The government on Wednesday clarified its stand on homosexuality before the Supreme Court, saying it is in favour of decriminalisation of gay sex and the Delhi High Court verdict is acceptable to it. Attorney General G E Vahanvati justifie
Congress party`s troubles with allies had a new dimension with NCP chief and Union Minister Sharad Pawar taking exception to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s comments on the attitude of allies, saying it has caused "anguish and unease" to
Indicating that Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Bannerjee knew about proposals in the rail budget presented by him, former Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi said his sacking was a "foregone conclusion" and the fare hike was not the reason
At a time Delhi is readying for civic body election, people are pressing for an improvement in MCD-run schools. A charter of demands will be presented to the representatives of all political parties at a Jan Manch on March 25 in East Delhi’
The central bureau of investigation has arrested brigadier (retired) M M Wanchu (president of Adarsh Housing Society), R C Thakur (defence estate officer and secretary of Adarsh Housing Society) and P V Deshmukh (deputy secretary, urban developmen
In a show of solidarity with the cause of Swami Gyan Swaroop Sanand to make the river Ganga clean, members of the Sabal Bharat group did a sit-in protest on Tuesday at the private ward gate of All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
Supreme Court dismisses Centre`s petition seeking review of its verdict in Vodafone tax case.
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, in the latest budget, re-introduced the healthcare service tax, dubbed the sick tax, which was shelved last year after widespread pro
Ravjot Singh was all of 12 years old when he was diagnosed with multiple neurocysticercosis – a parasitic disease of the nervous system which causes recurrent epileptic seizures. That was a decade ago. Since then, his treatment has been the
The government claims that the number of poor has fallen by 5 crore. The planning commission data released on Monday says that the absolute number of poor fell from 40.7 crore in 2004-2005 to 35.5 crore people in 2009-1010. However, there is a cat
The Centre has frozen accounts of 30 NGOs following allegations of misuse of foreign funds and banned 70 other voluntary organisations from receiving donations from abroad. Minister of State for Home Mullappally Ramachandran told Lo
Pulling up the Centre for its "casual" approach on important issue of decriminalisation of homosexuality, the Supreme Court today said it needs to be condemned. After going through various affidavits of the government, a bench of
Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy was on Tuesday elevated and inducted into the union cabinet as railway minister replacing Dinesh Trivedi, who was forced to resign after Congress caved in to Mamata Banerjee`s pressure. Widely exp
Setting an example for the rest of the country, Tripura government has introduced human rights as one of the subjects in school curricula, official sources said today. The subject will be incorporated as part of social education subjects f
Odisha on Monday assured the Maoists that no coercive action will be taken against the red ultras in efforts to secure the release of Boscusco Paolo and Clandio Colangilo, Italian nationals taken hostage by the Maoists in kandhamal district.
Senior bureaucrat Pradeep Shukla, one of the prime accused in the national rural health scam, may soon be arrested by the central bureau of investigation, an official of the probe agency told Governance Now. CBI is also likely to summon senior IAS
The CPI(M) on Monday termed as "drama" the resignation of Dinesh Trivedi as Railway Minister, saying the episode reflected badly on the functioning of UPA and his party Trinamool Congress. Alleging that the Union Budget will resu
Odisha and Jharkhand share the dubious distinction of being the states with the highest number of people who defecate in the open — nearly 37 million people in the two eastern states have no access to toilets. The 2011 census data for water
Government`s decision to ban cotton exports on Monday triggered an uproar in the Lok Sabha which saw Commerce Minister Anand Sharma launch a spirited defence of the measure, which had to be rolled back after strong resistance from some chief minis
