Sports minister Ajay Maken on Monday said the Indian Olympic Association would be asked to elect a new president in case incumbent Suresh Kalmadi is arrested by the CBI and threatened intervention by the Ministry if the IOA fails to act.
The diktat by a local panchayat in Uttarakhand`s Haridwar district prohibiting women from taking up jobs has been withdrawn. "Women in Godawali and Sarai villages of Haridwar district have started going to work in factories in
Goa government on Monday said that Lokayukta Bill, introduced in the state legislative assembly in 2003, would be withdrawn as it was suffering from "legal infirmity" and various union ministries had raised objections. State law
Suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma has alleged that during the 2002 riots he received a call from Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi`s office asking him to tell his brother, IPS officer Kuldeep Sharma, to not take action against rioters.
The comptroller and auditor general (CAG) has pulled up the Uttarakhand government for wasteful, avoidable and unauthorised expenditure to the tune of Rs 223 crore in the Maha Kumbh Mela. Based on the CAG report, a criminal complaint has b
Managing inflationary pressures -- particularly in food grain prices -- was the biggest challenge before the policy-makers, said C Rangarajan, chairman of the prime minister`s economic advisory council, in Vadodara. Rangarajan, a former go
The defence ministry is examining the controversy over Army chief Gen V K Singh`s age on which the government would take a final decision, defence minister A K Antony said on Monday. "Why set a deadline (for resolving the issue).. Bef
The supreme court on Monday ordered a magisterial probe into allegations that victims of Mirchpur Dalit violence were being targeted by those accused of killing an elderly Dalit and his daughter in the village. A bench of justices G S Sing
In the tribal village of Cauvrem in South Goa, now people meet more often to decide their strategy against mining trucks, which are operating illegally in the locality resulting in destruction of paddy and chilly cultivation. Protests have
Stepping up pressure on the Centre for a nationwide ban on endosulfan pesticide, Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan on Monday began a day-long fast here along with peoples` representatives, political leaders and civil rights activists to pres
Former Commonwealth Games organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi has been sacked by the Indian Olympic Association, hours after he was remanded to police custody for eight days. The CBI had sought 14 days` police custody of Kalmadi who was a
The DMK is expected to take a final call on continuing support to the UPA government at the centre after the CBI on Monday filed its second charge sheet in the 2G spectrum case naming Tamil Nadu chief minister and party leader M Karunanidhi`s daug
At the time of every election, people get confused about which candidate to vote for. But the big question that every voter needs to deal with is: do any of the candidates actually deserve to be in politics? During an election, we al
It has cost and continues to cost the economy tens of billions of dollars. It has immiserated the poor. It should come as a surprise to no one, and yet, with each revelation, senior officials express consternation. Federal ministries, at best,
Health, education, skill development and infrastructure will be the focus areas of the 12th five year plan. This was asserted in the full planning commission meeting on Thursday. The commission’s targets for the 12th plan (April 2012
The government may put off the next meeting of the joint committee slated for May 2 for drafting the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill. The controversy raging over a CD and allegations surfacing about former law minister Shanti Bh
The government may put off the next meeting of the joint committee slated on May 2 for drafting the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill. The controversy ragin
As the tussle seeking disclosure of names of people who have stashed black money abroad continues in Supreme Court, the Finance Ministry says it has "no authentic figures" about the quantum of money deposited in Swiss banks. The
The supreme court on Thursday issued notices to Orissa government, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) and the UK-based Vedanta`s Indian arm Sterlite Industries on a petition challenging cancellation of environmental clearance to Niyamg
