Expressing displeasure for not furnishing details of homosexuals` population, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked for all relevant records from the Centre about LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people, including their number and the n
The Law Ministry has told the Department of Space to allow four ISRO scientists "post decisional opportunity" to place their stand on its move debarring them from occupying any government position in future in the aftermath of the Antrix
Hard pressed for funds, the government on Thursday approved the proposal for expediting disinvestment through the buyback route under which blue chip state-owned companies will buy its stake. The decision to allow Public Sector Undertaking
A CBI court on Thursday framed charges against former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra and ruling JDU MP Jagdish Sharma in connection with the multi-crore fodder scam. Charges were also framed against former RJD MP R
Two fishermen were killed and two others missing when a ship collided with a boat off the Kollam coast of Kerala in the wee hours today, police said. Of the six fishermen in the boat, two swam to safety, they said. The decea
In a bid to tighten the noose around habitual traffic offenders, the government today approved five-fold increase in fines under the Motor Vehicle Act, and substantial hike in compensation to accident victims. Under one of the proposed ame
Lokayukta Police on Thursday conducted raids at a Jail Superintendent`s residences in Indore and Bhopal and recovered huge assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The raids were carried out since morning in both the cities
Amid objections from some non-Congress ruled states to the RPF Amendment Bill, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi has sought to pacify them saying views of states will be taken into account. At the same time, Trivedi justified the controversi
Maharashtra Government`s decision to extend the Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) in urban areas will be taken up on a pilot basis in Nagpur. EGS and Water Conservation Minister Nitin Raut said that even though EGS was a rural concept, the
Former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair has said the Department of Space (DoS) has refused to reveal the reasons, sought by him under an RTI query, for blacklisting him and three other space scientists over the controversial Antrix-Devas deal.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said utilisation of funds of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Emeployment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) will go a long away in mitigating flood situation in Bihar if the Centre consented to it. "The flood s
The Congress has said any move to ban private TV networks from Karnataka legislature in the wake of the porngate scandal would be reflective of the "fascist" attitude of the BJP. "If there is a knee-jerk reaction by the BJP.
The city police is likely to take assistance of the Income Tax department and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for probe into the disproportionate assets case, involving senior Congress leader Kripashankar Singh, his family members and aides.
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
