Slamming team Anna for levelling corruption charge against prime minister Manmohan Singh, minister of state in the PMO V Narayanaswmay has said it has no locus standi to question Singh`s integrity and had lost public trust. Pointing out
Still battling the fallout of last week`s steep Rs 7.54 a litre hike in petrol price, the government on Monday said it is not considering raising rates of diesel, domestic gas (LPG) and kerosene for the moment. "We are not cons
The CBI on Monday sought 14 days custody of Kadapa MP Jagan Mohan Reddy, saying it needed to further question him in the disproportionate assets case. 39-year-old Jagan, who was arrested on Sunday, was produced before a CBI court here.
In its preliminary report, justice A S Naidu commission has neither given clean chit nor held any department or official responsible for the February liquor tragedy in Cuttack-Khurda districts in which at least 40 persons had died. Amid
Chaos marked the inaugural session of Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Monday when slogan-shouting MLAs from main opposition BSP--some of them climbing atop tables-- disrupted Governor B L Joshi`s address to the joint sitting. Wearing blue colour
For the third time in five days, India test-fired two indigenously developed surface-to-air anti-aircraft `Akash` missiles from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near here. The double test-fire came after trials of the missile, with a
Over 80 per cent students on Monday cleared the 2012 class XII CBSE examinations, with girls once again outshining the boys and the Chennai region beating others in the overall pass percentage. The results were declared across the country
After embarrassing the CPI-M by his controversial statement that the party had often eliminated its political foes, senior party leader M M Mani has found himself in trouble with the police registering a case against him on murder and other charge
A bandh call given by the YSR Congress party in protest against the arrest of their leader YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Monday evoked a mixed response in Andhra Pradesh even as police clamped prohibitory orders in the city to prevent any untoward incide
Twenty-seven members of a marriage party, including four children, were killed and 26 others injured when a speeding auto rammed in a stationary bus at Khalapur on the Mumbai-Pune expressway. The incident took place in the wee hours arou
Team Anna on Saturday clubbed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee with 13 other Cabinet Ministers, whom they accused of corruption, which the Congress dismissed as "unsubstantiated averments" that need not
How much is a species worth? According to a recent ruling by the supreme court, the cheetah is not worth its price tag of Rs300 crore. Some government departments might invest that amount in drinking water schemes for an entire district, but the m
Mopping up Rs 73,000 crore in revenue to promote all-round growth of Uttar Pradesh is one of most crucial items on chief minister Akhilesh Yadav’s agenda. The first-time chief minister outlined his agenda in a recent meeting with the state`s
In the midst of uproar over hike in petrol prices, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday attacked the policy of subsidising diesel, kerosene and LPG and suggested that a roadmap be chalked out for phasing it out as the needy are not b
The BJP on Friday took out a protest march in the city against the report of the Centre`s interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir, alleging that it was a deliberate attempt by the Congress-led UPA government to deny people of Jammu their rightful deman
The ongoing strike by a section of air India pilots has not affected the national carrier`s operations in the domestic sector, a senior airlines official said on Friday. "A total number of 108 flights a day are being operated from v
Citing increasing incidence of diseases like oral cancer, the congress-led UDF government in Kerala on Friday announced a ban on the manufacture and sale of gutka and pan masala containing tobacco in the state with immediate effect. Ann
In a bid to end the stalemate, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Friday met striking Air India pilots for the first time and told them that there would be no victimisation if they resumed duty immediately and that their grievances would be con
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said the business environment in the country was very risky at the moment and there was a need to "clampdown" on any unethical practices by companies. "The busi
Amid reports that he may be arrested, Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Friday appeared before the CBI here in connection with the alleged disproportionate assets case against him. Fearing breakdown of law and order situation in view of Jag
