In a new twist in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, senior IPS officer and a member of Special Investigation Team, Satish Verma today raised doubts over the circumstances of the killings before the Gujarat high court and sought a fresh FIR.
The Bombay high court today directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to take a final decision on a policy regarding illegal hoardings and banners of political parties by February 10. The division bench of justices P B Majmudar
Even though Orissa government planned to provide relief to rain-hit farmers from February, a large number of peasants in Ganjam district today staged a demonstration accusing state government of being apathetic towards their plight. Farmer
The government is bracing itself up for the budget session of Parliament beginning next month and is finalising its strategy on handling issues arising out of "recent occurrences and controversies" to avoid the deadlock over the 2G issue
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday ridiculed prime minister Manmohan Singh, saying that the "facade" of his clean image was falling apart as his government was getting embroiled in damning indictments day after day for corruption and o
Admitting that he was in politics because he belonged to the Gandhi family, Rahul Gandhi today said holding of organisational polls would remove the impression of dynastic politics. "We have to change this picture (of dynastic politic
The Columbia Business School (CBS) of Columbia University has written to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar requesting him to address its 7th India Business Conference in New York on April 1. The varsity requested Kumar to deliver the keyno
In a move that is being seen as fresh arm-twisting, the Oil Ministry wants Vedanta Resources to surrender all its rights in past and future disputes and agree to several other stringent conditions if it wants government nod for acquiring majority
Enough is enough. This message rang out loud and clear on Thursday as government employees across Maharashtra protested the killing of Yashwant Sonawane, the additional collector who was burnt alive on Tuesday allegedly by the kerosene mafia. The
Embattled central vigilance commissioner P J Thomas side-stepped questions on his continuance in office in the wake of a corruption case against him and remained characteristically defiant. "I am still the CVC. The matter is in court
Unnamed groups today put up posters in the East Garo Hills district of Meghalaya demanding termination of a circle inspector who led an alleged "fake encounter" in which one suspected militant was killed and four others apprehended.
Taking exception to reports that the expenditure of a recent Congress meeting was borne by the Meghalaya Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC), the BJP today demanded an explanation from the government. "It was our expectation that t
In a relief to ruling BJP, a one-man judicial commission has given a clean chit to the B S Yeddyurappa government and Sangh Parivar groups in the series of attacks on churches in Karnataka in 2008. The commission in its report submitted to
Maulana Gulam Mohammad Vastanvi, who stirred a controversy with his remarks on Gujarat, today said he has not resigned as vice chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband and a final decision on him will be taken by the governing council of the Islamic semi
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Thursday favoured direct elections in the Youth Congress and National Students Union of India (NSUI), saying the president of Youth Congress will not be nominated from now on. Addressing an `Adiwa
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday said that with the government holding a high cash balance, it could form a part of the government spending plan next fiscal. "From our (RBI) viewpoint, if the high cash balances get carried
R Gopalan has been appointed as economic affairs secretary in addition to his present charges as financial services secretary. The prime minister on Thursday approved the proposal by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee.This is the first time
Delhi is looking to up its guard with electronic eyes keeping a strict vigil. Under a project of Delhi`s IT department, the city will get 50 mega cameras, fitted on the roof tops of multi-storeyed building across the national capital territory.
The government on Thursday claimed before the supreme court (SC) that the high-powered committee which selected the controversial chief vigilance commissioner (CVC) PJ Thomas, was unaware of his being chargesheeted in the palmolein oil export case
India`s planning commission is not in favour of allowing telecom operators to float banking companies as it could lead to financial problems. "We actually have a different view...we are not in favour of (telecom compan
