The BJP government wants to rename Bhopal as Bhojpal amidst protest. After spending crores to glorify the image of Raja Bhoj, a Parmar king born 1000 years back, Shivraj Singh Chauhan is defending his decision saying there is nothing wrong i
On February 14, in the case of tapping of political leader Amar Singh, the Reliance Infocomm, India’s second-largest mobile telephony provider, informed the supreme court that various government agencies had asked it to intercept 1.51 lakh t
A meeting of officials from the state and the centre would be held here on March 10 to expedite the Navi Mumbai Airport project. The state and the union government officials from aviation and environment ministries, along with officials of
Ruling CPI-M in Kerala today deferred to next week a decision on the question of Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan`s candidature for the April 13 assembly polls.
Government cannot steamroll the rights of land owners by acquiring their land arbitarily as it would be violative of their fundamental and constitutional rights, the supreme court said on Monday. "Even though the concept of pub
Civil aviation minister Vayalar Ravi on Monday set up a three-member committee to consider the demands of the agitating Air India pilots and appealed to them not to go on strike on Wednesday. In turn, leaders of the Indian Commercial Pilot
Calling a Dalit by his caste is a serious offence that cannot be condoned even if both the accused and the complainant arrive at a compromise, the supreme court said on Monday. A bench of justices Markandeya Katju and Gyan Sudha Mishra sai
The supreme court on Tuesday mulled invoking terror and other stringent penal charges against Pune stud owner Hasan Ali Khan, accused of massive money laundering and tax evasion, for his alleged links with arm dealers and people linked to terror a
With the supreme court on Monday rejecting a plea to allow active euthanasia (mercy killing) to Aruna Shanbaugh, a victim of sexual assault, and setting out guidelines for passive euthanasia, the government may refer the matter to the law commissi
The CBI on Monday arrested the managing director of an Indo-Swiss supplier firm while enforcement directorate (ED) intensified its probe into alleged irregularities in the award of contracts worth over Rs.600 crore for Commonwealth Games overlays.
Gujarat has completed the rehabilitation of all those who were affected by the Sardar Sarovar - Narmada Project, spending Rs 226 crore to date, said minister for water resources, Nitin Patel in the state assembly on Monday. "The heigh
The Congress-DMK stalemate ended on Tuesday with the Tamil Nadu party agreeing to allot the grand old party 63 assembly seats in the upcoming polls in the state. On Monday, DMK`s six union ministers had arrived in Delhi with resignation letters af
The Andhra Pradesh high court on Monday issued notices to the state government and others on a petition seeking direction to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) not to allocate funds for non-charitable purposes. A division bench comprising
The Supreme Court today cleared the deck for the Centre and the Medical Council of India (MCI) to hold a single eligibility-cum-entrance examination for MBBS and post-graduate medical courses in the country from this academic session. A be
The government today said the proposal to impose service tax on healthcare will not hurt the common man as only services provided by the centrally AC hospitals with more than 25 beds would attract the new levy. "As far as CBEC is conc
Five Maoists booked at Koraput jail expressed their unwillingness to be released despite being granted bail by the Orissa High Court after the state government decided to withdraw cases against them in the wake of Malkangiri district collector`s a
The CPI(M) today ruled out the possibility of joining the DMK-led alliance for the April 13 Tamil Nadu assembly elections even if there was a split in the DMK-Congress combine. "There is no question of joining the DMK-led allian
Stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan, accused of massive money laundering and tax evasion, was detained by the ED which carried out multi-city searches at his Pune home and his associates` premises cracking the whip to meet tomorrow`s Supreme Court dead
Accusing the Centre of neglecting Orissa in rail budegt, BJD workes today staged a dharna (sit-in) in front of the railway station here. Organised by the youth wing of BJD`s Ganjam district unit, senior BJD leaders including party?s distri
Prime minister Manmohan Singh today termed as an "error of judgement" the appointment of P J Thomas as CVC and told the Lok Sabha that he accepts "full responsibility" for it. Left parties were not satisfied and staged
