Talking tough, chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi on Wednesday said Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati should think before criticising the EC order to cover her statues and BSP`s poll symbols in government parks. "She is a se
Leader of opposition in rajya sabha Arun Jaitley has asked the corporate sector to advise the prime minister rather than to the opposition to evolve consensus over passage of important legislations in the parliament. "How do I co-oper
Admitting that the situation has not changed much during the past one year, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said that he will have to address the slippages in economic parameters in the upcoming Budget. "I must confess,
It was at a hurriedly organised citizen’s meeting at Guwahati Press Club where serious concern was expressed at the increase in poaching and killing of wildlife in various parts of Assam. A resolution at the meeting, held on December 3
Government on Tuesday filed an affidavit in the supreme court rejecting the allegation of interference by law minister Salman Khurshid in the investigation into 2G spectrum case as "baseless" and said it was not trying to "influence
The row between alliance partners Trinamool Congress and Congress took an ugly turn today a day after a minor ministerial reshuffle when a minister of state belonging to Congress openly criticised Mamata Banerjee`s performance after being stripped
Himachal Pradesh`s sex ratio has improved from 896 girls per 1,000 boys to 920 over the past one decade, state health minister Rajiv Bindal said on Tuesday. The minister said according to the Civil Registration System (CRS) data, the sex r
The Allahabad high court has asked Uttar Pradesh government to furnish details of all such criminal cases in the state in which withdrawal of prosecution had been sought by the government in the last 10 years. Passing the order on January
More than 150 FIRs were lodged in different parts of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday for alleged violation of model code of conduct in the run up to the assembly elections. "154 FIRs were lodged in cases of wall writings, posters, banners, m
Pratham’s report on the state of education in rural India is both predictable and shocking. Predictable because it repeats the same set of findings year-after-year – (a) school enrollment remains over 90 percent but (b) qualit
The Gujarat government today said the state High Court verdict upholding appointment of Lokayukta by Governor would be challenged in the Supreme Court following consultations with legal experts. The Gujarat High Court, in a majority decisi
BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Tuesday criticised the UPA government for "not showing statecraft" in dealing with the age row involving army chief general V K Singh. "The government should have shown some statecraft to sort out
To curb illegal sex determination tests and control the skewed sex ratio, authorities here will use an active tracker technology for keeping sonographic machines under check. Adopting the technology used in Kolhapur district in Maharashtra
Accepting a major demand of the cash-strapped aviation industry, the government on Tuesday said it would soon launch the process to allow foreign airlines 49 per cent stake in Indian carriers. A meeting between finance minister Pranab Mukh
Peeved over being divested of two of the three departments in his ministry in a cabinet reshuffle, Minister of State Manoj Chakrborty today threatened to resign from the Mamata Banerjee government and accused it of functioning in a "dictatori
Senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh today accused the government of handling the sensitive issue of Army Chief Gen V K Singh`s age in an "insensitive" matter saying the Prime Minister or the Defence Minister could have sorted it out with him
Gujarat High Court today rejected petitions seeking contempt of court proceedings against Chief Minister Narendra Modi for making public his letter to the Prime Minister, seeking recall of Governor on the issue of appointment of Lokayukta.
With poll campaign in five states picking up, aviation regulator DGCA has expressed concern over safety rules being violated by helicopter and small plane operators "time and again" and directed them to strictly adhere to laid down norms
Pardon me for my long-windedness. But we have to get this straight. When a smart young stalker got hold of Angelina Jolie’s mobile number and started bombarding her with text messages and obscene calls from random numbers, cyber experts from
The BJP has entered into an alliance with Janwadi Party and decided to contest on 399 seats out of a total of 403 Assembly seats in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh polls. "The party has entered into an alliance with Janwadi Party for which
