Government on Thursday promised to do "everything possible" for release of the Indian sailors held hostage by Somali pirates but cautioned against "emotive" response saying it could endanger their lives. With opposition
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantric) president and former chief minister Babulal Marandi was tonight arrested along with over 300 party activists while staging `Economic Blockade` on the first of their two-day state-wide agitation, the police sai
Talks between the Central government and members of the Jat community, whose protest demanding reservation for the community in government jobs entered the fourth day on Thursday, failed to break the deadlock even as rail services remained disrupt
Telangana leaders from Telugu Desam, TRS and BJP were taken into custody by the police today as they proceeded to take part in the `million march to Hyderabad` protest Police have denied permission to the march, slated to take place from 1
Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh today said his government will file a "civil suit" against the upcoming Polavaram irrigation project in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh in the Supreme Court. Replying to a question asked by BJP
No doubt that the seven directives given by the supreme court in the Prakash Singh vs. Union of India case form a strong basis for long-pending police reforms towards depoliticisation and restructuring of India`s internal security setup. H
Amid fresh charges of corruption levelled against him by the JDS on Thursday, Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa has been summoned by BJP high command for "consultations". The chief minister`s secretariat told PTI here Yedd
The country`s largest opposition party, BJP, will launch a nationwide campaign to highlight the governmnet`s failure on corruption, inflation and black money fronts on April 6, its foundation day. The campaign will go on till June 15, the
Opposition Congress and JDS members on Tuesday urged the state government in the Karnataka assembly to reconsider its decision to allot 17 new residential bungalows it was building for ministers to judges. Dr C Sudhakara (Cong) opposed the
A large number of women observed the 100th International Women`s Day on Tuesday as `black day` in Jodhpur demanding suspension of the doctors responsible for the death of 15 women in two hospitals in the city last month. The women, associa
Amid mounting calls by western nations for enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya, India said there was not much "clarity" on key questions like objective and assets required for the measure. As Britain and France worked on a draft r
The government on Wednesday admitted that the country will face a huge shortfall of 269 million tonnes of coal by 2021-22 as the coal producing entities have failed to keep pace with the demand as well as economic growth. "In the last
Battle lines have been clearly drawn for the April 13 assembly polls in Tamil Nadu with DMK and Congress clinching a seat sharing deal after a fortnight of hard bargaining. The ruling DMK, in alliance with Congress, PMK,Viduthlalai Chirtha
Exasperated by frequent disruptions during question hour, Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar Wednesday lamented that it was becoming "almost dead". A visibly disappointed Kumar made the observation when SP members created uproar for t
Exasperated by frequent disruptions during question hour, Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar Wednesday lamented that it was becoming "almost dead". A visibly disappointed Kumar made the observation when SP members created uproar for t
Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan on Wednesday termed as `unjustified` the election commission`s directive banning the implementation of the state government scheme to provide rice at Rs 2 per kg to 40 lakh families. Addressing repor
Madras high court on Wednesday ordered that senior lawyer R K Chandramohan, suspended as chairman of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry bar council for alleged involvement in an attempt to influence a judge taking the name of then union minister A Raja, s
After a marathon ten-hour meeting between the Indian Commercial Pilot Association (ICPA), Air India management and the chief labour commissioner, the pilots` representative body has agreed to defer its palnn
Gender representation in corporate boardrooms is set to become fairer with the ministry of corporate affairs moving to make it mandatory for companies with five or more independent directors to have at least one woman director. The m
The Supreme Court has stayed the Bombay High Court order allowing Mauritius-based World Sports Group`s (WSG) appeal against the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) seeking arbitration with regard to termination of their agreement for Rs 4
