The strike threat by a major chunk of Air India`s over 28,000 employees from Monday was called off on Friday with the ailing national carrier promising to clear all their salary and other dues by June. "We received their (strik
The National Green Tribunal order suspending environmental clearance to Posco is not a setback to government`s green policies, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said on Friday, asserting that "very strict and transparent" procedure
The CBI on Friday registered a case in connection with the supply of all-terrain Tatra trucks through state-owned BEML to the Army and called for questioning Vectra group Chairman Ravi Rishi who is a majority stake holder in Tatra. CBI sou
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to pass any order on a plea for clemency to Balwant Singh Rajoana, awarded death penalty for assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh. A bench of justices T S Thakur and Gyan Sudh
The BJP on Friday demanded Defence Minister A K Antony`s resignation, upping the ante against Government over the controversy surrounding Army Chief`s allegation that he was offered bribe for clearance of Tatra truck contracts. Rais
The BJP on Friday cast aspersions on the government on the Army chief controversy, saying there seems to be something "fishy" and demanded that the Centre should stop "harassing" Gen V K Singh and instead look into the issues r
The Centre was asked on Friday by the Delhi High Court to clarify if the March 5 press release with allegations against former Lt Gen Tejinder Singh was issued by the Government or by the Army officials in their individual capacity.
Over Rs 2 crore was on Friday seized allegedly from a car owned by the younger brother of an independent Rajya Sabha candidate, a recovery which comes on a day when polls for the Upper House are being held in Jharkhand. "The cash was
Members of the civil society have questioned supreme court’s directive to the government asking it to implement the controversial river linking project in a time bound manner and to appoint a high powered committee to plan and implement it.
Last few days have seen a heated debate, both inside parliament and outside, on army chief Gen VK Singh’s sundry letters and comments. The debate, in which politicians cutting across party lines, security experts and media persons have taken
Even after two years of the right to education (RTE) being enacted, schools in Delhi lack the basic sanitation — a key provision of the universalisation of education law. Child Rights and You (CRY) conducted a survey of 318 toilets in 44 gov
India on Friday test fired the Brahmos supersonic cruise missile with certain new systems from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur off Odisha coast. The test comes two days after defence scientists conducted a similar trial from
Goa`s new BJP-led Government has decided to review the universal mediclaim scheme, which was approved last year and handed over to ICICI Lombard Ltd for implementation. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has proposed to increase the he
Striking a defiant note, Arvind Kejriwal on Friday replied to the privilege notices served on him for "insulting" Parliament, saying how can he respect the institution which has MPs with "criminal background". Th
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pointed out "grave irregularities" in land allotments between 2006 and 2011 in Andhra Pradesh to several companies which had invested heavily in business ventures of Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan
Grappling with the twin hostage crisis involving a BJD MLA and an Italian, Odisha government was tightlipped despite an ultimatum by Maoist mediators to pull out of talks if no response is received on the demands of rebels who said they are ready
Slamming the Planning Commission over its controversial definition of poverty, the BJP has said the centre has underestimated the number of people living below poverty line in the party-ruled Madhya Pradesh. "The poverty figure
The Supreme Court on Thursday virtually deprecated the Punjab government`s campaign for mercy to Balwant Singh Rajoana saying he was convicted in a case of broad daylight killing of a Chief Minister. "There is a person convicte
Defending her government`s decision to have selected newspapers in state-run and aided libraries, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said that it was done to promote small newspapers. "This is the affair of a small
Raising questions on funding for the National Food Security bill, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said monetary provision for state governments to fund it should be ensured, failing which it could not be implemented.
