Stepping up pressure on Lokpal issue, Anna Hazare has decided to hold a dharna here on December 11 if the parliamentary standing committee`s proposals on the bill were not to his satisfaction. Team Anna said the 74-year-old activist will l
BJP-led NDA on Monday accused the government of allowing FDI in retail with an aim of distracting and disrupting parliament which was set to discuss crucial issues of price rise and black money. National Democratic Alliance (the centre-rig
Based on Intelligence Bureau (IB) inputs, state-run port regulator Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) has initiated the process of upgrading International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code features at its major ship handling ports here, a top
Kerala MPs, cutting across party lines, on Monday staged a dharna in parliament house complex seeking prime minister Manmohan Singh`s immediate intervention in the vexed Mullaperiyar dam issue. The MPs from Congress, Kerala Congress and CP
The fast of Swami Shivanand, guru of deceased Swami Nigamanand who died fasting for a ban on quarrying in river Ganga, entered its third day on Sunday. Five months after the death of Nigamanand, Shivanand began an indefinite fast on Novemb
Opposition members created an uproar in both houses of parliament on Monday over issues like allowing 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail, demand for Telangana state and threat to people of Kerala due to Mullaperiyar dam. Soon after spea
Prime minister Manmohan Singh on Monday met president Pratibha Patil to brief her about his recent foreign visits and the ongoing session of parliament. The meeting lasted about 40 minutes, a Rashtrapati Bhawan statement said. &quo
When a clothing company struggling for survival campaigns for world peace, people are bound to suspect the campaign and look at it as a desperate attempt to seek attention. But the Italian clothing company Benetton is holding its own and insists t
In a relief for former telecom minister Sukh Ram, the Delhi high court on Monday suspended the five year sentence awarded to him in a graft case and granted him bail. A bench of justice Suresh Kait suspended the sentence keeping in view hi
Confusion prevailed over Anna Hazare`s protest plans on Monday with a prominent MCD functionary saying that the civic body has not given permission for the agitation at Ramlila Maidan even as Team Anna insisted that they have got the nod.
Key Anna Hazare aide Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday met the Gandhian at his native village Ralegan Siddhi. According to sources close to Hazare, Kejriwal briefed the activist about the controversy surrounding former IPS officer Kiran Bedi, anot
The first week of the 5-week winter session of parliament was wasted with yet another logjam for the fourth day on Friday, this time over the union cabinet clearing 51 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in the multi-brand retail trade, despi
The killing of top Maoist leader Kishenji raised a controversy on Friday with his supporters and some political parties alleging he was eliminated in a fake encounter, a charge denied by CRPF which said it was a "clean" operation.
When a clothing company struggling for survival campaigns for world peace, people are bound to suspect the campaign and look at it as a desperate attempt to seek attention. But the Italian clothing company Benetton is holding its own and insists t
The fate of Indian aviation Industry might soon improve with the intervention of prime minister Manmohan Singh. Singh is expected to meet the airlines’ chiefs on Saturday to find a way out to help troubled airlines. The meeting has b
Lok Sabha adjourned till Monday after uproar over government policy to allow FDI in retail sector.
The current policy debate about allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail is a prime example of how policymaking in India is still largely driven
Elusive Maoist top gun Kishenji was today killed in an encounter with the joint forces at Burisole forest in West Midnapore district, a day after he narrowly escaped from there. The body of 58-year-old Molajula Koteswar Rao, better
Elusive Maoist top gun Kishenji was today killed in an encounter with the joint forces at Burisole forest in West Midnapore district, a day after he narrowly escaped from there. The body of 58-year-old Molajula Koteswar Rao, better
Allaying fears of Fukushima like nuclear disaster at Kudankulam nuclear power plant, former atomic energy commission chairman M R Srinivasan said it was absolutely safe and the sustained opposition by people against the plant was the result
