The number of suicide by farmers has gone down in the country, the government stated in the Lok Sabha today. Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena informed the Lok Sabha during Question Hour that due to several measures ta
The government has decided to ban TV cameras inside the Vigyan Bhawan during the controversial National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) meeting on Saturday. Cameras will be allowed only for a brief period during the prime minister`s
RJD supremo Lalu Yadav has advocated to abolish the princely practice of providing post-retirement government-accommodations to former presidents, vice-presidents, prime ministers. Several former presidents never availed this facility and spent th
Rejecting the contention that students from North East are subjected to discrimination and racial profiling, home minister P Chidambaram today said the government will take every step to ensure their security and asked states to do the same.
Nine persons were convicted while 32 others acquitted by a special court in Anand on Friday in the 2002 Ode village riots case that left three persons dead. Special court judge R M Sarin convicted the nine accused under the charges of murd
A small company in the glass industry has taken on an international major head-on and brought it to book for using anti-competitive practices and abusing its dominant position in the market to snuff out small competitors. The C
The supreme court on Friday dismissed a PIL seeking action against Anna Hazare and his team members for allegedly showing disrespect to the national flag during his agitation for the Lokpal Bill last year. A bench of justices B S Chauhan a
The Supreme Court on Friday permitted Kerala and Tamil Nadu to get copies of the report submitted by the monitoring committee on the Mullaperiyar Dam row. A five-judge constitution bench of the court headed by Justice D K Jain, whil
Chattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh and the Maoists` mediators on Friday emphatically said there was no secret deal or any quid pro quo between Naxals and the state government behind the release of Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon after he was h
A session court on Friday convicted nine people in the infamous Ode massacre case which took place in 2002 in Gujarat. Twenty three people were killed in the massacre post Godhara riots at Ode village in the Anand district. Thirty
After 12 days in captivity, Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon was released unharmed by Maoists on Thursday bringing to an end the hostage crisis in Chattisgarh marked by some anxious moments just before he stepped out of the rebel stronghold.
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee appears to be emerging as front runner in the race for president`s post within his party and outside with allies and some others backing him. Key UPA constituent Trinamool Congress and Samajwadi Party, whi
Senior BJP leader SS Ahluwalia was on Thursday defeated in the Rajya Sabha elections in Jharkhand as Congress and JMM candidates emerged victorious in the two seats for which the polling was held. Ahluwalia finished third with 20 votes whi
About 60 per cent of India`s rural population lives on less than Rs 35 a day and nearly as many in cities live on Rs 66 a day, reveals a government survey on income and expenditure. "In terms of average per capita daily expenditure, i
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday met Congress President Sonia Gandhi and is believed to have discussed the coming Presidential election. Emerging from the meeting at Gandhi`s residence, the Trinamool Congress declined
The Institute of Technology in Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU) is set to enjoy the coveted IIT status from this year. But many faculty members and its alumni are unhappy with this. They feel the step would dilute the present status of the univer
After being held hostage by Maoists for 12 days, abducted Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon is expected to be freed by this evening when he will be handed over to the two mediators handpicked by the captors. "B D Sharma and Profe
A special CBI judge on Thursday fixed May 9 to decide on sending the sensational 2008 twin murder case of teenager Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj to the sessions court for trial. Hearing the bail plea of 14-year-old slain teenager`s moth
Rankled by TRAI`s recommendations on 2G spectrum auction, leading telecom firms on Wednesday made a pitch to top government functionaries, including home minister P Chidambaram and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, urging them not to accept the r
In a slew of decisions to boost agriculture export, the government on Wednesday decided to free sugar export to help mills clear cane arrears of over Rs 10,000 crore to farmers, and set up an expert panel to formulate a policy to handle surplus fo
