Cutting across party lines, senior leaders have trusted their kin over party workers for contesting the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls apparently in a bid to carry forward their political legacy. The trend has caught on not only with parties
Government on Monday filed a caveat in the supreme court against any ex-parte order on the petition of Army Chief Gen V K Singh challenging the decision over his date of birth. An application was filed by the ministry of defence urging the
If you want to know why there are few voices of dissent or resistance to the state in Odisha in spite of the fact that this is not a particularly well-governed one, here is something that might explain it: for the past 26 years, succes
Author Salman Rushdie`s visit to India to attend the Jaipur Literature Festival is clouded in uncertainty even as Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot said his trip might lead to security problems. While the organisers say they stand by t
Toeing a line similar to Uttar Pradesh, the election commission has directed the city administration to cover the statue of former SAD MLA late Raminder Singh Bularia before the polls in Amritsar. The move was initiated by the EC in wake o
Ever since the election commission (EC) decided that statues of elephants and Mayawati in Uttar Pradesh need to be covered in light of the coming assembly elections, Digvijay Singh and every one else have had a field day mocking the EC`s logic wit
BJP on Tuesday urged the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi to formulate a transparent procedure for nursery admissions and ensure its strict implementation by schools as the city government has "failed" to do so. "Delhi governmen
Asserting that strong and independent-minded editors are the best guarantee for safeguarding the public interest, Vice President Hamid Ansari today lamented that they had become an "endangered species" in today`s media world. &qu
The Delhi high court is likely to pronounce its verdict tomorrow on a plea of Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy that a paper trail be incorporated to record the votes cast through electronic voting machine (EVMs) or return to the old system
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee today expanded her nine-month-old ministry inducting two Trinamool Congress MLAs amid reports of a minor shake-up in the cabinet which awaited any official confirmation. "Notification is made
Government on Monday declared 2012 as the year for intensification of immunisation in the country by evolving strategies to reach out to children in remote and backward areas of the country, including slums. With the present immunisation c
Google India, which along with 20 websites is facing criminal case for allegedly hosting objectionable materials, on Monday told the Delhi high court that blocking them was not an option as a democratic India does not have rpt have a "totalit
In good news for students, the government has decided to have a grievance redressal mechanism in higher educational institutions. The mechanism, which is likely to come into effect from the coming academic session, will require every insti
The central vigilance commission (CVC) will soon come out with the details of recently-unearthed scams in the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG). "We are ready with the report and just need to release it in public," R Sri Kumar, a vigilance c
Defence ministry was on Monday apparently taken by surprise on Gen V K Singh moving the supreme court to challenge its two orders on the issue of his date of birth. Senior ministry officials were caught unaware when the news broke this aft
In an unprecedented move, Army Chief Gen V K Singh on Monday moved the Supreme Court against the government`s rejection of his claim on his date of birth. In writ petition, he is believed to have questioned the government`s decision
The Supreme Court on Moday asked the Centre to place CAG report on alleged irregularities in purchasing of equipments by National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), a premier technical intelligence gathering agency. A bench of justice
The Haryana government has ordered all commercial establishments to get themselves registered by January 31 or pay a fine of Rs 1,000 to Rs 3,000. The establishments can get themselves registered under Punjab Shops and Commercial Es
Unaccounted cash totalling about Rs 24 crore and heroin valued at over Rs 33 crore in the international market were seized in poll-bound Punjab since the election schedule was announced last month, Special Chief Electoral Officer Usha R Sharma sai
Angry over the attack on Ramdev, his followers on Monday gathered outside Congress headquarters here and threw black ink on Sonia Gandhi`s poster, triggering a clash between Congressmen and supporters of the yoga guru. Some people u
