Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) today approached Supreme Court seeking appointment of an arbitrator on behalf of government to decide its dispute with it over recovery of cost for developing the country`s key natural gas field in t
I already like the incoming US ambassador. No, I didn’t quite know Nancy J Powell during her earlier stint in New Delhi from 1992 to 1995. My instant connect is thanks to the social media, YouTube to be precise. For a m
Hours before the deadline set by Naxals for release of their jailed members in exchange of an abducted Orissa MLA, a retired Army officer on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court to restrain the state government from meeting Maoists` demands.
?Leprosy. The very word used to spell terror. It has lost some of the dread associated with it, but not the stigma. The number of people suffering from the disease has come down from 50 lakh in 1985 to 2,13,000 in 2009; but the discrimination agai
Rajasthan Assembly today passed a resolution to create a legislative council in the state in order to provide "extensive" representation to the people. Parliamentary affairs minister Shanti Dhariwal moved a resolution for
Riding on high yields and an increased passenger load factor, state-owned Air India posted a healthy 46 per cent revenue growth last month over the same period last year, airline sources said today. "The yields on domestic sect
With the deadline set by the Maoists holding BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka hostage ending today, his fate still remained unknown despite the Odisha government`s decision to seriously consider withdrawal of prosecution in "suitable cases" involvin
India on Wednesday postponed the scheduled first flight test of Agni-5 missile, from Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast. Agni 5 is India`s maiden attempt at an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). The proposed test was call
The supreme court on Wednesday upheld the election commission criteria for recognition of state political parties. In a majority decision, two judges of the three-member bench said the parameters decided by the commission had kept the balance in m
The CBI on Wednesday carried out searches at three locations in Noida and the national capital in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in the procurement and supply of Tatra all terrain vehicles to the army. Three teams of
The Enforcement Directorate has registered 14 separate cases under anti-money laundering laws against former UP family Welfare Minister Babu Singh Kushwaha and others in the alleged financial irregularities in the NRHM scam. The CBI
Social activist Anna Hazare will undertake a month-long statewide tour from May 1 to create public awareness on the need for a strong Lokayukta legislation in Maharashtra. Hazare will begin the tour from Shirdi, an associate of Hazare said
With the Maoists pressing the government to spell out its stand on release of jailed rebels, Odisha Government on Tuesday announced its decision to seriously consider withdrawal of prosecution in "suitable cases" if abducted MLA Jhina Hi
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the government will examine the notice of Vodafone that threatened to drag India to international arbitration if the telecom giant was made liable to pay Rs 11,000 crore in taxes over a 2007 acquis
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
