"It cannot go on like this," the supreme court tersely told the centre on Monday while rapping it for not taking action against officials allegedly involved in the multi-crore scam in the purchase of defence equipments in 1999 Kargil ope
In a setback to the Narender Modi government, the special investigation team probing the 2004 Ishrat Jehan case has concluded that the college girl was killed in a fake encounter, prompting the Gujarat high court to order a fresh FIR against accus
Seeking to push the ball into the centre`s court on separate Telangana, Telugu Desam party chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday said he was "neutral" on the issue and that a decision on the contentious demand should be taken only by the U
A determined opposition is raring to turn the heat on the government on a range of issues including price rise and corruption in the winter session of parliament beginning on Tuesday. The left parties have already decided to move an adjour
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Accusing the government of reducing the proposed Lokpal to an "empty tin box with no powers", Team Anna on Monday said they were surprised at the move to exclude Citizen`s Charter and lower bureaucracy from the ambit of the ombudsman, co
DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday hit out at archrival and chief minister J Jayalalithaa for blaming his party`s rule for the bad health of the state PSUs, indicating the new government has "nothing" to claim for itself on the projects f
Centre has ordered an inquiry against at least 10 non governmental organisations (NGOs) following reports that they were providing funds received from abroad for fanning political unrest in the country. Government officials said the inquir
Chief minister Mayawati took the first formal step towards dividing Uttar Pradesh into four states as the state assembly passed a resolution to this effect by a voice vote on Monday. With the passage of the resolution, the a
Ahead of the winter session of parliament, senior leaders of the BJP on Monday met at the residence of party leader L K Advani to chalk out the party`s strategy. The meeting of the executive committee of BJP parliamentary party was attende
Delhi police on Monday registered a case of causing death due to negligence against organisers of a transgender meet in Nand Nagri where a fire left 14 dead even as the city government announced a compensation of Rs two lakh each to the next of ki
ADMK during winter session of parliament would maintain neutrality but on price rise and on Kudankulam issues will oppose the stance of UPA2. But DMK on its part as an ally of UPA2 shall get alongwith the Congress approaches. Tamil nadu`s
A former Delhi chief secretary and currently Delhi`s public grievance commission chairman has warned the prime minister not to strangle the "doers" in the bureaucracy and paralyse the government while the "non-doers" go scot fr
The Puducherry government has framed and notified the `Puducherry Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2011` with a view to provide education for all children in the age group of six to 14 years in the union territory under th
All set to bring a resolution in the state assembly splitting Uttar Pradesh into four, chief minister Mayawati on Sunday asked BSP lawmakers to attend in full strength the winter sessions of both vidhan sabha and parliament beginning on Monday.
Seeking a consensus on electoral reforms, government plans to convene an all-party-meeting to discuss issues like decriminalisation of politics, right to reject and state funding of elections. Also on the agenda of the meeting would be mat
Talks to break the logjam over the controversial Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project made no headway today with protesters terming the discussions as "a failure" after meeting the central government`s expert committee. The 15-membe
Contending that there were "no irritants whatsoever" in Indo-US ties, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today told President Barack Obama that India had gone "some way" to allay the concerns of US firms by notifying rules for nucle
The government on Friday said it will stick to its disinvestment target of Rs 40,000 crore for the 2011-12 financial year, but achieving this goal will hinge on many other factors. "I am not revising it (the target) right now. We have
A turf war has intensified between finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and chemicals and fertiliser minister M K Alagiri on the decontrol of all fertiliser prices. Mukherjee wants to reduce his subsidy bill. Alagiri has, however, sought the prime mi
