The Congress in West Bengal on Tuesday said that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should look into the problems plaguing the Trinamool Congress-led alliance. He said it was in the interest of both parties to keep the alliance going and Baner
Students of a government primary school were allegedly forced to do toilet cleaning in a place under Pattamundai police station in Kendrapara district last week. "A sub-inspector of schools has been asked to make an inquiry. If the in
The CBI informed the Rajasthan high court on Tuesday that midwife Bhanwari Devi is no more and requested the court to quash the habeas corpus petition filed by her husband Amarchand. The court, however, refused to quash the petition and as
Denying any differences with the defence ministry on his age issue, army chief general V K Singh on Tuesday said it was his "personal" matter and had nothing to do with the organisation. "It is a purely personal issue and I
India witnessed a hefty increase of 56 per cent in foreign direct investment (FDI) in November and the positive mood was further lifted on Tuesday by the Moody`s upgrading country`s short-term foreign currency rating to investment grade. T
Election commission has issued a notice to union law minister Salman Khurshid for his reported speech in Farukkabad on proposal of providing enhanced quota for Muslim. This report was widely published in media, and taking a cue, EC on Tues
Terming the problem of malnutrition in the country as national shame, prime minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said the government cannot rely solely on the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) to tackle it. "The problem of maln
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into India went up by an impressive 56 per cent to USD 2.53 billion in November 2011, signalling improvement in investor sentiment. The cumulative flows of USD 22.83 billion for the April-November period hav
So, the EC wants statues of Mayawati and her elephants covered — with any tarpaulin but blue. My autowallah this morning went "1... 2... 3... haha hahaha" at the EC decision. "A few more fistfuls of the taxpayer`s money will b
A day after NCP chief Sharad Pawar asked senior coalition partner, the Congress, to speed-up seat-sharing talks for the Mumbai municipal polls, due next month, Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Monday downplayed the "ultimatum&q
There are hidden lessons to be learnt from the Bollywood blockbuster Lagaan, released in 2001. A village of peasants prays to the rains gods for good rainfall. But the gods fail to pay heed. The Hindu king who was controlled by British la
Team Anna`s core committee met in Ghaziabad on Monday sans the ailing social activist amid "confusion" on how to take the movement forward and decided to leave it to him to take a final call on its future strategy, including whether or n
After a rap from the aviation regulator for neglecting safety issues, Kingfisher Airlines on Monday submitted a detailed response to DGCA giving time-bound plans to resolve the lapses and discrepancies identified. As civil aviation ministe
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, the BJP’s Hindutva and development poster boy, is unlikely to campaign for the party in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh election. In fact, there is a good chance that he will not campaign for the BJP in any o
CBI on Monday opposed former CWG organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi`s plea for bail on the ground of delay in trial in a commonwealth games-related graft case against him saying the trial is to begin soon on a day-to-day basis. Appe
Bhartiya Janata Party leader and former president of Yuva Morcha Ramashish Rai on Monday alleged a deal was struck between some leaders of the party and former BSP leader Babu Singh Kushwaha for his induction in BJP. "The former minis
Chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi on Monday dismissed criticism against its decision to drape the statues of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati and BSP symbol elephant on public property, calling it "ill-informed". &quo
A Delhi court, hearing the 2G spectrum allocation case, on Monday rejected a CBI plea to declare a prosecution witness hostile as he allegedly resiled from one of his statements given to the agency during investigation. The agency alleged
Wading into the debate over appearance of Sunny Leone on reality show Big Boss, Press Council of India Chairperson Justice Markandey Katju today said the American porn star`s past should not be held against her if her behaviour in India is "s
Former Gujarat home minister Amit Shah, considered a close aide of chief minister Narendra Modi, has been called to Delhi for questioning by the CBI in connection with the 2006 fake encounter of Tulsiram Prajapati, a key witness to the killing of
