Former Congress leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy today launched his 48-hour hunger strike demanding adequate compensation to farmers who had lost their crops in heavy rains early this month in Andhra Pradesh. The former Kadapa MP, who tu
The agitation by the Gujjar community, led by Kirori Singh Bainsla, entered the second day today disrupting road and rail traffic in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan. The authorities have diverted several trains and stopped buses on two rou
The Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) is the latest to have been served a notice by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF). In a show cause notice issued on Tuesday, the KCA has allegedly been held responsible for illegal felling of mangrov
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today expressed deep concern over the sharp rise in onion prices and said effective steps should be taken to bring down the prices to affordable levels. In a letter to the secretaries of Departments of
Each of the three interlocutors in Jammu and Kashmir appointed by the government will get Rs 1.50 lakh a month and each is allowed to take an executive assistant with an overall remuneration not exceeding Rs 40,000 a month. The home
Congress president Sonia Gandhi is understood to have discussed with senior party leaders the “secretiveness” adopted by prime minister Manmohan Singh about his offer to face the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that came as a big surpr
Polio cases in India have drastically fallen as compared to last year, according to a recent report by Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), a wing of World Health Organisation (WHO). India’s 2010 record on polio shows only 41
Lack of adequate sanitation infrastructure cost India a whopping $54 billion in 2006 - close to 6.4 percent of the country`s gross domestic product (GDP) - according to a World bank study. “Inadequate sanitation causes India consider
Firing yet another salvo at BJP government in Karnataka governor H R Bhardwaj on Monday said he was not satisfied with chief minister B S Yedyurappa`s reply to his two letters about corruption charges against him and his ministers. "I
The Maharashtra government on Monday told the Bombay high court that it will set up a commission of inquiry to probe the Adarsh society housing scam here. A division bench of justices A M Khanwilkar and A P Bhangale was informed so while h
With the April 1 deadline nearing, India has expedited efforts to converge its accounting standards with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), as part of its G-20 commitment made in September, 2009. Nearly 300 companies s
As a 13-year-old, with an ailing mother, Anita started working as a manual scavenger - something her mother had done before her. For more than ten years that followed, she carried human waste from dry latrines. She had contracted many infect
The city is all set to go hi-tech to enforce traffic rules and check violations. Around Christmas, the Delhi traffic police will bring in the Automatic Number Plate Reader (ANPR). This device will help apprehend traffic violators on the road itsel
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India has a tense relationship with Pakistan and friendly ties with it are possible only when that country ensures that its territory is not used for terror activities against India. He also said th
Indian Space Research Organisation is expected to take a decision tomorrow on the fresh date for launch of GSAT-5P satellite on board Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F06) after conducting an experiment to study the leak that led to
BJP today said that the birth place of Lord Ram at Ayodhya should be given respect and the Muslim community should give permission to build Ram temple there. Speaking at the Vishwa Hindu Sammelan organised by the RSS here today, Ravishanka
The UN Security Council failed to arrive at a consensus statement on the Korean crisis in a marathon meeting of its members after veto-wielding powers China and Russia did not agree with the western nations` demand to strongly condemn North Korea for
Does the 2G spectrum allocation scam, arguably the biggest corruption scandal estimated at Rs 1.76 lakh crore, merit a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe or should a public account committee (PAC) suffice? The debate continued today, as pri
The CBI has sent former telecom minister A Raja a notice asking him to appear before it for a detailed questioning as a part of its 2G probe. Raja is likely to appear before it in Delhi on Wednesday at 9.30 a.m. along with his legal counsel.
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