Hindi is a foreign language to farmers of Gujarat as it is not the language of the region, said the Gujarat high court, dealing with a petition objecting to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) publishing a notification in Hindi. Th
The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board on Monday strongly criticised the centre`s Right to Education (RTE) Act alleging that minority institutions including Madarsas will lose their identity on account of it. AIMPLB secretary, Maulana Moh
A complaint was filed on Monday in the Lokayukta Special Court in Bangalore against JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy alleging irregularities in denotification of land during his tenure as chief minister. Kumaraswamy is the second former chief mi
The Janata Dal state unit on Monday demanded the centre take immediate steps to take back the price fixing right of oil companies in view of their proposed decision to hike prices. Speaking to reporters here, state unit president Mathew T
Concerned over the declining growth, Reserve Bank governor D Subbarao has indicated that the central bank could reverse the tight monetary stance adopted by it since March 2010 to tame inflation. "From here on we could expect reversal
Madhya Pradesh government has imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 each on the 12 government doctors who had been found to have conducted drug trials on children and mentally challenged persons in Indore. The action followed a report by the state me
The cabinet committee on political affairs (CCPA) is meeting on Wednesday afternoon with a lot of items on the agenda. It will consider the petrol price hike option, the controversy over the army chief`s age, proroging parliament and summon
The third day of parliament`s winter session in 2011 finds a place in the annals of governance in India for all the wrong reasons. Despite the Rajya Sabha working overtime, the government`s callous handling of the debate on the Lokpal bill in the
Amid a war of words between government and opposition, prime minister Manmohan Singh on new year`s eve said it was "unfortunate" that the Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill could not be passed by the rajya sabha and asserted that the government w
More than anything else, dignity seems to be in short supply the world over. Take dignity as a sum total of basic human rights, or the freedom to shape one’s future, and you will see why the world is angry, why the just concluded year witnes
To step up surveillance and reduce the time needed for detection of fake drugs, Gujarat Food and Drugs Control Administration (GFDCA) is developing `Quick Detection Kits`. The project, taken up in collaboration with department of health an
Terming education and good health for children as an "investment" for the future, prime minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday gave example of his life as a young student to highlight the need for ensuring livelihood security for the people.
The union budget will be presented after the completion of elections in five states, but the government has not yet decided the final date of presentation, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said today. "We have not yet decided the tim
The supreme court on Monday agreed to hear the bail petitions of A Raja`s former private secretary R K Chandolia and former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura, accused in the 2G spectrum case, and issued notice to CBI on their pleas. A ben
The board of directors of Air India on Friday gave its approval to the memorandum of understanding regarding the pay structure of the pilots of the erstwhile Indian Airlines signed between the management and the Indian Commercial Pilots` Associati
In the last five weeks, India’s self-regulation regime on TV content has emerged without clothes. RTI activist Devashish Bhattacharya, tipped off by a column I wrote in The Pioneer, produced hard evidence that TV18/Colo
Team Anna on Friday sought to tear into government on the Lokpal Bill alleging that it engineered the high drama in rajya sabha as it did not have the intention to set up a strong anti-corruption ombudsman. Putting the blame squarely on go
Panch Parmeshwar, a short story by Hindi literary stalwart Munshi Premchand, captures the soul of Indian sense of justice. Its protagonist, Jumman Shaikh, is full of anger for his friend-turned-foe Alagu Chaudhary. Incidentally, he is cho
Vowing to "expose" the government on the Lokpal Bill issue, the BJP today demanded that it should quit and hold fresh elections as it had "lost" majority in both Houses of Parliament. "The government has lost a maj
Private banks will have to wait for a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) nod before they are allowed to open accounts for the huge MNREGS workforce in the country. The request from some of the states is lying with the bank. “It is informed
