Prime minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said that youth employment is a "high-priority agenda" of his government but felt the infrastructure for the skill- development of young people is progressing slower than he had hoped. &qu
Fifth phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections is going to be held on February 23, and the candidates are all set to face the poll. Now it is for voters to decide who their representative will be- an educated criminal, a criminal crorepati, o
Reeling under the porngate scandal involving three of its members, the ruling BJP in Karnataka on Tuesday decided to hold a training session for its ministers and legislators to teach them discipline and morality. The Core Committee meetin
Terming the proposed Communal Violence Bill as "anti-Hindu", the Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Tuesday threatened a nation-wide agitation against it. The proposed bill will divide the society in two sections, one of minorities and the
Seeking to put the imbroglio surrounding the appointment of Lokayukta behind it, Karnataka Government on Tuesday kicked off consultation process to select a figure to head the anti-corruption watchdog. "Letter will go today itself. On
Home minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday termed the attack on a Israeli diplomat as a terror strike and said a well-trained person orchestrated the crime. Condemning the incident, Chidambaram said diplomats of every country were entitled to
The Israeli woman diplomat, who was injured in a suspected terror attack targeting an embassy car here, continues to remain "critical but stable", doctors said on Tuesday. Admitted to the Primus Hospital, Tal Yehoshua (40), wife
The Income Tax department has submitted to the CBDT a "full probe report" of investments and assets of ex-Chief Justice of India and NHRC chief K G Balakrishnan and his family members. The probe report has been compiled by the I-
“Without any disrespect for the Election Commission, which we hold in the highest esteem...time has come, in a wider sweep of electoral reforms, to think about giving Model Code of Conduct (MCC) a statutory backing. Perhaps it will be ap
Prime minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said there was a need for a "critical" study of the existing regulatory framework to find out whether they were coming in the way of development and growth of employment and industry without reall
For people of Uttar Pradesh who are going to cast their vote in the fourth phase of the assembly election on February 19, crorepatis are standing in line to woo them. A report, jointly released by NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and U
The Election Commission is likely to put a lid on the controversy involving Law Minister Salman Khurshid after he expressed regret over his remarks on the minority sub-quota issue. Sources in the poll panel on Tuesday said that the matter
Investigators were on Tuesday looking for clues from CCTV footage in connection with the bomb attack on an Israeli embassy car in a high-security area here which left four persons, including a mission employee, injured A motorcycle-borne a
Bihar`s average economic growth rate in the past five years stood at 11.3 per cent, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said on Tuesday. Quoting a report by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) on the basis of 2004-05 price base,
One of Kolkata’s legacies has been restored, at least for now, by a new policy of the West Bengal government. Hand-pulled rickshaws, which were banned by the Left government in 2006, are back on the streets. Mayor Sovan Chatterjee, o
About 69 per cent voters exercised their franchise in the second phase of panchayat polls in Odisha on Tuesday which was by and large peaceful barring stray incidents of violence and snatching of ballot boxes. "An estimated 69 per cen
Joining hands with his West Bengal counterpart, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday asked the Centre to review a recent Union Home Ministry order on the powers of National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC). "The powers of NC
The Andhra Pradesh Assembly was adjourned for Tuesday amid pandemonium created by opposition Telugu Desam Party and Telangana Rashtra Samiti on different issues. Two brief adjournments, first for half an hour and next for 15 minutes, did n
The Congress-NCP led alliance is locked in a tough battle against the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena combine in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation, which is facing the anti-incumbency factor as well as allegations of misrule and corruption ahead of the civic
Seeking to end the row with the EC over his Muslim sub-quota remark, Law minister Salman Khurshid has expressed regret, saying it was never his intention to transgress the law and undermine the poll code of conduct. In a letter delivered t
