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According to a news report in the Indian Express, a ship anchored in the Red Sea in Egypt is expected to evacuate the first batch of 1, 000 Indians from Libya on Friday. The ship will use Alexandria port as an evacuation point. This
As the country waits for budget announcement by the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, civil society gears up to highlight the glaring disparities in the society and what possible inclusions in the budget can help fill those gaps for a better econ
The government conceded the opposition demand for having 30 members in the JPC to probe the 2G spectrum issue, giving up its earlier plan for a 21-member panel to accommodate smaller parties like AIADMK, sources said. AIADMK MP M Thambidur
Ten Congress MPs of the Telangana region met at the Parliament building to draw a strategy for action for the next ten days. They were seen moving in a group, seeking support from BSP, SP and RJD MPs for statehood for Telangana. These ten MPs
The Rajya Sabha is slated to take up an impeachment motion on March 14 for three days. This is against the Calcutta high court judge Soumitra Sen who will be the second judge in independent India to face such a motion for alleged misconduct in mis
Targeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the main Opposition BJP today lashed out at the Government stating it suffers from "deficit" in leadership, integrity and competence. Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Ja
With an aim to generate awareness about cleanliness in the country, New Delhi based think tank – ImagIndia Institute will launch a nationwide campaign - the clean India campaign on February 27. Calling on citizens to ‘Come, Cle
Kalia Perumal, brother of former Telcom minister A Raja, was today questioned for over three hours by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its probe in the 2G spectrum scam. Official sources said Perumal, a businessman, wa
Telugu Desam, Telangana Rashtra Samiti and Communist Party of India MLAs forced adjournment of proceedings of Andhra Pradesh Assembly twice this morning. About 15 Congress MLAs loyal to rebel leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy also continu
The government is mulling on public-private-partnership (PPP) projects as solutions to cities` growing water woes and drainage distress. The failure of local bodies to provide and mainatain adequate infrastructure for water supply and sew
The CBI has sought sanction of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to prosecute suspended Prasar Bharti CEO B S Lalli and Aruna Sharma, till recently Doordarshan Director General, in connection with allegations of corruption in the award of
Maintaining that "some inflationary pressure" will remain in a growing economy, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today urged the states to strengthen PDS to enable the government insulate the poor from the adverse impact of inflation.
The government will take five years to eradicate chronic and potentially fatal kala-azar, health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad informed the rajya sabha on Tuesday. "The national health policy target of kala-azar elimination by 2010
While controversies shrouding the last year’s common wealth games still rages, it has now come to the fore that even the appointment of Suresh Kalmadi as the common wealth games (CWG) organizing committee chairman was not sans some secretive
Normal life in Kashmir was affected partially today following a strike call given by hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference to protest against Delhi Police`s restriction order against its Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani barring him from leavin
A farmer set himself on fire in Rajkot on Monday after he was repeatedly denied information under the right to information (RTI) act. Jabbardan Gadhvi (45) set himself on fire in front of the state revenue office in the presence of 11 poli
Asserting that price rise of some vegetables like onion in the past one month was "temporary", the government today ruled out any possibility of purchasing and managing perishable produce directly from farmers in line with other commodit
The top clergy of Darul Uloom will meet here tomorrow to decide the fate of seminary`s Vice-Chancellor Maulana Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi, who stirred a controversy by praising Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, amid speculation that he may be as
31 people were today convicted and 63 others, including the main accused Maulvi Umarji, were acquitted by a special court here in the 2002 Godhra train burning incident that left 59 people dead and triggered violence in Gujarat that had claimed th
