7 minutes
In a setback to dentist Nupur Talwar, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed her review petition challenging the summons issued by the Special CBI Court in the twin murder of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. A bench of justi
Four persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of a Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS) officer, said to be a whistleblower in some controversial land allotments by cooperative societies. City Crime Branch police arrested
Highlighting the need to get the best minds in the teaching profession, HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday said the teaching community is not as educated as it should be. He said, “it is ironic that we are talking about teachers&r
Within three months of the BJP government of Manohar Parrikar returning to power, Goa is turning into a Hindutva bastion to launch a movement for declaring India as a "Hindu Rashtra." The right-wing Hindu organisations ar
The CBI on Thursday carried out searches at the premises of Naval war room leak case accused Abhishek Verma after registering a fresh case against him. The agency teams carried out searches at 10 locations in Delhi and Gurgaon, CBI
HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday said he did not break any promise made to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) faculty on common test for admission in engineering colleges. He said IIT senate`s viewpoint was also considered. &quo
Two Asian economic powerhouses – India and China – will account for more than half of the world’s total transport-related emissions by 2030, says a new report released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). “Tr
