Government on Wednesday said NGOs based in foreign countries, particularly those which provide a safe haven to terrorists acting against India, are considered a potential source of terrorist funding. "As per the available inputs, from
Rejecting the recommendations of parliamentary panel on Lokpal Bill, Team Anna on Wednesday claimed that they will not have any impact on corruption and will instead dismantle the existing anti-graft mechanism. "I think the recommenda
The government on Wednesday made a further retreat to include the political parties and the chief ministers among the stakeholders to be consulted before allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail trade. As a result, parliament was back to
Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party president Uma Bharti has further intensified attack on Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati, this time firing from Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s shoulders. According
Disappointed by the government`s decision to put foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail on hold, India Inc on Wednesdasy described the move as "highly regressive". "It is a highly regressive move. For the grow
A Delhi court on Wednesday reserved for December 12 its order on a plea for lodging a case against rajya sabha MP Amar Singh for his alleged role in kidnapping of a witness in 2008 cash-for-vote case hours before his deposition on the issue before
Police lathicharged protesting teachers and arrested three of them when they tried to gherao Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal during a function at Muktsar district in Chandigarh. A few of the Education Guarantee Scheme (EGS) teach
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today expressed the hope that the Direct Taxes Code (DTC), which seeks to modernise tax laws in the country, will come into force from April 1, 2012. "The proposed Direct Taxes Code brings together th
The logjam over FDI in retail, and its eventual ‘holdback’, was neither unexpected nor probably unforeseen. Pause for a moment and revisit the circumstances under which this policy (51 percent in multi-brand and 100 percent in single-b
Parliament has started functioning after the all-party meet on the quesiton of FDI in retail on Wednesday morning. Prime minister Manmohan Singh told parliament that India`s relationship with the Middle East was of utmost importance to ma
Amid telecom operators seeking lower levies and early resolution of a dispute over 3G roaming, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government will look into their concerns and formulate forward-looking policies to sustain growth in the se
Amid concerns being raised about the safety of night shelters for the capital`s homeless, the Delhi government has said that at least 40 temporary tenements made of fire-resistant materials would be set up this winter. "Between last y
Stepping back to break the logjam in Parliament, the government today put the controversial decision on FDI in retail on the backburner till a consensus is evolved, a proposal the entire opposition and the dissenting allies accepted without reserv
Former president Dr A P J Abdul Kalam on Wednesday revealed that former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao had asked him to make preparations for nuclear tests, which were subseuqently conducted (at Pokhran) during the NDA government, headed by Atal
On the eve of an all-party meet convened by the government to end the FDI deadlock in Parliament, BJP on Wednesday stuck to its opposition to the policy saying it would harm the interest of farmers, small retailers as well as consumers. Ad
Announcement of the Jauhar award to former union minister Jagdish Tytler by a Delhi-based Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar Academy has kicked up a storm, with at least two eminent personalities -- Delhi`s senior journalist Zafar Agha and Gujarat IPS of
Prime minister Manmohan Singh took in his hand approval of the ministers` foreign trips to refuse unnecessary visits for austerity, but he did not stop even four percent of them to cheer up the taxpayer paying for these luxurious jaunts.
The Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan today urged Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to rise above politics and take a clear stand on the death toll and injuries in the 1983 industrial disaster. Sangathan Convenor A
Telecom minister Kapil Sibal is insistent on the internet companies screening the contents for derogatory, defamatory and inflammatory comments and photographs before being hosted on their social media sites. Talking to media person
The Bombay High Court ruled that the norm of promotion should be on the basis of merit-cum seniority, unless otherwise provided in the recruitment rules. The ruling came yesterday when a division bench here comprising Justice Bhushan Dharm
