Monday’s defence acquisition council (DAC) meet chaired by defence minister AK Antony in which a 15-year long term integrated perspective plan was put in place and the 12th five-year defence plan discussed, is not anything worthwhile, say de
A day before the first half of the budget session ended on March 30, Lok Sabha passed the Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill of 2011 with an extraordinary provision that seems to have escaped scrutiny. This provision effecti
Abductors of BJD legislator Jhina Hikaka on Tuesday fixed April 5 as the deadline for fulfilment of their demands and rejected the Odisha government`s invitation for talks, a day after a similar threat was issued by another Maoist group holding an
Amid reports that VIP facilities including an LCD TV were being provided to Bibi Jagir Kaur, lodged in Theh Kanjla Jail in Kapurthala in connection with the abduction case of her daughter, a top Punjab Prisons official on Tuesday ordered an inquir
The national RTE forum, a coalition of educationists and civil society organisations, came out with its annual stock-taking report on Tuesday. It highlighted the progress made and constraints that have slowed down the implementation of the act.
The CBI on Tuesday detained two persons including an IAS officer for alleged irregularities in granting sanction to multi-crore Adarsh housing society here. The two--former Maharashtra Principal Secretary, Urban Development, Ramanan
Rail traffic was disrupted in Punjab after workers of the BJP Kisan Morcha stopped trains at several places in the state demanding a bonus for farmers and implementation of M S Swaminathan report. Movement of a few trains, including
The standoff between Kingfisher Airlines management and employees, agitating over delayed salaries, ended on Tuesday with the protesters accepting the assurance given by the beleaguered carrier`s promoter Vijay Mallya and deciding to withdraw thei
In the wake of two back-to-back abductions in Odisha, a complete ban has been imposed on the entry of foreign nationals and tourists into the Maoist-hit Koraput district. The district administration`s ban follows abduction of two It
India’s largest power company, NTPC Limited added a record capacity of 2820 MW during the year 2011-12 surpassing its earlier best capacity addition of 2490 MW during 2010-11. The total capacity of the company now tops 37000 MW.
The Janata Dal (U), an ally of the BJP-led government in Jharkhand, on Tuesday demanded a CBI probe into the seizure of Rs 2.15 crore on March 30 when the Rajya Sabha polls were due to take place. "To check further slide in mor
India on Tuesday welcomed the US announcement of a bounty of USD 10 million on Pakistan-based Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, saying it sends a strong signal to Lashker-e-Toiba and its patrons.
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has said until every university in India starts a uniform semester-based system of examination, mobility and choice would not be available to students. "If a semester system is available in every univer
With increasing number of mouth cancer cases in the country, Madhya Pradesh has become the first state to ban all Gutka products which contain tobacco or nicotine under a new law governing food safety standards. The Madhya Pradesh F
The US has announced a bounty of USD 10 million on outlawed Pakistan-based Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. This was stated by US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherm
Most civilians got the General VK Singh issue six weeks to Sunday. In all the arbitrary brouhaha about how men in uniform should behave much of what is actually happening is being obscured. All the sermons and soda water being piously flung at the
Asking Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to relinquish the home portfolio in view of "rising crimes" in Odisha, Congress on Monday demanded a CBI probe into killing of two persons in police firing on March 31. Raising the issu
Team Anna locked horns with Himachal Pradesh government calling its draft Lokayukta bill "very weak and ineffective", prompting the BJP-ruled state to cancel a meeting here on Monday with the group`s key member Arvind Kejriwal.
With a spending of up to 100 billion dollars projected for modernisation of Armed forces, Industry body CII on Monday mooted a National Defence Manufacturing Commission (NDMC) under the Prime Minister`s Office to boost capability of the country`s
Nine years after a PIL said that over five lakh people were engaged in manual scavenging across the country, the government on Monday told the Supreme Court that a bill aimed at banning such practice will be introduced in Parliament soon.
