Senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu today alleged that the script to destabilise of the Karnataka government was written in New Delhi and was being implemented at Bangalore Raj Bhavan through the governor. Reiterating party`s demand of reca
Senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu today alleged that the script to destabilise of the Karnataka government was written in New Delhi and was being implemented at Bangalore Raj Bhavan through the governor. Reiterating party`s demand of reca
After the joint parliamentary committee`s chairman P C Chako (Congress) decided to check losses incurred due to the NDA government`s 1999 national telecom policy, both the senior members of the Bhartiya Janata Party on committee have decided to fi
In a significant step towards empowerment of women, the Andhra Pradesh Government today increased the reservation for women to 50 per cent in urban local bodies. "The Government of Andhra Pradesh has decided to enhance reservation of
Amid the chorus that the next IMF chief should come from an emerging economy, India today said it is watching the situation even as the country`s likely candidate Montek Singh Ahluwalia said it is for the government to take a view on the issue.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh constituted a Group of Ministers to brief Media on the day-to-day affairs of the UPA 2 with P Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal, Ambica Soni and Salman Khursheed as its members. On the first day of the interacti
City journalists on Thursday took out a "silent march" from Mumbai press club to the Mantralaya in Mumbai to protest against the Government Railway Police (GRP) for arresting a journalist under Official Secrets Act, and to seek his immed
Trinamool Congress general secretary Mukul Roy tonight took over as Minister of State for Railways following the resignation of party supremo Mamata Banerjee from the post of Railways Minister. "I have been given the additional charge
Final touches are being given to the preparations for the swearing-in of West Bengal`s first woman chief minister Mamata Banerjee at the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata on Friday. The swearing-in at a ceremony in the presence of 3200 invitees drawn
The Delhi government’s move to provide cash instead of subsidized food-grain has come under criticism from a group of activists led by Arvind Kejriwal, who said on Thursday that the scheme was against the spirit of the proposed food security
As she anxiously awaits a decision on her bail plea on Friday, the blistering summer heat of the capital seems to have hit DMK MP Kanimozhi, who on Thursday complained of ill-health in a Delhi court which allowed her to temporarily skip the procee
Terming as "slow" the drafting of Lokpal Bill, joint panel co-chair Shanti Bhushan on Thursday expressed doubts over completion of the process by the deadline of June 30 and urged the government to communicate to the civil society its po
As it drafts a new land acquisition policy, the government on Thursday said it will examine suggestions on the issue from every section, including the National Advisory Council (NAC) which has proposed integration of relief measures with land acqu
K V Ramalingam will be the the first Tamil Nadu minister to arrive in New Delhi on Friday. The purpose of his visit is to submit his resignation from Rajya Sabha since he has been elected as an MLA. Ramalingam will be the first ADMK minister to ar
Tax sleuths unearthed central excise and service tax evasion amounting to over Rs 5, 500 crore in the 2010-11 financial year, even as pressure mounted on the government to crack down on black money. Unravelling the trail of the ill-gotten
NAC chairperson Sonia Gandhi has written to prime minister Manmohan Singh advising that the proposed national policy for domestic workers should ensure remuneration without sex discrimination and protection against sexual harassment at work place
A head count to identify the poor, including their caste and religion, was on Thursday approved by the government which aims at ensuring that the benefits of targetted subsidy programme reach them. A meeting of the union cabinet, chaired b
Facing flak for sending a team to extradite Purulia arms drop case accused Kim Davy with an expired warrant, an emabarrased CBI on Thursday said all documents are "in order" for the case to move forward in a Danish court. The CBI
Prime minister Manmohan Singh will dedicate to the nation on Friday the Oil Refineries Project at Bina in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, official sources said on Thursday. Bharat Oman Refineries Limited (BORL), is a company promote
The enforcement directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case against sacked CWG organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi in connection with financial dealings during the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The directorate, which had ea
