The Government today said there may be a shortfall of USD 300 billion in funding requirements for infrastructure during 12th Plan and financial institutions will have to make extra efforts to bridge the gap. Availability of long term reso
The Supreme Court today directed the government to place before it the final report of the expert committee which is examining the feasibility of pushing the controversial Sethusamudram project through Dhanuskodi instead of Rama Sethu. A
The SGPC today demanded lodging of criminal case against Anna Hazare`s supporters who showed blacks flags to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his recent visit here. In a letter to Amritsar Police Commissioner R P Mittal, SGPC Presiden
Amid the ongoing spat between the Trinamool Congress and its electoral ally Congress in West Bengal, a senior minister today dared the Congress to leave the government, saying it would have no effect as the TC had two-thirds majority in the state.
CBI has arrested three more persons, including two bureaucrats and a trader, in connection with alleged irregularities in utilisation of funds allocated under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). While former Uttar Pradesh small indus
So where is the tolerance level going in the new people-to-parliament relationship? From Sadak (road side) to Sansad (parliament), from Neta (leader) to Abhineta (actor), the equation is changing fast. The American Senate wants more jobs. American
Did she or didn`t she? On Friday morning, the word was out that Uma Bharti, re-inducted into BJP and given the charge of the party`s poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh, was withdrawing from the assignment as she was opposed to admitting Babu Singh Kus
The Obulapuram Mining Company Pvt Ltd (OMCPL), owned by former Karnataka minister G Janardhan Reddy, earned over Rs 4,300 crore from illegally selling iron ore, the CBI`s chargesheet says. The central agency, probing into the allegations o
Any clean chit to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in 2002 riot cases would be a "big worry" for democracy and criminal justice system of the country, former CM Suresh Mehta said on Thursday. In a letter to R K Raghavan, chai
BJP on Thursday slammed the government over the age controversy of army chief general V K Singh, saying the matter should not have come into the public domain and the Manmohan Singh dispensation should have dealt with it expeditiously within close
The supreme court has said that a person cannot be detained under the preventive detention law like National Security Act(NSA) without justifiable reasons as otherwise it would impinge upon the individuals Constitutional right of personal liberty.
Congress on Thursday sought to puncture BJP`s campaign on the Lokpal issue alleging that the admission into the partyfold of controversial former U P minister Babu Singh Kushwaha has exposed its probity plank. Party spokesman Rashid Alvi w
The supreme court on Thursday sought response from the centre and the Election Commission of India on a plea to debar people charged with serious criminal offences from contesting elections which at present is applicable only to a convicted person
Claiming that Kerala`s stand in favour of a new dam at Mullaperiyar was gaining acceptance, chief minister Oommen Chandy on Thursday said the state government will reply to the supreme court empowered committee this week on ownership mechanism for
Accusing the government of "complete subversion" of parliament, BJP top brass on Thursday met President Pratibha Patil and sought her intervention for reconvening of the session to enable voting on the Lokpal Bill in rajya sabha.
With improvement in food price situation, Indian Prime Minister`s economic advisory panel on Thursday favoured rate cuts by the Reserve Bank and hoped headline inflation, too, will fall below the projected 7 per cent by March- end. The Pri
Food inflation turned negative in late December for the first time in many years as prices of vegetables like onion and potato declined, a development that may prompt the Reserve Bank to go for rate cuts at its next monetary policy review later th
The supreme court on Thursday sought response from CBI and the enforcement directorate over the charge that they were going soft on companies like Essar, Loop and their promoters by not slapping corruption charges against them in the case arising
India`s food inflation entered the negative zone at (-) 3.36 percent for the week ended December 24 as prices of essential items like vegetables, onion, potato and wheat declined. Also read:
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