P J Thomas has been forced to quit – by the supreme court, not the government. Once the UPA government decided to make him the central vigilance commissioner, it could do nothing to dislodge him even as it faced embarrassment and criticism.
Apparently fed up with the growing tendency among members to disrupt proceedings the moment house assembles for the day, Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari on Friday decided to shift the question hour to 2 pm from 11 am. Question hour
Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court here has extended judicial remand of nine of the 11 accused in the murder case of additional collector Yashwant Sonavane to March 16. They were produced before the court on Friday on
Prime minister Manmohan Singh arrived here on Friday on a day-long visit during which he is scheduled to dedicate a township to Kashmiri Pandit migrants and take part in the convocation of the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and
The CBI on Friday carried out searches at the residence of suspended Prasar Bharti CEO B S Lalli after registering a case against him and others for alleged irregularities in the award of broadcasting rights of Commonwealth Games reportedly result
The centre has put the onus on state governments and the officer concerned for "correctness of information" in official records in the wake of allegations of misrepresentation of facts before a high-level panel that selected P J Thomas a
Wajahat Habibullah, the newly appointed chairman of the National Minorities Commission today said he would soon meet the union home minister P Chidambaram as well as the CBI Director to take up the case of nine youths from Malegaon, arrested for a
The Haryana government will spend Rs 300 crore to provide better healthcare facilities in state-run hospitals during the upcoming financial year. Three medical colleges were being set up in Karnal, Sonipat and Mewat to provide bette
The issue of separate Telangana rocked Parliament today with the Lok Sabha failing to transact any business as members from TRS and BJP and Congress representatives from the region made common cause over the demand. The Lok Sabha was adjou
The Prime Minister`s Office (PMO) had not advised central vigilance commissioner (CVC) P J Thomas to step down from his post, the Rajya Sabha was informed today. This was stated by the government in a written reply which came on a d
The Supreme Court today has held that no member of the high power committee (HPC) headed by the prime minister for the appointment of central vigilance commissioner (CVC) can have veto right and consensus among them is not mandatory.
A bill seeking to prevent sexual abuse of children with provisions for stringent punishment for such offences was today approved by the union cabinet. The section seven of the bill provides for "no punishment" if the conse
The stalemate in seat sharing talks between DMK and Congress for the April 13 Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu persisted with AICC president Sonia Gandhi`s special emissary Ghulam Nabi Azad leaving for New Delhi today after his inconclusive talks with
Greenpeace India on Thursday challenged union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar to come up with details of programmes implemented by the ministry of agriculture to arrest the soil degradation crisis created by chemical fertilizers and declining or
BJP today said the Supreme Court decision quashing the appointment of P J Thomas as the central vigilance commissioner (CVC) has helped restore the "dignity" of the constitutional post and it was a "historic verdict."
An activist working for the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGA) scheme was killed after being mercilessly beaten by a group of 12 Maoists at Jerua village in Latehar district. The activ
Food inflation declined by more than one percentage point to 10.39 per cent for the week ended February 19, led by a decline in prices of onions, potatoes and pulses. However, prices of fruit, milk and vegetables as a group continue
A committee led by the cabinet secretary has recommended that the central board of direct taxes (CBDT) be barred from requesting wiretaps, according to a
The apex court’s order setting aside appointment of P J Thomas as the central vigilance commissioner is actually an indictment of prime minister Manmohan Singh, home minister P Chidambaram and Thomas’ predecessor Pratyush Sinha. The PM
I am sure all of us have come across a beggar while waiting for the light to turn green at traffic signals, or women selling various kinds of stuff on the ring roads of Delhi. Ever wondered where all these people stay? In Delhi alone accor
