Tough times for Air India do not seem to be ending. After the pilots’ strike last month, the national carrier is facing a bigger embarrassment. On Friday, a total of 15 flights had to be cancelled and more cancellations are expected. The rea
After praising Chief Minister Narendra Modi for developmental work in Gujarat, Social activist Anna Hazare today did a U-turn saying he was dismayed at the levels of corruption in the state. Hazare, who had faced criticism for prais
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today disagreed with his ministerial colleague Jairam Ramesh`s remarks on IITs and IIMs, saying the faculties of these institutions are "world class". He said if the IITs have not gained the critical mass
Terming the hunger strike by BJP MLA Devi Singh Bhati for a new land acquisition policy as unwarranted, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today said that a new policy is on anvil and will be introduced "soon". "I announc
The Delhi Police today said the explosion outside the Delhi High Court was not aimed at creating any major damage and the motive behind the incident was being probed. Delhi Police Commissioner B K Gupta, who handed over a report of prelimi
Haryana government today approved the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2011, which would benefit about 22 lakh children in the state. The rules have been prepared in pursuance of provisions of Right of Children to
With elections for the three-tire panchayat polls due in January-February, 2012, Orissa Government has asked the district collectors to complete the task of delimitation and reservation of seats by the end of next month, official sources said toda
The trial in the US of Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana, co-accused in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks case, is throwing new light on the conspiracy to carry out the worst terrorist strike in India, Indian Ambassador to America Meera Shankar said today.
Thousands of people are expected to gather at Azad Maidan in Mumbai on Saturday, reinforcing their pledge against corruption. “Due to Anna Hazare’s nationwide anti-corruption crusade there is a strong wave. We have received me
Though it was announced that the government would make public the agreement between the West Bengal government and Tata for its Nano project at Singur, Industry minister Partha Chatterjee today said more time was required to study the legal implic
The Congress on Wednesday took note of falling child sex ration in the coutry and said that the issue of sex selective abortion was a serious one and needed to be dealt with a heavy hand. Referring to the census 2011 data on child sex rati
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today left on three-day visit to Tanzania to take the bilateral ties forward in a comprehensive manner. Singh`s visit is the first by any Indian head of government after September 1997. It is also the f
Apparently gloating over the mayhem the Pakistani attackers were creating in Mumbai, Tahawwur Rana, a co-accused had proposed that nine of the ten LeT militants who carried out the carnage should be decorated with Pakistan`s highest military award
The Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (UERC) has announced new power tariffs for the year 2011-12 with an average increase of five percent for the consumers in the hill state. Under the new tariff order all consumers inc
The Supreme Court today refused to direct the CBSE to conduct a fresh All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), which was mired in controversy after its question papers were leaked. A vacation bench of justices G S Singhvi
A Delhi court today reserved its order on the bail plea of Cineyug Films director Karim Morani, an accused in the 2G spectrum case. "Put up for order for May 30," Special CBI Judge O P Saini said. During the
Airports Authority of India (AAI) chairman V P Agarwal today reviewed the ongoing expansion and modernisation works at the airport here. Agarwal inspected the works presently underway at the domestic and international terminals and
Union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today told the judicial panel probing the Adarsh Society Housing scam that the land where the controversial building stands belongs to the Maharashtra government and was never reserved for defence personnel
In a setback to former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly, the Supreme court today quashed the land allotment to him by the West Bengal Government in 2000. Quashing the allotment of 63.04 `katha` land in the posh Salt Lake c
The mining season in Goa is heading towards a closure amid protests by locals against rampant and illegal ore extraction and transportation in their villages. Industry players say that this was one of the worst patches with agitatio
