Amid resentment over sharp hike in petrol prices, the government on Friday distanced itself from the decision saying the call was taken by oil marketing firms. "So far petrol price is concerned, petrol has been deregulated. It is oil
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Friday reserved its judgment on a public interest litigation seeking CBI probe in alleged National Rural Health Mission scam in Uttar Pradesh. After hearing all the parties, justices Pradeep
Ruling out any delay in submission of their report, centre-appointed interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir will submit it to the government before October 12. "Our term comes to end on October 12. The report will be handed over before Oc
Seeking to allay the fears of the local population, Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa on Friday said the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tirunelveli district has adequate safety parameters and appealed to agitators to end their indefinite
Concerned over high inflation, the Reserve Bank on Friday raised key interest rates by 25 basis points, its 12th such hike since March, 2010, making auto, home and other loans more expensive. Following the increase, the short-term lending
There are 16,000 juvenile cases pending in Bihar courts, the majority of which are in Patna district, according to the state social justice department. Patna accounts for more than 1,500 cases till March 31 last, sources in the department
The supreme court on Friday refused to entertain a petition seeking monitoring of the CBI probe into alleged corruption cases related to the commonwealth games. A bench comprising justices R M Lodha and Gyan Sudha Misra said there was no n
Although `Right to Recall` concept gained wide prominence after Anna Hazare`s movement on the Janlokpal Bill it has been in vogue in Madhya Pradesh for over a decade now with people exercising the right in urban bodies but not at Gram Panchayats l
Noting that the security environment in the country "continues to be uncertain", prime minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said there were reports of cross-border camps for terrorists being reactivated. He said the recent terror at
The directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption officials on Thursday carried out searches at the premises of former DMK minister and senior party leader K N Nehru, lodged in prison on land grabbing charges. DVAC officials, who were armed
State-owned oil companies today hiked petrol prices by Rs 3.14 per litre as a fall in rupee increased the cost of importing the raw material (crude oil). Petrol price in Delhi will be hiked by Rs 3.14 a litre in Delhi to Rs 66.84 pe
Brace up to get only four cooking gas cylinders in a year at the present subsidised rate and get additional refills at the non-subsidised rate to be fixed every month. If you are a conscientious citizen, you can volunteer to forsake the subsidised
The government approved on Thursday the approach paper for the 12th Plan (2012-17) which seeks to raise annual economic growth rate to 9 per cent during the five-year period, up from 8.2 per cent estimated in the current Plan. The a
It is most despicable and obnoxious to see that a serving Army Chief of the eminence of Gen VK Singh who has an impeccable, distinguished service record by dint of which he has risen to the highest rank and is reputed as a man of very strong princ
Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy today pleaded before a Delhi court that it should bring on record purported new facts that former finance minister P Chidambaram and former telecom minister A Raja had a role in deciding 2G spectrum prices and
Karnataka High Court today granted anticipatory bail to former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in a case filed against him for alleged irregularities in awarding an irrigation contract to a private firm. Allowing the bail plea of Yed
The Supreme Court today directed Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) to abolish its system of contractual labour and asked it to pay compensation of Rs 5 lakh to each of its 136 workers who were not reinstated after expiry of their contract
Naxal violence is yet to abate in the worst-affected states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar and Orissa even as there are reports that Maoists have directed their West Bengal unit to develop guerrilla bases in Jangalmahal, home minister P Chidamb
The labour unrest at Maruti Suzuki India`s Manesar plant took a violent turn Thursday when a group of supervisors were attacked on their way to work, with five of them sustaining injuries. According to the police, one Dhiraj Soni, a
Home minister P Chidambaram said on Thursday that the large presence of security forces in the northeastern states was necessary to deal with the threat of violence and cases of extortion there. Addressing the conference of DGPs and IGPs,
