India is likely to grow at 9% in 2011-12, up from 8.6% in 2010-11, as per the pre-budget economic survey presented by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee in Lok Sabha. Inflation remains the key concern, or the `dark cloud` on the Indian econ
Former telecom minister Arun Shourie on Friday appeared before the CBI in connection with the 2G case and said the real issue involved kickbacks and not the policy pursued for spectrum allocation. Before he went into the CBI headquarters w
In the first such case, Delhi Lokayukta today recommended the removal of PWD Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan from the council of ministers for trying to protect a leading resort in a tax evasion case. Lokayukta Justice Manmohan Sarin`s order ca
As global crude oil prices soar with violent anti-establishment protests in major oil-producing nations in West Asia and North Africa, especially Libya, India`s industrial sector may take a adverse hit as the country imports 70 perecnt o
A Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe the 2G spectrum allocation issue, being dubbed by the opposition as the biggest scam in independent India, was set up today amid charges and countercharges between the government and the opposition.
In a rare gesture, prime minister Manmohan Singh crossed over to the opposition benches in the Lok Sabha on Thursday and spoke to opposition leader Sushma Swaraj and BJP veteran Lal Krishna Advani for two minutes after his reply to the motion of t
In yet another example of government’s attempt to sabotage the right to information (RTI) act, Arunachal Pradesh chief secretary has turned down the request of the state information commissioners to avail perks and allowances which at par wi
Seeking to clear the air on the controversy over allocation of S-Band spectrum, prime minister Manmohan Singh today said the deal to allocate transponder frequency on two satellites to the Indian arm of a US firm never came to his office for appro
A day after the arrest of two of his close aides, sacked Commonwealth Games organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Wednesday accused the investigating agencies of "targeting" only the OC when government officials were also part
People from across the globe are condemning the Human rights violations of Srilankan government. And civilized society is fighting hard to establish the justice to the tamils. Killing of nearly 3,00,000 innocents, war crimes, ongoing slaughter o
Internal and external security agencies, intelligence bureau and research and analysis wing, should have professional and democratic framework that would enable the bodies to work more effectively, a draft report prepared by experts said.
The governmnet is planning to institute special rehabilitation centres for patients of severe mental illnesses that will ease their integration into society after their recovery. These centres, to be called half-way homes, will act as transit home
Mounting efforts to secure the release of Malkangiri collector R Vineel Krishna from the Maoists, the Orissa government flew in two mediators to the district to negotiate with the insurgents. Professor G Haragopal and Dandapani Mohnaty, bo
Major central trade unions including CITU, AITUC, INTUC and HMS organised a rally in the national capital to protest against the flawed policies of the central governmnet that have crippled the rights of the masses. Voicing the work
While budgets, both central and state, are notoriously opaque, Gujarat has ensured that most of its budget is available for public scrutiny, according to a survey by the Centre for Budget and Government Accountability (CBGA), a New Delhi-based thi
The Delhi development authority (DDA) is standing in the way of government officials waiting to get flats in commonwealth games village- one of the prime residential properties in the capital. Sugata Roy, minister of state for urban devel
Ahead of the upcoming union budget, New Delhi-based non-governmental organisation Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) has come out with a background note on rural development and panchyati raj institutions (PRIs). In its
Taking a potshot at Baba Ramdev, senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh today said the yoga guru should first declare that no black money was being used in his hermitages before launching any anti-corruption campaign. He should also declare
Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab will file an appeal in the Supreme Court challenging the judgement of the Bombay High Court confirming death penalty awarded to him for his role in the 26/11 terror attacks, his counsel Farhana Shah said today.
The Centre`s interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir will submit a document containing the contours of a political settlement of Kashmir issue to the Centre within two weeks. "We are going to present the initial document on contours of a p
