The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to implement the ambitious interlinking of rivers project in a time-bound manner and appointed a high-powered committee for its planning and implementation. Observing that the project has alr
Yoga guru Ramdev has said he was contemplating the possibility of filing an appeal against the Supreme Court judgement on the crackdown on his supporters at Delhi`s Ramlila maidan in June last year. "My legal experts are considering a
A former director of the Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Board and nine others have been booked under the Gangster Act in connection with alleged irregularities in the state Teachers Eligibility Test. The case was registered against the
The mushrooming of coaching centers across the country has forced the ministry of Human resource Development to formulate a new examination pattern for entrance into IIT. The new pattern if approved by the IIT council will not just give 40
J Sathyanarayana, the 1977 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre, will be the new secretary of department of information technology (IT), ministry of communications and IT, government of India. The position was lying vacant
Seeking to puncture Rahul Gandhi`s claim that Central assistance was being misused by the Uttar Pradesh government, Chief Minister Mayawati on Friday hit back at the Congress leader saying various projects were lying incomplete due to absence of t
Breaking his silence over stiff opposition to his pet project NCTC, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday wrote to 10 non-Congress Chief Ministers, saying countering terrorism is a shared responsibility and Centre will continue to work with states
Former ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair on Friday termed as "very disturbing" the top aerospace scientist Roddam Narasimha quitting as member of the Space Commission where he was serving for more than two decades, and slammed the Department
Delhi and Mumbai airports are earning the least `aeronautical` revenue per passenger compared to other airports of the world, according to a survey. As per the list of 50 countries prepared by Leigh Fisher Management Consultants, Delhi airport is
JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik was on Friday charged under Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) by a court for allegedly raising funds to strengthen militancy in Jammu and Kashmir. Additional Sessions Judge (Jammu) Sanjay Parihar of the
Finding eight of its personnel, who were caught on camera, stripping, kicking and beating a Bangladeshi national along the Indo-Bangla border, as prima facie guilty, the BSF has ordered court martial proceedings against them. The personnel
Alleging that the West Bengal government is taking repressive measures to foil the February 28 general strike, the Left Front on Friday termed "obnoxious" the circular banning leave of government employees on that day. &qu
Carrying forward Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s charge, Union Minister V Narayanasamy on Friday said three NGOs were found to be diverting foreign funds for the anti-nuclear campaign in Kudankulan in Tamil Nadu. Licences of three NGOs act
Ahead of the Budget, a key Parliamentary panel scrutinising the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) is likely to recommend raising of income tax exemption limit to Rs 3 lakh and tax breaks on investments to Rs 2.5 lakh. "There is a consensus amon
Reserve Bank deputy governor K C Chakrabarty on Friday said the stress being faced by the banks from their exposures to the aviation sector is a "manageable problem." "Yes, aviation is a problem...a problem, at this stage we
The Narendra Modi government was rapped by the Supreme Court on Friday for bypassing it on the appointment of new chairman of the monitoring authority which is looking into the investigations of 22 encounter killings between 2002 to 2006 in Gujara
Top aerospace scientist Roddam Narasimha, who probed the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, has quit as member of the Space Commission, upset over the action against former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair and others in connection with the deal. N
B S Yeddyurappa`s bid to get himself reinstated as Karnataka Chief Minister was on Friday rebuffed by BJP president Nitin Gadkari who ruled out removal of incumbent D V Sadananda Gowda. Gadkari, however, tried to mollify the sulking BJP st
Opposition PDP MLC Murtaza Khan was on Friday marshalled out from the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council after he entered into a verbal duel with Leader of the House over the issue of corruption. Khan along with the PDP Legislators troo
The Punjab cabinet on Friday rejected the proposal of the Union government to set up the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) terming it "against the concept of federalism". The cabinet, in its last meeting before the formati
