The supreme court on Monday sought the stands of the centre and the election commission of India on Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy`s plea to incorporate either paper printouts with EVMs or restore paper balloting as the electronic machines a
The supreme court on Monday reserved its order on a plea for its direction to the centre to take action against NHRC Chairman and former CJI K G Balakrishnan for his alleged misconduct during his tenure as apex court judge. A bench of just
In a jolt to chief minister Narendra Modi, a Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae has held that he can be prosecuted under various sections of the IPC for "promoting enmity among different groups" during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Bowing to pressure, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday announced a slew of measures to provide relief to the jewellery sector and postponed implementation of the general anti-avoidance rules (GAAR) by one year, but offered no concessions
Government on Monday assured the lok sabha that complete transparency would be maintained in the on-going procurement process for 197 helicopters for defence forces after the earlier Eurocopter deal was scrapped. Defence minister A K Anton
Attacking Government over defence preparedness and shortage of equipment, BJP today specifically targeted Defence Minister A K Antony in Rajya Sabha saying his "no work, no mistake and clean image" was a dangerous policy. Initiat
In a first-of -its-kind, an open public hearing into the encounter killings will be held in Gujarat between May 14 and May 15 by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Its chairman justice KG Balakrishnan, will preside over the hearing in Ah
The supreme court on Monday suspended the life sentence of CPI (Maoist) activist Narayan Sanyal, held guilty of committing sedition by a Chhattisgarh court in 2010, and granted bail to him. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadh
Amid vociferous protests by the opposition on the plight of farmers due to lack of storage for record production of foodgrains, government on Monday admitted a mismatch between procurement and storage and said efforts were on to ease pressure on g
Defence minister AK Antony on Monday turned tables on the BJP, saying that the NDA government signed a contract in 2003 for buying the controversial Tatra trucks and procured as many as 2,950 of them for special needs of the Operation Parkaram bet
The supreme court-appointed SIT on Monday handed over its voluminous report on the Gulbarg Society carnage to complainant Zakia Jafri, whose husband and ex-parliamentarian Ehsan Jafri was among 69 people killed during the 2002 post-Godhra riots in
Defending the move to force Coal India to sign agreements to supply coal to power companies, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Monday said the government`s priority was to ensure availability of electricity at cheaper rate and it will not be cow
The Delhi High Court on Monday asked Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh, seeking withdrawal of an alleged defamatory press release accusing him of offering bribe to the Army chief to clear a defence deal, to prove that the right to reputation is a funda
Seeking to turn the tables on the opposition, defence minister A K Antony on Monday said the present government has not purchased a single new Tatra truck and the current deliveries were being made as per the contract signed in 2003. Takin
Facing criticism over her foreign visits, President Pratibha Patil on Sunday said there has been a "misconception" and wanted people to ascertain the factual position. "Right now, there has been a misconception so far as the
The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to provide 33 per cent reservation to women in co-operative societies to strengthen the co-operative movement, especially in rural areas, chief minister P K Dhumal today said. "The larger re
The feud in Rajasthan BJP intensified on Sunday with 56 MLAs loyal to sulking leader Vasundhara Raje offering to resign but the party played down the crisis and tried to placate her. Senior leader L K Advani, BJP president Nitin Gadkari an
Seeking concrete steps to bring back Maoists into national mainstream, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said development of tribals and economic activities in Naxal-hit areas were essential, apart from security measures.
Terming anti-terrorism body NCTC as a "Constitutionally vulnerable" instrument which went against the country`s federal structure, BJP on Sunday asked prime minister Manmohan Singh as to why the fight against terror through POTA was &quo
The CBI has arrested former Lucknow chief medical officer A K Shukla in connection with the murder case of his predecessor Vinod K Arya in October 2010. Shukla was arrested here late on Sunday night on charges of conspiring to kill Arya, a
