CPI(M) on Thursday demanded to know if DMK`s recent general council meet decision on legally fighting alleged cases of land grabbing against its workers was only for public consumption,in view of the party moving Madras High Court, seeking a bar o
Scores of BJP activists led by party MP Navjot Singh Sidhu courted arrest on Thursday after a protest here demanding resignation of Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit. The protestors assembled at Jantar Mantar and demonstrated infront of
After Sanjiv Bhatt, another IPS officer Rahul Sharma has earned the ire of Narendra Modi government in connection with 2002 riots probe, with authorities issuing a show cause notice to him asking why he should not be charge sheeted for giving CDs
President Pratibha Patil has rejected the clemency petitions of three killers of Rajiv Gandhi whose death sentences were confirmed by the Supreme Court in 2000. The apex court had sentenced members of the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has "misled" the nation on issue of clean waiver for import of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) technology, CPI(M) charged in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. The latest decision of the Nuclear Suppliers
After UP, the Punjab government has also imposed a ban on the release of Prakash Jha`s controversial Hindi film ‘Aarakshan’ (Reservation) in the state following apprehensions that some scenes and dialogues may trigger trouble.
Alleging that the Andhra Pradesh government has failed to create a congenial atmosphere for talks on the strike notice served by them, the Telangana employees on Thursday refused to accept the invitation for dialogue. The government has no
Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and several other leaders of the amalgam were placed under house arrest ahead of a rally in old city on the third death anniversary of a slain separatist leader. Peoples League chairman Mukhtar Ahmad W
Food inflation surged to a four- and-half month high of 9.90 per cent during the week ended July 30 on the back of costlier onions, fruits, vegetables and protein-based items. Food inflation, as measured by Wholesale Price Index (WPI), sto
The D V Sadananda Gowda ministry in Karnataka will be expanded today with the induction of five more ministers, keeping out the mining magnates Reddy brothers and their close associate B Sreeramulu. According to sources in the chief minist
We have been witnessing the turmoil in the establishment of a watch dog (of a Jan Lokpal) for checking the corruption of omissions and commissions in governance of this country as a democracy -- at different levels of the executive, ju
Heritage activists in Goa have alleged that the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) was spreading misinformation about a 16th century monument belonging to the erstwhile Kadamba dynasty in Old Goa, the state`s former capital. A grou
The supreme court today granted a week`s time to the Tamil Nadu government to submit its view on the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) study, which gave clean chit to Vedanta group firm Sterlite on the environmental imp
The state unit of CPI(M) today alleged a benami land deal of about 200 acres in the outskirts of Shimla and demanded a CBI probe into more such deals. The state secretariat members Tikender Singh Panwar, Omkar Shad and Sanjay Chauha
Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda today decided to recommend a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the implementation of Rajiv Gandhi rural electrification programme in Palamau division of the state. The allegations pertaine
The Anna Hazare team today expressed satisfaction over the venue offered to them by police for holding the indefinite fast against Lokpal Bill even as they denied any going back on their stand on the legislation. The core committee
Leader of opposition in lok sabha Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday called for the ouster of union home minister P Chidambaram over the police lathicharge of BJP protestors in the national capital on Tuesday. Answering reporters questions on if
President Prathibha Patil sought a detailed briefing from the government on the file it sent on union cabinet committee on political affairs (CCPA) on Tuesday that gave a go-ahead for the deletion of Clause ‘F’ of Para 14 o
Food rights activists have pointed out major flaws in the government`s draft of the national food security bill, especially with regards to the policy provisions for children. A letter from the activists is reproduced below: The W
The image of the Indian prime minister, like the American president, is that of a chief executive. But in reality, the title of "chief executive" is a highly misleading one -- actually a misnomer. Under no circums
