Special Judge O P Saini, trying the 2G spectrum allocation case, on Tuesday disclosed that one of the 2G case counsel tried to meet him in his chambers and asked them to be "on guard." Special Judge Saini expressed anguish
The CBI for the first time questioned defence PSU BEML chairman V R S Natarajan on Tuesday in connection with alleged irregularities in procurement and supply of Tatra all-terrain trucks to the Army. Vectra chairman Ravinder Rishi and form
State-run oil companies have served an ultimatum to the government that they will raise petrol prices by Rs 9.6 a litre if excise duty is not cut or they are not provided compensation for Rs 49-crore per day loss on fuel sale. "
With over 1.56 lakh first generation engineering students benefiting from a scheme exempting them from paying tuition fee, the government today said it had allocated over Rs 400 crore for 2012-13, with the scheme now being expanded to Sri Lankan T
The prime minister on Tuesday delivered a most disappointing speech (see below or http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=82308) at the 3rd National Ganga River Basin Authorit
A day after non-Congress chief ministers and an ally attacked the centre over NCTC, home minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday lamented the "mistrust" harboured by some states and expressed confidence that the issue would be resolved in the
The third meeting of National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) was convened by the prime minister in the national capital on Tuesday. Swami Gyan Swaroop Sanada, one of the exper members, was absent as he has been on a fast protest to put pressu
Chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi on Tuesday said he doesn`t see online voting becoming a reality in near future while state funding of elections in the country will first require certain key reforms in the electoral process. "
Buoyed by the results in Delhi civic polls, BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday attributed the victory to good governance given by the party saying it has emerged as a strong alternative to the "corrupt" Congress. The BJP vict
Maharashtra government on Tuesday ordered a police probe into the leak of CAG report, which the opposition termed as an attempt to put a pressure on a constitutional body. The assembly witnessed four adjournments, amidst pandemonium, as th
Vodafone today threatened to drag the government to international arbitration over retrospective tax legislation under the bilateral investment treaty (BIT) between India and the Netherlands. Dutch subsidiary Vodafone International
Congress and Left members today demanded in the Parliament`s Public Accounts Committee meeting that CAG should quantify the exact loss incurred by the government till now in the Reliance India Limited-run KG Basin project. In the PA
The Centre today expressed deep concern over the "dismal" rate of conviction in cases related to atrocities on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and favoured joint action with states to ensure justice to the victims. U
BEML Chairman and Managing Director V R S Natarajan today appeared before the CBI as the agency had asked him to come for giving clarifications pertaining to procurement and supply of Tatra all-terrain trucks to the Army. CBI source
Maharashtra Government today tabled the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report, which allegedly indicts senior politicians from the state, in the Legislative Assembly amidst demand for a probe by PWD Minister Chhagan Bhujbal into its "l
Warning that time was running out to preserve the Ganga, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today pulled up state governments for tardy performance on sewage treatment and asked them to take action against industries polluting the river.
The dream of having a Metro Rail in the second capital of Maharashtra is gradually taking shape. The Union Urban Development Ministry has assigned the job of preparing a detailed project report (DPR) to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporat
After a gap of three years, Reserve Bank Governor D Subbarao today slashed short term lending rate by 0.50 per cent to 8 per cent, a move that will reduce the cost of home, auto and corporate loans. The reduction in the repo rate at
Telecom regulator TRAI today recommended that it should be entrusted with the function of issuing unified licences and a one-time non-refundable fee of Rs 15 crore be levied for a national-level licence. TRAI, in its recommendations
Former Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress MP Dinesh Trivedi on Monday strongly defended the rail budget he had presented last month and over which he had to resign later and said given a chance, he will present the same budget again.
