Rights activist Binayak Sen, Naxal ideologue Narayan Sanyal and Kolkata businessman Piyush Guha were today convicted for sedition and sentenced to life imprisonment for colluding with Maoists to establish a network to fight the state.
For the second day in a row, Delhi was left stranded by a shortage of CNG. The depots remained dry in many parts of the city on Friday, hitting city transport rather badly, after a regulator at one of the tap-off points tripped and disrupted gas s
The Delhi government has woken up to the problems plaguing the night shelters in the city. Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board has decided to form monitoring teams to take stock of the situation in night shelters. The decision was taken
India`s nuclear arsenal, whose button vests with the prime minister, goes in the hands of Air Marshal KJ Mathews who takes over the Strategic Forces Command (SFC) this month end from Lt Gen Balraj Singh Nagal. SFC is the agency tasked with the use
The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) plans to develop two more cities as model solar cities, besides Nagpur and Chandigarh. The ministry is considering two more names for its ambitious plan, ‘development of solar cities’, bu
What will these CBI searches yield? Suresh Kalmadi and CWG scam did not become synonymous last night, after all! A few raids here and a few raids there, and a few scapegoats (read Raja, Kalmadi) shamed (we assume), will we get to the root of the s
The deadline for the bus-cluster scheme in Delhi has been extended further, after it missed its second deadline. Earlier, the scheme was to be adopted by October, at the time of the Commonwealth Games, then was scheduled for a December start but n
Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has displayed a list of 4,816 property tax defaulters on its websites - www.mcdpropertytax.in and www.mcdonline.gov.in. These defaulters include those with outstanding arrears of Rs 5 lakh and above for
Onions will be sold at Rs 40 per kg in Delhi from Thursday evening, chief minister Sheila Dikshit said on Thursday. The state government will review the situation to provide more relief by further slashing onion rates. This was decided in
The Delhi State Aids Control Society (DSACS) has taken a leap in ensuring that awareness about HIV/AIDS is spread not only amongst the masses but also amongst the healthcare providers. A special feature has been added in the existing helplin
The competition commission of India (CCI) suspects a cartel among the domestic airlines. Top official sources have told The Indian Express that the watchdog prima facie believed the airlines have colluded to affect a hike in fares. Last-mi
India and the US agree that the recent unauthorised leak of classified American diplomatic cables that created a worldwide storm, will not affect the growing relationship between the two countries. US secretary of state Hillary Clin
The BJP in Arunachal Pradesh has expressed concern over the proposed construction of new hydro power projects over the Brahmaputra by China and asked the state government to aggressively pursue the issue with the centre. BJP spokesm
Congress today sought to downplay Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee`s remarks on alliance, saying she was only raising the issue of misuse of central forces in West Bengal, which she has the right to do. "What she might
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today demanded an apology from the opposition, accusing it of "destroying" Parliament after they rejected his offer of a special session to discuss the JPC issue on 2G scam. "In the e
The 1976-batch IAS officers will occupy the top bureaucratic posts in 2011 as the year will see retirement of as many as 38 bureaucrats in key positions, starting with the superannuation of finance secretary Ashok Chawla (Gujarat, 1973), corporate
After opposing the RTI rules, draft of which was made public early this month, the civil society now plans to write to the government to extend the December 27 deadline for public feedback on the proposed changes. The civil society has reportedly
Right to education (RTE) violations will not be given a pass, as Haryana government schools found out the hard way. These schools had collected over Rs 10 crore from students for a `development fund`, but later had to everything to the last coin,
A special three-day session of parliament in mid-February is being contemplated to ease the logjam on the 2G spectrum controversy so that the budget session can be smooth. If the session is convened, the Lok Sabha will discuss only the 2G
A division bench of the Delhi high court has on Wednesday issued a notice to the government of Delhi on the basis of a public interest litigation (PIL) to ban junk food and aerated drinks in schools in Delhi. Uday Foundation had filed a PIL in the
