Army Chief Gen V K Singh, who lost his battle with the Defence Ministry on the age row, feels the Supreme Court has "not not effectively" closed the issue but ruled out his resignation. "It would be dishonest to say that tha
Why the government does not launch a sustained media campaign to let the people take notice of its flagship and other socio-economic programmes? Information and Broadcasting minister Ambika Soni at the receiving end of the Congress Party repeatedl
In a bid to rescue itself from slipping into a deeper fiscal deficit, the government on Thursday announced that cash-rich public sector units (PSUs) can now buy back shares in the stock market. It also means that the boards of cash-rich PSUs would
Maharashtra government will make available a chartered accountant (CA) to help police, which on Friday conducted raids on the premises of former city Congress chief Kripashankar Singh, accused of amassing disproportionate assets, Home Minister R R
Government on Friday gave its analysis of the Supreme Court`s 2G judgements saying it "travelled beyond" the established limits of judicial review and entered the exclusive domain of the executive when it held that the policy of first-co
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Friday shied away from taking action against its tainted President Suresh Kalmadi despite the threat from the world body to act on its own, saying there was no need for any action against its President as he
Former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair on Friday took a dim view of the Law Ministry`s directive to the Department of Space to give a chance to him and three other banned scientists to explain their stand on the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, sayi
A hushed "beep, beep" signals on the Military Intelligence (MI) handheld detector during a routine sweep in defence minister A K Antony`s office last month created a sensation of someone spying on him, but the defence ministry was quick
Opposition parties in Andhra Pradesh on Friday alleged that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme has become a "golden goose" for the ruling Congress party and demanded constitution of a House Committee to prob
Shiv Sena on Friday described the raids conducted by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai police on the premises of former city Congress chief Kripashankar Singh as "farcical" and alleged that Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithvi
With the ONGC disinvestment barely scraping through, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said the government has decided to study the auction process before going ahead with stake sale of other companies. "This (ONGC auction)
Amid tight security, former Karnataka Tourism Minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy was on Friday produced before a special CBI court here which remanded him to CBI custody till March 12 in connection with an illegal mining case.
At a time when almost all major mainstream political parties are engaged in a fierce battle to win the hearts of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh, a section of Muslim clerics busied themselves to push the community into a deadly religious ideological trap
The motive behind the murder of Madhya Pradesh RTI activist Shehla Masood continues to be shrouded in mystery even after investigators arrested three persons including a woman interior designer, in this connection. While the CBI arrested i
Holding that a PIL questioning CJI S H Kapadia being part of the bench which delivered the Vodafone tax matter verdict as "highly scandalous, frivolous and irresponsible", the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the plea for quashing the j
In a setback to dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar facing trial in the murder case of their daughter Aarushi, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to shift the trial against them from a Ghaziabad court to Delhi A bench of justices B S C
A Supreme Court bench on Friday recused itself from hearing a petition challenging the validity of the USD 8.5 billion Cairn-Vedanta deal and seeking a CBI probe into reasons for ONGC and government in "not asserting" their legal rights
The Mumbai Police on Friday conducted raids on the premises of former city Congress chief Kripashankar Singh, who has been accused of amassing disproportionate assets. "The house and office of Kripashankar Singh in suburban Mumbai wer
Vigilance officials on Friday raided premises of three personal security officers to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi here in connection with a disproportionate assets case. Search is on on six premises, including properties
The cabinet committee on infrastructure (CCI) approved the construction of four new highways on Thursday. This will improve the connectivity among the existing highways in Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Odisha. While welcoming the CCI nod for the highw
