The Delhi high court on Wednesday dismissed a petition by a city-based journalist M Furquan who had sought a direction to the CBI to make industrialists Ratan Tata and Anil Ambani and corporate lobbyist Nira Radia co-accused in the 2G spectrum sca
A new social audit belies the government`s claims of working towards social inclusion. A study by Delhi-based Social Equity Watch calims that dalits, tribal people and minorities are denied key infrastructure facilities at the village level itself
Arun Jaitley, the leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha, has raised a red flag against the supreme court order quashing the appointment of citizens as the special police officers (SPOs) in Chhattisgarh to protect the community as unconstitutiona
Former central vigilance commissioner (CVC) P J Thomas has moved the Delhi high court for a stay on the appointment of the new CVC. Thomas`s lawyer Will Matthews filed a writ petition in the high court on Tuesday seeking the stay on the grounds th
Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has decided to simplify the procedure for providing power connections to farmers in the state. An announcement in this regard was made by UPPCL Chairman Navneet Sehgal while meeting a group o
A trial court has convicted six persons while acquitting four others in a post-Godhra riot case from Viramgam taluka of Ahmedabad district. Three persons of the minority community had been killed in the incident, nine years ago. Ad
The Congress was left with a sour aftertaste of Tuesday`s cabinet reshuffle after senior leader Gurudas Kamat resigned from the union council of ministers hours after the announcement of his new appointment was made. Miffed over being passed over
In a novel initiative that will help the blind students, the Hyderabad-based `Devnar Foundation for the Blind` is planning to start an exclusive engineering college for the visually-challenged. Despite being visually-impaired, many student
Intensifying their agitation, several Congress MPs and MLAs, who quit their posts recently, today began a 48-hour hunger strike to highlight their demand for a separate Telangana state. The fast began at the Indira Park here, with seven MP
Media magnate Kalanidhi Maran, who is also the grandnephew of DMK president M Karunanidhi, has been summoned by the city police to appear before it today in a cheating and intimidation case against Sun Pictures owned by him. Police said Ka
Media magnate Kalanidhi Maran, who is also the grandnephew of DMK president M Karunanidhi, has been summoned by the city police to appear before it today in a cheating and intimidation case against Sun Pictures owned by him. Police said Ka
Veerappa Moily on Wednesday assumed charge as India`s new corporate affairs minister following a high profile cabinet reshuffle by prime minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday. "I am very happy with prime minister Manmohan Singh and Congr
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has asked the Task Force on Health Reforms to make concrete recommendations for upgrading health and medical education sector in the state. "I want concrete deliverables from you so that
Failing his own promises of sweeping changes in the UPA-II midterm, prime minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday carried out a cautious and limited reshuffle of his council of ministers, dropping seven ministers, inducting eight and promoting five
Gurudas Kamat, the 57-year old five-time MP from Mumbai, is confused and sore at being asked to head the drinking water and sanitation department as minister of state (MoS) , independent charge, in the rural development ministry.
DMK president M Karunanidhi on Tuesday said he has not sought any replacement in the union cabinet reshuffle for the party in the wake of resignations of A Raja and Dayanidhi Maran over the 2G spectrum scam. "No," was his reply
Delhi state assembly deputy speaker Amrish Gautam on Tuesday earned the Delhi high court’s (HC) wrath for unauthorised construction at his home in Khichripur area of the city. Gautam had approached the HC to get a May 30 Lokayukta or
Madhya Pradesh government will conduct a probe into the allegations that a child specialist from Indore had taken Rs 1.44 crore from several companies for conducting drug trial on children and whether he had taken permission for the same from the
Arguing that the city police has done substantial investigation in the murder case of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey, Maharashtra government today opposed petitions filed in the Bombay High Court seeking transfer of probe to CBI. "Th
CPM general secretary Prakash Karat and CPI leader D Raja today assured all support to the local people in Jaitapur, who are protesting against the proposed 9,900-MW nuclear power plant. The two Left leaders visited the house of Tabrez Say
