Jharkhand High Court on Thursday granted bail to former state Chief Minister Madhu Koda, who was in prison for over two years in connection with illegal investments and hawala transaction case. Koda, who was in judicial custody sinc
With the Congress debacle in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls coming as a jolt, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday began the task of analysing the outcome to make the party battle-ready ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in 2014. Gandhi, who led the party
The Border Security Force (BSF) Kashmir Frontier has established a human rights cell in the Valley with an aim to sensitise its personnel about human rights. "A human rights cell headed by Deputy Commandant K S Rawat has been e
Arunachal Pradesh government has released an amount of over 98 crore for paying the salary of teachers serving under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). "The arrears from May last year to March this year has been released and will be
In the Congress-led UPA government, the sun of good fortune never sets on a loyalist. Perhaps, that’s why the Manmohan Singh government doesn’t even blink when its blue-eyed boy, the science and technology minister, Vilasrao Deshmukh g
CBI arrests BJP MLA Rajendra Rathore in Dara Singh fake encounter case in Rajasthan.
The electoral debacle that the party suffered in the last parliamentary and assembly polls will come under sharp focus at the 20th Congress of the CPI-M as delegates on Thursday began discussions on the draft political resolution presented by part
Breaking his silence, Army Chief Gen V K Singh today dismissed as "absolutely stupid" a report on the "unusual" movement of two army units towards Delhi in mid-January, saying unnecessary attempts were being made to "throw
Taking serious note of irregularities detected in irrigation department works during Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav`s tour of Lakhimpur Kheri, the state government has suspended six senior engineers besides transferring the principal secretary of t
In a bid to identify "rogue" traders, Goa Government has decided to classify all the 90-odd mining leases in the state into three different categories depending on their mining status. State Mines and Geology department ha
The CBI has filed its second chargesheet in connection with alleged irregularities in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) against former Uttar Pradesh Director General of Family Welfare S P Ram and three others for flouting tender rules in su
Bowing to Maoists demands, Odisha government gas said it would facilitate the release of 27 persons, including 8 Maoists, from jails in return for securing the freedom of an MLA and an Italian taken hostage by two separate groups of Naxals.
"I am not a mad man. I am a realist and I know my limitations," was how Defence Minister A K Antony reacted when asked whether he was a candidate for the Presidential elections. "There should be a limit to ambition...
Makers of Tatra trucks, a.s. of Czech Republic, on Wednesday dismissed allegations that it was involved in corruption in supply of its vehicles to Army and said it has no direct or indirect relationship with Indian Army or any of its representativ
Opposition RJD-LJP MLAs on Wednesday created an uproar in the Bihar Assembly demanding CBI probe into non-reconciliation of Abstract Contingent (AC) bills with Detailed Contingent (DC) bills worth Rs 22,575.37 crore, as reported by the CAG.
Experts say Indian Army is among the most professional and apolitical military forces; talk of coups unheard of in India’s armed forces Following the damning story in the Indian Express about the alleged movement of two key units of t
Shantha Sinha, chairperson of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), has said the difference between the working culture of an activist and a bureaucrat has resulted in winding up of the RTE division of the commission.
Gujarat Chief minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should ensure that the confidence of people remains unshaken in the Army following a news report on the `unusual` troop movement towards Delhi in the middle of Ja
Members of Parliament on Wednesday quizzed Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma and Army Vice Chief S K Singh on a media report of suspicious movement of troops near the capital in January but they dismissed it as baseless. Sharma and Sing
Prices of key vegetables including tomato and potato have risen this week in the national capital and other parts of the country due to trading in the futures market and hoarding, impacting the common man. Soaring of tomato retail prices t
