Amid allegation of misuse of the law, the Law Commission on Thursday recommended watering down the anti-dowry law to make it less stringent by allowing the woman involved in the case to withdraw the case with the permission of the court provided s
A Mayawati statue without a tarpaulin cover makes an odd sight. Then what is this statue doing, standing shamelessly uncovered in these election times? And what is the election commission doing, covering up every elephant big and small while leavi
A day after Gujarat high court verdict against his government in Lokayukta case, chief minister Narendra Modi On Thursday targeted the centre, saying it may "use constitutional bodies against the state" but Gujarat will not bow before &q
Laptops are the new desktops. More and more people – including those in government departments – prefer the compact device that gives them flexibility to work from office as well as home (and while moving between the two). But with i
Hours after inducting two Praja Rajyam Party MLAs into his Council of Ministers, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today sacked controversial Textiles Minister P Shanker Rao from the Cabinet. Governor E S L Narasimha
Former president APJ Abdul Kalam said education cannot be categorised as a business product or system and only great teachers can inspire quality learning. Addressing the students of Maharaja Sayajirao University and Prince Ashokraje Gaekw
Prime minister Manmohan Singh will kick-start his election campaign for Congress for the coming assembly polls by holding a rally at Rudrapur in Kumaon region of Uttaranchal from Friday. He would arrive at the headquarters of the Udhamsing
For the first time at the UN general assembly an Indian PM openly aired his views on the global governance deficit. Role of America driven Western powers to push external solutions via force in Libya was under fire by Dr Manmohan Singh. Fact
Change is the essence of life, the old order yields to the new. However, all changes are not historic in the impact they have on society, economy or polity. But among the many changes that India has witnessed in last decades, its convergence to th
The Gujarat government on Thursday approached the supreme court challenging the state high court order upholding the appointment of justice R A Mehta as the Lokayukta by the governor. The Gujarat high court had on Wednesday upheld the appo
After exposing the Digambar Kamat led government on illegal mining front, Goa BJP has now woven its election campaign around the raging issue, promising people to save legal mines and providing them amenities through revenue earned from iron ore e
Food inflation remained in the negative zone for the third straight week, at (-)0.42 per cent for the week ended January 7, mainly due to fall in prices of onion and vegetables. Food inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI
BJP on Wednesday fielded its prominent OBC leader Uma Bharti from Charkari assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh assembly poll but refused to say whether she will be projected as the Chief Ministerial candidate. BJP President Nitin Gadkari announ
The Election Commission on Wednesday ruled out reconsideration of its order to cover statues of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and BSP party symbol `elephant` and rejected her "aspersions" that the directive was "anti-Dalit&q
After remaining behind bars for nearly nine months, former CWG Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi was today granted bail by the Delhi High Court in a 2010 Games-related graft case. The court also granted bail to OC former directo
Faced with increasing incidents of misuse of tickets, Railways have made it mandatory for all passengers travelling in AC classes to carry an identity proof with them. So far, carrying ID proof was required only for passengers travelling w
Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday asked prime minister Manmohan Singh to agree to army chief V K Singh`s reported "compromise formula" for settling the age issue that he would take premature retirement if the governme
In a move to add to the list of services under the right of citizen to time bound delivery of services act, the Delhi government has planned to cover 100 services under the act by the end of this month. On December 28, the government had not
Government schools in Punjab have reportedly not received any money for midday meals for the last several months prompting some of them to stop serving food to children under the scheme. In a few schools, teachers have been spending from t
In the backdrop of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa`s strong opposition to Centre`s proposed Food Security Bill, Union Minister of State for Food K V Thomas today said he will meet her next month to discuss the "differences" as t
