Voicing serious concern over the growing influence of money power in elections, Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi today appealed to political parties to introspect over it as it was playing havoc with the system. Quraishi said the C
The first elections after the 2G spectrum scam surfaced appears to have had its devastating impact on the fortunes of the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu. The issue of corruption appeared to have brought down the tally of an upbeat Congress-led U
Buoyed by the landslide victory that pulverized the 34 year-old Left Front rule in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said that the winning coalition would provide good governance and an impartial administration. &
Breaking the Red citadel, Mamata Banerjee`s Trinamool Congress ended the 34-year hegemony of the Left Front in West Bengal, while Jayalalithaa`s AIADMK scored a landslide victory to oust DMK from power in Tamil Nadu as results of the assembly elec
YSR Congress party chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy was leading by about 80,000 votes after the completion of four rounds of counting in the bypolls to high-profile Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency in Andhra Pradesh. Jagan was leading over his nea
Riding on an anti-incumbency wave, Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK front today stormed to power handing a crushing defeat to the DMK-Congress combine in Tamil Nadu Assembly polls. With results declared for 103 of the 234 seats, AIADMK won 66 and i
Trinamool Congress-led alliance appears set to sweep West Bengal, AIADMK-led coalition looks well ahead in Tamil Nadu, while there is a close contest between ruling LDF and UDF in Kerala in the counting of votes in the assembly elections in four s
In the next two years, 10,000 police officers at all levels across the country will be trained in sensitivity towards the victims of human trafficking. The ministry of home affairs (MHA) in partnership with the Centre for Social Research (
To assess the number of users for different types of Indian systems of medicine, the Ayush department of the health ministry has tied up with the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) to include questions on the usage of Indian systems of med
After the rap from supreme court in the telephone tapping case, Amar Singh on Thursday claimed that the CDs containing his purported conversations with politicians, Bollywood stars and corporate honchos were "concocted". He also
Many of the homeless children in the capital find solace in sniffing correction fluid and adhesives, which is a relatively new trend and is widely gaining popularity among them. Inhaling the fluid gives them quick, powerful high, staves o
Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi`s daughter Kanimozhi was on Thursday questioned by income tax authorities for about 90 minutes over the Rs 200 crore transaction from Shahid Balwa-owned DB Realty to Kalaignar TV, in which she holds a minori
The supreme court on Thursday pulled up the enforcement directorate (ED) for filing a charge sheet against Pune-based stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan in a case of alleged money laundering without informing a high-level committee formed by the gover
In a major financial decision to attract foreign capital, the cabinet committee on economic affairs on Wednesday decided to open up the foreign direct investments (FDI) in the limited liability partnership (LLP) firms allowed to be set up in India
Agreeing to join the planning commission`s steering committee on health after being appointed by the government, civil rights activist Binayak Sen on Wednesday said he will strive to bring "equity" in health-related issues for deprived c
The government has collected an "unprecedented" Rs 7.90 lakh crore in taxes in 2010-11 while refunds worth Rs 74,000 crore have been issued during the fiscal, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Wednesday. "There has b
The supreme court on Thursday ordered a CBI probe into alleged corruption in utilisation of central funds by six districts of Orissa for the rural job guarantee scheme under MNREGA. A bench comprising chief justice S H Kapadia and justices
As a controversy rages over land acquisition in Uttar Pradesh, the Centre on Thursday said it has plans to introduce a bill in this regard in the next session of Parliament as there appears to be consensus on the issue. However, home minis
The supreme court on Wednesday dismissed Amar Singh`s petition seeking a stay on the disclosure of his tapped conversations. It noted that "courts have, over the centuries, held that such litigants who come with unclean hands are nto enti
Anti-trust watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI) has notified regulations for mergers and acquisitions making it mandatory for corporates to take its approval for all their big ticket deals. The regulations which will come into fo
