The Supreme Court today agreed to consider a plea for a judicial inquiry into the alleged rape of a girl by Uttar Pradesh BSP MLA Purushottam Naresh Dwivedi in Banda. A bench of Chief Justice S H Kapadia decided to consider the desirabilit
The Mines Ministry has asked the plan panel to speed up the infrastructural projects in mineral rich states, urging it to take it up with various ministries, including Road Transport. "It is requested that Planning Commission m
The homes set up to cater to vulnerable groups like homeless children, elderly persons, mentally retarded persons, destitute women, beggars and leprosy affected persons in the national capital will now be monitored by the management committee.
The ruling BJD in Orissa today launched a campaign to connect with all 80 lakh families in the state. The family contact programme, which would continue till February 14, aims at telling people about the alleged neglect of the state by the
The controversy regarding the Indian Medical Association (IMA) endorsing products manufactured by private companies has put a hold on the organisation allowing its stamp to be used on more products in the near future. IMA honorary joint se
Following a green signal given to the bachelor of rural healthcare (BRHC) course by the health ministry in a meeting with the state health ministries in Hyderabad recently, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) expressed its displeasure over the sa
It is that time of the year again when Rajpath turns into a rehearsal zone for Republic Day celebrations. Celebrations to mark the day when independent India adopted its constitution, on January 26, 1950. These celebrations seek to capture the pri
Truth and existence may not be always coterminous, but at the same time truth can not be conceived outside and away from existence. In that sense it is all pervasive in the universe; it pervades all forms, dimensions and entities. These multifa
The health mkinistry has told the AIIMS that RTI applications related to the prime minister`s health should not be handled by the institute and all such queries be forwarded to it so that suitable replies can be provided to information seekers.
Environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh loves publicity, more so if it comes free. It would, therefore, have been naïve not to expect him to issue a demolition notice to the Adarsh housing society which he has done now.
Prime minister Manmohan Singh is scheduled to call on President Pratibha Patil this evening amid speculation that a reshuffle of the Union Council of Ministers is on the cards later this week. Singh may apprise the president of his
When 22-year-old Piyush Goyal posted his complaint of garbage spilling over from the dump in his area, on the Facebook page of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), little had he expected the civic agency to take action within 24 hours. But
A Sai Prathap, minister of state for steel, is set to resign ahead of the cabinet reshuffle, if speculation is to be believed. Prathap, who is from Andhra Pradesh, is a strong supporter of late chief minister YS Rajasekara Reddy`s son YS Jaganmoha
Noida-based MNC executive Gaurav Bakshi protested against the graft by the deputy registrar R K Gautam at the Noida marriage registrar`s office and was beaten up by his goons. He had reported both the graft and the assault to the Noida police, but
In India, not only are you expected to suffer graft, you are expected to suffer it silently. The Noida police reinforced the increasingly intolerant attitude of the s
In a typical double-speak on Jammu and Kashmir, Home Secretary G K Pillai on Friday talked of cutting down a fourth of the troops over the next 12 months while Army Chief General V K Singh felt no such need, hoping "extra pressure" is no
In a bid to puncture Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi`s vibrant Gujarat programme for attracting the big ticket investments, the finance ministry is asking the nationalised banks not to get involved in the process and better if they keep off.
The Congress is in power both at the Centre and in Andhra Pradesh but its governments are not on the same page on the issue of the micro-finance institutions (MFIs) aimed to finance the small borrowers as a tussle goes on between them on controlli
Even after five years in schools, close to half of children in class five are not even at the level expected of them after two years in school. Close to 50 percent of class five children could not read a class two level text, says annual report on
Talking tough, the Supreme Court today questioned the Government as to why it was reluctant in disclosing the names of Indian nationals who have allegedly stashed black money in foreign banks. "What is the difficulty in discl
