An online organisation, avaaz.org, is conducting a poll `worst Lokpal loser` to raise awareness about politicians who opposed the Jan Lokpal. The site claims to have registered over 13,000 votes already and will publish the results once the voting
Food prices fell for the second consecutive week as food inflation remained in the negative zone at (-)2.90 per cent for the week ended December 31, 2011. Food inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), stood at (-)3.36 per
As a nation, Pakistan is a curious case. Right from its birth it has been springing one surprise after another. The army overthrows the democratic government, then democracy limps back, then another coup takes place, Pakistan has seen the pendulum
The city government on Wednesday told the Delhi high court that it has not violated any law by allowing schools to admit children below four years to pre-school or nursery classes. The Delhi government`s directorate of education`s counsel
One of the main accused in the missing nurse Bhanwari Devi case, Om Prakash Bishnoi, on Wednesday refused to record his statement before the magistrate and was remanded to judicial custody. The CBI had moved an application in the court yes
Be it a poem, portrait, play or any law making process in a Parliament, every artist gives every creation a name. There is no artist like a mother, who gives birth to a child but gives the child the father`s name. Both parliamentarians and Team An
RSS on Wednesday directed Karnataka chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda, former CM B S Yeddyurappa and state BJP chief K S Eshwarappa to bury their differences on the leadership issue and leave the matter to be decided by the BJP central leadership
As the date for withdrawing nomination for Punjab assembly election nears, there is trepidation in Congress camp over large number of rebels in the poll fray. The rebels who could queer the pitch for Congress, which is seeking to return to
The election commission on Wednesday asked the government to put on hold its decision on 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities in five poll-bound states till election process ends there as a controversy raged over the issue. "It has b
Hours after he fired the defence secreatary over an affidavit row with the Army, Pakistan`s beleaguered prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday said the top defence official had violated rules of business and had to go. Earlier in t
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today sacked Defence Secretary Lt Gen (retired) Khalid Naeem Lodhi, considered close to the army chief, marking an escalation in the row between the civilian government and the military over the Memogate
A new health insurance scheme for providing free medical and surgical treatment to 1.34 crore families in Tamil Nadu was today launched by Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at an annual outlay of Rs 750 crore. Under the "Chief Minister`s
With Salman Rushdie`s proposed visit to India kicking up a political row, law minister Salman Khurshid on Wednesday said anybody having objections to the provision of PIO not requiring visa to visit the country can take up their complaints with th
The real estate bill will bring in much needed transparency and accountability in the real estate sector, minister for housing and urban poverty alleviation and culture Kumari Selja said here on Wednesday. “The real estate bil
The Delhi Police on Wednesday filed a petition in the supreme court challenging the acquittal of suspended IPS officer Ravi Kant Sharma and others in journalist Shivani Bhatnagar murder case. The police has filed the appeal against the Oct
Giving a clear message to ailing Indian carriers, government today asked national carrier Air India to pull up its socks and become competitive as it "cannot keep on pouring money" and told private carriers that there would be no bailout
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration on wednesday termed as "highly irresponsible" the media reports that said a group of scantily-clad Jarawa tribe women were allegedly forced to dance in front of tourists. While the a
The government has agreed to infuse fresh capital into State Bank of India through a preferential issue and the country`s largest lender will be getting up to Rs 6,000 crore before the fiscal end, its Chairman Pratip Chaudhuri said here today.
A group of ministers (GoM) will soon meet in the national capital to decide on allowing foreign entities to pick up stakes in the airline sector in India, civil aviation minister Ajit Singh said on Wednesday. "Finally, the cabinet wil
For those who don’t know: justice (retd) Markandey Katju is the closest we have to an elected conscience keeper of the Indian press. As veteran editor Kuldip Nayar reminded the Editors Guild AGM on Saturday, like all moral conscience keepers
