The BJP has demanded that the centre come out with a `white paper` on the issue of non-governmental orgaganisations getting foreign funds and "working against public interest." Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had indicated that som
The Gini coefficient, an index to measure wealth disparity in a society (developed by Italian statistician and sociologist Corrado Gini in 1912), shows that the gap between the rich and the poor has narrowed faster in Uttar Pradesh than any other
As many as 395 sonography centres in Maharashtra have been sealed and 95 Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) centres de-recognised as part of state government`s drive, sources said. The drive is aimed at curbing the female foeticide by
In a major operation, Delhi Police has arrested two suspected LeT terrorists who were allegedly planning to carry out terror strikes in the capital targeting vital installations and VVIPs. Delhi Police sources said the operation was launch
The government is looking at introducing ‘clean’ technologies in coal mining. Underground coal gasification, coal to liquid and other technologies are being promoted under the aegis of the union coal ministry. These efforts to en
Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal faced protests as he decided to leave for Goa without casting his vote in UP polls and the "guilty" activist returned from airport but in an anti-climax could not exercise his franchise as his name was mi
The Kisan credit card would be made available to deserving farmers from March 1-17 in the district, an official said today. Bank of India has been authorised to make the credit cards in special camps to be organised in all 19 rural and sem
The police have registered an FIR against senior Congress leader Kripashankar Singh under anti-corruption law in connection with a disproportionate assets case, nearly a week after the Bombay High Court had directed it to prosecute him for "c
The CBI has arrested three persons, including a woman-architect and the alleged contract killer, in connection with the murder of Madhya Pradesh`s RTI activist Shehla Masood here and claimed to have cracked the case. Architect Zahida Parve
Planning commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia may blush that he was clocking expenses of Rs 2.02 lakh a day on his official foreign trips last year when his organisation filed an affidavit in the supreme court setting the poverty line
RTI activists in Maharashtra have written to chief minister Prithviraj Chavan asking him to investigate the builders’ body Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI) and state government officials in connection with the February 17 murde
A day after the centre put on hold the launching of National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday raised another issue by opposing the proposed amendment to the Railway Protection Force (RPF) Act, 1957.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday left for the United States for a medical check-up required after a secret surgery she underwent in August. The party sources said there is nothing to worry as she campaigned in the Assembly electi
Actress-turned-politician Jaya Prada on Tuesday accused her former party colleague and SP leader Azam Khan of sending goons to attack her. "I considered Khan saab as my `bada bhai (elder brother) and used to tie rakhi on him but few y
The four-member committee set up by Tamil Nadu Government on the safety aspects of Kudankulam nuclear power plant on Tuesday submitted its report to Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa amid indication that it has given a clean chit to the controversial
Opposition RJD and Congress members on Tuesday created ruckus in Bihar Legislative Council over PCI chairman Markandey Katju`s remarks against Bihar government for allegedly undermining the freedom of press and brought an adjournment motion seekin
Claiming Tuesday`s "Left-sponsored bandh" has `failed` in West Bengal for the first time in 35 years, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said `destructive` bandhs were not the future and it ended. She said the "total failure&quo
The assets of sitting MLAs in Uttar Pradesh have increased by 320 percent in five years time. The average percentage growth in the assets of 47 re-contesting MLAs in the seventh phase of UP assembly elections show this. The seventh phase h
Dynastic inheritance is ingrained in Indian political system but a good number of youth in India is opposed to this trend, says a new survey. “Youths across social categories are united ag
India will soon enter the elite club of nations having the Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) capability with the Agni-5 getting ready for its first test launch next month. "The first test fire of Agni-5 is scheduled to take p
