Coming down heavily on Team Anna`s agitation, the Bombay high court on Friday said it can`t allow "parallel canvassing" when parliament is seized with debate on Lokpal Bill and questioned its decision to seek exemption from charges to us
Dense fog enveloped the IGI airport this morning, leading to diversion of four flights and delaying 75 others. Two Jet Airway flights from Doha and Abu Dhabi and one Kingfisher flight from Dubai were diverted to Jaipur while one cargo flig
The BJP on Friday submitted a memorandum to Uttar Pradesh governor B L Joshi, opposing the centre`s move to grant reservation for backward Muslims under OBC quota. A party delegation met the governor and submitted the memorandum against th
Suspense continued on Thursday over the venue of Anna Hazare`s proposed 3-day fast from December 27 with NGO Jagruk Nagrik Manch filing a writ petition in the Bombay high court seeking direction to the state government to allot a place for the pro
Lok sabha speaker Meira Kumar on Thursday shot off barbs at the BJP for disrupting the House, saying the opposition should learn from Atal Bihari Vajpayee who believed in rising above partisan politics and engaging in purposeful debates in parliam
Renowned economist Jagdish Bhagwati on Thursday said the use of "market-using" reforms would have prevented the gargantuan 2G spectrum scandal.
Gujarat high court on Thursday directed the state government to file an FIR in a case where 23 thalassemia-affected kids from Junagadh contracted HIV virus following blood transfusion at a civic hospital. A division bench of acting chief j
A Raja, former telecom minister and key accused in the 2G case, on Thursday started his defence in a Delhi court by grilling his one-time close aide who had recorded his statement against him with the CBI. Raja, who had protested that he w
Slamming the new Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare on Friday said the government should involve people in lawmaking and invoked Rajiv Gandhi`s name to
Activists use a story in the villages they visit to explain safe life to the farmers. It goes like this: A farmer reached God`s shop and asks, "What do you sell, Lord?" God replies, "Whatever your heart desires."
The entire lower bureaucracy is sought to be brought under the ambit of Lokpal and Lokayuktas who will hold preliminary inquiry and decide whether to order the probe by the Central Vigilance Commission or not, requiring the CVC to send back its re
Here is a scary scenario. India is facing a severe nutrition insecurity. And, going at the current rate, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) says in a new
Team Anna on Thursday rejected the Lokpal bill describing it as "anti-people and dangerous" and demanded that a new bill be brought in parliament that will make CBI independent and decentralise the proposed anti-corruption body.
Jasleen Kaur is a concerned parent. She has a three-year-old daughter Paranika who will seek admission in school from next academic year. Paranika was born in May and is eligible for nursery admission as of now. But if the court raised the age cri
Terming the draft Lokpal Bill as "ridiculous", Janata Party president Subramnian Swamy on Thursday demanded that the CBI should be an autonomous body. Swamy also doubted the intention of the government to bring a strong anti-corr
Under attack from RJD leader Lalu Prasad and other parties, government on Thursday noon decided to bring back the provision of reservation for minor
Activists, arrested for gate-crashing into Coca Cola plant at Kerala`s Plachimada village, have gone on fast inside the jail. "All 21 activists who were arrested on December 17 are fasting inside the jail premises and will cont
The landmark Food Security Bill, that gives legal right to cheaper foodgrains to 63.5 per cent of the country`s population, was introduced in the lok sabha on Thursday. Considered to be the world`s largest experiment in providing food secu
Former Karnataka lokayukta N Santosh Hegde on Thursday accused the state government of trying to damage the institution of Lokayukta and "kill" high-profile corruption cases. A "headless" Lokayukta in Karnataka is "
The new Lokpal Bill was on Thursday at the centre of a fresh controversy before its introduction in the Lok Sabha, with RJD, SP, BSP and AIMIM members protesting exclusion of minorities from the anti-graft bench of the proposed ombudsman.
