Several measures will be taken during the 12th five year plan period to check the growing number of road accidents in the country, road transport and highways minister CP Joshi said on Wednesday. Speaking at the national road safety counci
International parcels containing banned narcotic drugs and substances reaching India in hordes have caught the narcotics control bureau (NCB) off guard. “The orders are placed through illegal internet pharmacies. Some of the pharmacies are r
Various pension schemes under the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), administered by the rual development ministry, will be restructured and all pa
The Kudankulam anti-nuclear struggle just got personal — for both the government and the non-government organizations. The centre has ordered a probe into the alleged violations of foreign contributions regulation act (FCRA) by four NGOs and
A major terror network of Pakistan based Lashker-e-Taiba, planning to carry out attacks in crowded places of Delhi, has been busted and two of its cadres arrested. The two have been apprehended from the national capital and it is a "v
An alleged contract killer, who was arrested here in Shehla Masood murder case, has confessed that he and two others were hired for Rs 3 lakh for killing the RTI activist in Bhopal last year, police claimed on Wednesday. Irfan, who was pic
The UNICEF’s report – The State of The World’s Children 2012, Children in an Urban World says there are 97 million urban poor in India and the population projection shows that almost 40% of the population would shift to urban are
The Union government was asked on Wednesday by the Delhi High Court to finalise within three months a uniform policy on legal opinions and pieces of advice given by former Supreme Court judges to litigants. The court, meanwhile, also asked
Even after two years of implementing the Right to Education Act, the national commission for protection of child rights (NCPCR) is still pushing for amendment in the child labour laws. The commission, responsible for monitoring the act, asks for t
Suspended IPS officer A K Jain, an accused in Dara Singh fake encounter case, was on Wednesday remanded to 14 days in CBI custody. Jain was produced before a special CBI court where the magistrate remanded him to the agency`s custody.
Tata Teleservices Ltd has moved the Supreme Court seeking review of the judgement cancelling its licences for the 2G spectrum in three circles which were alloted during the tenure of former telecom minister A Raja. The petition seeking rev
Auditors can play an important role in helping countries deal with economic crisis by suggesting mid-course corrections, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India Vinod Rai said here on Wednesday. "These are momentous times in th
Government is yet to take a call on former ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair`s request to the PMO to order an inquiry into the reasons behind annulment of the controversial Antrix-Devas deal and the procedure followed. Asked about Nair`s lette
Seeking to end the logjam on NCTC, the Home Ministry has convened a meeting of top police and civil officers of all states on March 9 to allay apprehensions of the counter-terror body usurping their powers. Union Home Secretary R K Singh h
The central bureau of investigation is set to question former communications and IT minister Dayanidhi Maran again in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam, CBI source said. The questioning, with respect to the Maxis-Aircel deal,
Two accused, including a city-based architect who allegedly orderd hit on RTI activist Shehla Masood, will be produced in a designated CBI court of Indore on Wednesday. The CBI arrested interior designer Zahida Parvez on Tuesday while iden
A teenaged deaf and dumb patient whose family complained that their daughter had been raped at the Bankura Sammilani Medical College Hospital was on Wednesday taken to Kolkata by police and Health department doctors for forensic tests, police said
Senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said here that the Prime Minister will have to engage in a lot of explaining for the failure of his government on several fronts, during his election campaign in Goa ahead of the State Assembly polls o
Beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines cannot be closed down just because it is making losses and banks are not helping it out with funds, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said on Wednesday. "You can`t close down a company because they are
The DMK, a key constituent of the ruling UPA at the Centre, on Wednesday said India should not support Sri Lanka, which is facing war crime charges, in the hearings being conducted by the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. &quo
