Cine superstar Rekha today took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha, becoming yet another personality from the tinsel town to enter the portals of Parliament. Clad in golden brown saree and a matching high-heel sandals, the 57-year-old acto
Accusing the central government of not living up to its words after the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) meeting last month, activists plan to launch yet another mass agitation from Varanasi from May 21. “It has been more
In order to check corruption and ensure transparency in public procurement, the Government on Monday introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha under which a public servant can be imprisoned for up to five years for accepting bribe and vitiating the biddi
A Delhi court on Monday reserved for May 18 its order on summoning Army Chief General V K Singh and four others on a criminal defamation complaint filed by former Lieutenant General Tejinder Singh. "The case is reserved for ord
Vinod Kumar had dreamt of sending his youngest daughter, three years-old Suhavi, to a private English medium school. He has three children and his two elder sons are studying at a government school in Trilokpuri in East Delhi. When
The Aircel-Maxis row on Monday led to fresh uproar in Rajya Sabha with the Opposition targetting with fresh allegations the son of Home Minister P Chidambaram, who denied any wrongdoing and said the company in question `Advantage Consulting` could
Voicing his support for amendments in the Centre`s proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday favoured an "active role" of the police in it. "Some amendments are nece
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has said after the 1971 war, Pakistan, in a changed strategy, started taking recourse to terror attacks against India and the post-Kargil scenario demands a constant vigil by the country`s intelligence
The issue of controversial cartoons in textbooks generated heat in the Lok Sabha on Monday with members demanding immediate action in the matter saying the sketch has hurt sentiments of a section of the society. Raising the issue du
A day after six CISF jawans and a civilian driver were killed in the Naxal attack in Dantewada district, police on Monday intensified combing operation in the region. Additional Director General of Police (anti-Naxal operation) Ramn
Within days of more than 90 kids being were rescued from a shelter home in neighbouring Haryana, police have registered a case against a school warden here for allegedly molesting a mentally-challenged minor girl. Warden Sukhchain S
Veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari was on Monday asked by the Delhi High Court to inform it within two days as to whether he wants to voluntarily give his blood sample for a DNA test in a paternity suit or police force be used for obtaining it.
The political crisis in the ruling BJP in Karnataka on Monday loomed large with rebel leader and former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa deciding to take a final call on his future political course by the evening. "I will consult
The strike by Air India pilots entered the seventh day on Monday, forcing the national carrier to cancel as many as fourteen of its international flights that caused inconvenience to hundreds of passengers. "As the pilots are n
Four persons allegedly involved in the ransacking of the office of former NCERT advisor Suhas Palshikar in the wake of the row over B R Ambedkar`s cartoon have been sent to two days police custody by a court here. The accused, suspected to
Despite record wheat production in Madhya Pradesh, the farmers are an unhappy lot as the shortage of jute bags to stock the foodgrain has nullified their achievement and even triggered violent protests. One farmer was killed in Bare
In a bid to evolve consensus on the Lokpal Bill before it is brought to Rajya Sabha, government on Thursday reached out to the Opposition and other parties to thrash out differences and ensure smooth passage of the proposed legislation. Un
The Government has decided to assess anti-corruption measures being taken in the country and invited expression of interest from experts to undertake a self evaluation study. The move is part of the mandatory obligation after ratifi
While the world has not recovered from the second financial crisis since 2008, Kaushik Basu, the chief economic advisor to the prime minister, anticipates another tanking of global economy in 2014. “The world has a risk of a m
In an effort to help differently abled children, Tamil Nadu Government has decided to set up a State Resource Centre here, the first-of-its-kind in the country. Making a suo motu statement in the assembly, Chief Minister Jayalalitha
