Days after the special CBI court granted bail to seven accused in the Adarsh society scam, two more accused have filed their bail applications. Former city civic chief Jairaj Phatak and former state chief information commissioner Ramana
In the wake of Sonia Gandhi`s remarks against the Opposition and civil society, BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Monday said her charges were baseless and sought to know if the Congress feels yoga guru Ramdev`s demand for bringing back black money i
Poor shape of economy and massive corruption in UPA government would result in defeat of the ruling coalition in the next general elections, BJP MP and party`s spokesperson Prakash Javadekar claimed in Hyderabad on Monday. "In emer
The ruling BJP and opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh are engaged in a war of words over the procurement of wheat during this season. While the BJP government is claiming credit for record procurement of wheat, the Congress has charg
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday shut a growing speculation in the party over continuation of Dr Manmohan Singh as the prime minister in the wake of worsening economy, policy paralysis and allegations of corruption, making it clear that h
A local business firm, which was associated with the project of installing statues of elephants at parks and memorials across Uttar Pradesh during the BSP regime, has been booked for allegedly denying payment to two contractors involved in the
"We must use (this time) to educate people and take whatever steps are feasible," says Montek Singh Ahluwalia (ET) explaining the dead as a dodo economy. So, the economy is what it is because we
The Finance Ministry is examining a proposal to hike excise duty on diesel cars, a move which may discourage consumption of subsidised fuel by personal vehicle owners, a senior government official said on Monday. "The proposal
Team Anna met in Noida on Monday amid a rift between them and yoga guru over the treatment meted out to Arvind Kejriwal in public and differences within them over attacking prime minister Manmohan Singh. Anna Hazare and Justice Santosh H
Patting revenue officials for doing "good job" last fiscal, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday exuded confidence that they will be able to meet indirect tax collection target of Rs 5.05 lakh crore for 2012-13. &qu
AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa will make a whirlwind tour of the bypoll bound Puthukottai assembly constituency on June 9 to campaign for her nominee VR Karthik Thondaiman, the party said on Monday. The chief
Differences continued to remain between Team Anna and Ramdev with activist Arvind Kejriwal on Monday contradicting the yoga guru`s claims that a protocol had been set not to take names of politicians or make personal attacks during speeches at the
Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Monday began the new innings as a member of Parliament. He took oath as member of Rajya Sabha to which he was nominated on April 26. 39-year-old Tendulkar, who was accompanied by
Virtually snubbing Arvind Kejriwal, yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday disapproved of the Team Anna member`s comments against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other politicians during his fast along with Anna Hazare saying he was against personal critici
Team Anna on Friday dismissed as "pretence" the CBI investigation into the irregularities in the coal block allocation and alleged such a probe is meant to give a "clean chit" to prime minister Mahmohan Singh. "The
Setting the stage for trial in the `Enrica Lexie` ship case, two Italian marines charged with shooting to death two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast will be produced in the district and sessions court in Kollam on Friday. Sessions judge P
India`s economy downslide has swung economist prime minister Manmohan Singh into taking into his hands the decisions supposed to be taken by other ministers, encroaching into the domain of petroleum minister S Jaipal Reddy and in
The CBI has started verifying the allegations of irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks to private companies between 2006 and 2009 and their misuse by them. The agency received from the central vigilance commission the complaint o
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday said his government would not reduce VAT on petrol any further. There was no justification for raising the price of petrol, particularly as oil prices were falling in the intern
Five years after merger of two state-run airlines, government on Friday announced that implementation of uniform structures for pay, allowances and career progression for Air India employees would start in 45 days, saying it was necessary if the a
