The Meghalaya government has constituted a state advisory council mandated to advise the government for smooth implementation of the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE), officials said on Thursday. Chaired by Education Ministe
Defence Minister A K Antony on Thursday said that expenditure on defence is bound to increase as the armed forces need to have access to the latest technologies and equipment to counter any threat. "With the projected growth of
The Vijay Bahuguna government on Thursday won a trust vote in the Uttarakhand Assembly amid a walkout by the opposition BJP members. Thirtynine members voted in favour of the trust motion tabled by Bahuguna, Speaker Govind Singh Kun
The Centre was on Thursday granted more time by the Supreme Court to decide whether the mythological Ram Setu could be declared a national monument. Appearing before a bench headed by Justice H L Dattu, Additional Solicitor General
Facing demands for his dismissal, Army Chief Gen V K Singh on Thursday said the leak of his letter to the prime minister presenting a grim picture of the force`s defence preparedness should be treated as "high treason" and the source of
Asserting that the government is yet to arrive on an unanimous decision on partial withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said all agencies, except the Army, were in favour of revocation of
Asserting that the government is yet to arrive on an unanimous decision on partial withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said all agencies, except the Army, were in favour of revocation of
The hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana, assassin of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, was on Thursday stayed by the centre following a mercy petition. The scheduled hanging of Rajoana had got the politics of Punjab in a turmoil with the ruli
Miraj, a 40-year-old housewife from east Delhi`s Trilokpuri area had only one thing to ask of the candidates for the municipal corporation seat from her area, and no, it was not roads or drains or any of the usual demands. It was quality educ
Stoking a controversy, West Bengal government has banned English and mass-circulation Bengali dailies at state-sponsored and aided libraries in the state which will make available only eight selected newspapers. The order by the Mam
Unable to bear the "agony" caused by continued non-payment of their dues, 8 Air India unions on Wednesday sought immediate intervention of the Prime Minister to resolve the situation failing which they threatened to proceed on strike fro
If the deal for which Gen VK Singh has alleged that he was offered a bribe is about Tatra trucks, then the Congress has a reason to worry. The original deal to purchase these all-terrain trucks from Tatra of Czechoslovakia dates back to 1986, when
The BJP on Wednesday asked the government to clear the air in Parliament over the controversy arising out of the Army Chief`s letter to the Prime Minister, saying the country`s defence preparedness was "suffering" because of the Centre`s
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday promised that his government would provide free medical treatment of serious ailments to poor. The chief minister who flagged off an awareness rally on the World Kidney Day he
As India gears up to host the fourth BRICS* summit in New Delhi on March 29, a new study has found that this club of high growth economies is as beset by unemployment, extreme poverty, regional disparity and inequality as some of the other countri
Former Law Minister Ram Jethmalani on Wednesday asked the Government to produce all documents and correspondence for agreements with various countries to bring back black money stashed away abroad. Participating in the debate on Gen
The row between Army Chief and Government worsened on wednesday with Defence Minister A K Antony saying "appropriate action" would be taken for leakage of a letter written by Gen V K Singh to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh amid demands by
Government on Wednesday admitted that there was no surplus coal with subsidiaries of Coal India Ltd and there was a wide gap between availability and commitments made by the company to various consumers. "There is no surplus co
A suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist, an alleged aide of the outfit`s elusive chief operative Yasin Bhatkal, was arrested from north-east Delhi with one kg explosives and a detonator, police said on Wednesday. Assadullah Rehman a
India on Wednesday successfully test fired Brahmos supersonic cruise missile as part of a user trial by the Army from the test range at Chandipur off Odisha coast. "The missile was test fired from a ground mobile launcher from
