With the government having recently faced SC and opposition ire for not doing enough on the disclosure of the black money, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday announced the setting up of a multidisciplinary committee and a five–pron
Following the central government’s refusal for viability gap funding for Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s (MMRDA ) proposal for the construction of metro line-3 from Colaba to Bandra, the autho
At a recent function in New Delhi, Amartya Sen observed that it wouldn’t be right to say there has been a decline in our democracy because “we have enormously more power to make society better than we are led to believe”.
Environmentalists` pipe dream of using more and more ethanol as "green" petrol instead of petrol converted from the the crude oil to save the foreign exchange remains unmaterialised. If you think that five percent of petro
BJP ally and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday opposed the party`s plan to hoist the national flag in Sringar saying it has "no meaning" given the kind of tension prevailing in Kashmir valley. "Given the kin
The Shunglu committee going into charges of corruption and procedural lapses in conduct of Commonwealth Games and related projects may get additional manpower from the government to speed up the probe. Sources said chairman of the V
Noted lawyer and BJP MP Ram Jethmalani today said he will appear for right activist Binayak Sen, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment in a sedition case, as his profession is "the highest form of faith" for him. &qu
Students staged a protest at the leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband demanding removal of the new vice chancellor for his alleged comments on Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, seminary sources said. A group of protester
The union ministers enjoy too many discretionary powers, but many of them are felt necessary to help the needy and thus may not be relinquished. The ministry of personnel submitted a long list of these discretionary powe
The environment ministry today said it will take a final call on the Posco project in Orissa by this month-end. "By the end of January 2011," environment minister Jairam Ramesh told reporters here when asked about the government`
The judgement on the Godhra carnage case, where 58 people were burnt to death triggering massive communal riots across Gujarat, will be pronounced on February 19, nearly nine years after the incident took place. Designated judge P R Patel,
The Election Commission will take various steps, including video surveillance, to prevent flow of cash during Tamil Nadu Assembly polls in May, state Chief Electoral Officer Pravin Kumar said here today. "Many steps were taken by the
In fresh trouble for Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, three more private complaints were today filed in a city court against him and some of his family members in connection with alleged corruption in denotification of land. The c
Under attack from the supreme court and the opposition over the issue of stashing of large amount of money in Swiss banks and other tax havens, the government will unveil its strategy to deal with the issue tomorrow. Finance minister Prana
BJP president Nitin Gadkari, who is on a five-day visit to China, today condemned the centre`s attempt to stop his party`s Ekta Yatra as "repressive" and warned that such an approach would lead to increase in terrorism in Jammu and Kashm
A European Union delegation was today allowed by the Chhattisgrah high court to attend proceedings on the appeal of rights activist Binayak Sen challenging the life sentence imposed on him in a sedition case. The request of the of the EU h
Controversial bureaucrat P J Thomas today opposed the petition in the supreme court seeking his removal as central vigilance commissioner saying he was a person of "impeccable integrity" and became a "victim of political battle"
Delhi government has decided to undertake developmental works in most of the unauthorized colonies. The state government will provide basic civic amenities in colonies which came up on the government land, once it gets approval from the Lieutenant
Prime minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi are on the same page on the food security bill and the so-called differences are only the media creation, a senior minister said here on Saturday. He said Singh has given a
Inviting prospective investors to invest heavily in the mining industry of the north-east, development of north-eastern region (MDoNER) minister B K Handique said here on Sunday that there exists a huge potential for industries related to coal bas
