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
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
