Prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said it was a "national shame" that the practice of female foeticide was continuing in the country despite women breaking existing barriers to prove their worth in every sphere. "The
Admitting that there is little public tolerance now for the prevailing state of affairs on the issue of corruption, prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said that his government is committed to face this challenge boldly as people expect swif
Even after a year of its implementation, the Right to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act is still in its infancy. Government schools in the national capital lack facilities and both teachers and administration are insensitive to the issue.
Anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare has expressed happiness at the letter written by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi assuring him that she does not support "politics of smear campaign" and that she was strongly committed to the institutio
Madhya Pradesh government has endorsed the transfer policy 2011-12 for its officers and employees. As per the policy, transfers can be effected from April 20-June 7, an official release said here today. A decision in this regard wa
Wheat procurement in Punjab continued to remain sluggish, with crop buying reaching just 11.98 lakh Metric Tonne (MT), 83 per cent lower than what was in corresponding period of last season. Government agencies and private millers procured
Stepping up its probe into the dealings of suspected money launderer Hasan Ali Khan, the enforcement directorate has approached the home ministry to find out if he has any links with terror outfits. In a letter to the home ministry, the ED
In a significant order, the Bombay high court has held that the union government cannot ban exports of any product with restrospective effect and further said that such restriction cannot be applied to concluded contracts where letters of credit w
The Anna Hazare-led civil society group has come out in support of the Bhushans. In a press conference on Thursday, Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi said that they were with the Bhushans and there won`t be any changes in the panel. ``There is no tru
A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed the bail pleas of five corporate executives, who were named as accused by the CBI in the 2G spectrum allocation scam but were not arrested. "All the bail applications have been rejected," spec
The Gujarat government on Wednesday transfered IPS officers P P Pande, G L Singhal and ACP Tarun Barot following a suggestion by the high court bench hearing the 2004 police encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others. The three senior poli
Breaking the shackles of the past, the government on Wednesday said it is ready to accept participation of private players in internal security area but asked them to spend at least 5-7 per cent of their profits in R&D to get cutting edge tech
Not ruling out "strong measures" to deal with Somali pirates, the defence ministry on Wednesday said all steps would be taken to safeguard the ships transiting in piracy-hit areas of Indian Ocean region. "I think as a dete
The city police today told a Delhi court that it was still probing the sedition case against hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, writer Arundhati Roy and four others for making alleged anti-India speeches last year.
Indian-American physician Siddhartha Mukherjee`s acclaimed book on cancer, `The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer,` has won the prestigious 2011 Pulitzer prize in the general non-fiction category. According to the Pulit
Union Minister Kapil Sibal today said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should not insist on setting up of a Central university at Motihari in East Champaran district but should provide more options about location of the proposed varsity being fun
The prime minister`s office has been directed by the central information commission (CIC)to provide details of expenditure incurred on PM`s relatives accompanying him on visits abroad, rejecting the argument by the PMO that it did not have such re
The rural development ministry has notified the draft rules pertaining to the audit of its rural employment guarantee scheme NREGS. Following the notification, the scheme comes under the ambit of comptroller and auditor general (CAG) of India.
Experts in the Bamboo industry have welcomed forests and environment minister Jairam Ramesh`s initiative on ending monopoly of the forest department on bamboo trade in the country and making it available without any restriction to tribals, who hav
An income tax appellate authority here has upheld the order of central public information officer (CPIO) not to provide a copy of NHRC chairperson and former CJI K G Balakrishnan`s I-T returns to an RTI applicant. Disposing off an appea
