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
Basavaraj Patil Sedam and R Ramakrishna (BJP), K Rahman Khan (Congress) and independent Rajeev Chandrashekhar filed nomination papers for the March 30 Rajya Sabha elections from Karnataka, but "rebel" candidate propped by B S Yeddyurappa
The Kerala government on Monday rejected opposition LDF charge that certain budget proposals had been leaked to the press before it was presented in the assembly and said media reports pertaining to government polices and schemes could not be cons
Dubbing the NCTC as worse than POTA and TADA, Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to convey her reservations over the counter terrorism provision. "The meeting was good," Ba
The Supreme Court on Monday sought the stands of the Nanavati Commission and the Gujarat Government on a plea for direction to the Commission to summon Chief Minister Narendra Modi for questioning in connection with the 2002 riots. A bench
Facing stiff opposition from allies over various measures, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said difficult decisions were getting "more difficult" because of coalition compulsions and pressed for eschewing narrow partisan approach
The abduction of two Italians, Bosusco Paolo and Clavdio Colangelo, by the Maoists in Odisha seems to be a desperate attempt of the ultras to attract national and international attention and put pressure on the state government to fulfil the promi
With his party`s government in Karnataka in throes of a burgeoning crisis over B S Yeddyurappa`s demand for his reinstatement as chief minister, BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Monday said no decision would be taken under pressure and asked him to
