The CBI told a special court here that dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar themselves killed their daughter Aarushi and domestic aide Hemraj on May 15-16, 2008 night in their Noida flat. CBI counsel R K Saini made the allegation
The Centre was on Tuesday urged to increase the amount of the social security pension schemes and make them beneficiary oriented. "The Centre must try to make the scoial security pension schemes beneficiary oriented and enhance
Song writers, artistes and performers, deprived of their dues so far, can now claim royalty for their creations with Parliament on Tuesday approving a law to provide much-delayed justice to them. The Copyright Act (Amendment) Bill,
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Tuesday sought the centre`s response by July 16 on a plea seeking for directions to stop the transmission of Nirmal Baba`s discourse on various TV channels. A division bench comprising jus
Charging the government with not being serious on the lokpal bill in parliament, BJP on Tuesday said that it will make every effort to get the anti-corruption legislation passed. The party discussed the issue at a meeting of its parliamen
Bihar government on Tuesday sanctioned Rs 1366.70 crore for the first year (2012-13) under its ambitious agriculture road map for storage of foodgrains, organic farming, green fertiliser and horticulture. A decision to this effect was ta
Government on Tuesday said it planned to provide direct subsidy to beneficiaries of kerosene oil and a pilot project in this regard in Alwar district of Rajasthan was yielding good results. "Direct subsidy on kerosene is planned in
The left sought to spoil the celebratory mood of the UPA`s third anniversary on Tuesday, with a CPI-M member demanding a JPC probe into an alleged coal scam which has reportedly caused a loss of over Rs 1.8 lakh crore to the exchequer.
Government on Tuasday said there was no pressure from Italy on the marines issue, nearly a week after Italian prime minister called up prime minister Manmohan Singh to express concern over detention of two of his country`s sailors in Kerala for
NCP leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma, who is being backed by BJD and AIADMK for the President`s post, on Tuesday sought to reach out to political parties, saying he hoped they will respond "to the call of conscience of the triba
A separate planning council or board for Muslims can help improve the lot of the community that has been largely backward on various socio-economic paramet
As UPA completes three years in office, BJP on Tuesday claimed the government may fall anytime as coalition partners were unhappy and were not even ready to break bread together. During a discussion on the issue at the party`s Parli
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy expressed shock over the train accident at Penukonda in Anantpur district in the wee hours today and is expected to visit the accident spot by Tuesday afternoon. The chief minister would
Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned until noon on Tuesday after Opposition uproar over delay in tabling a CAG report on allocation of coal blocks and a statement on a train accident in Andhra Pradesh. The Rajya Sabha witnessed two adj
Fourteen passengers were on Tuesday killed and 35 injured, eight of them seriously, when the Bangalore-bound Hampi Express apparently overshot a signal and collided with a stationary goods train in Anantpur district of Andhra Pradesh.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday remained non-committal on congress leader Pranab Mukherjee as the next president but strongly backed lok sabha speaker Meira Kumar for the post. It was for congress party to decide who
SP Mahantesh, deputy director of the co-operative audit department of Karnataka was waylaid by five men on May 15 while returning from the Sahakara Nagar Cooperative Society in his car after an audit exercise. The men pulled him out of his Maruti
While the parliamentary standing committee’s report on the land acquisition bill suggests many improvements it is the continued trust in the government’s discretionary power to decide rehabilitation and resettlement (R&R) issues th
In fresh trouble for former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, the lokayukta special court on Monday ordered probe against him and industries minister Murugesh Nirani on a private complaint accusing them of illegally ordering cancellation
Scarcity of packaged water in long distance trains and unsealed water bottles at railway stations are some of the findings of a parliamentary committee report tabled in parliament on Monday. Expressing concern over the availability of sa
