The opposition against government`s proposed amendments to the Right to information act has gathered steam with the National Advisory Council joining the fray of those opposed to these changes. The NAC working group on transparency, accoun
The Delhi government has extended the deadline for completing the phase-out of "killer" Blueline buses from December 14 to January 31, 2011. As many as 823 of 2,052 such buses went off roads on Tuesday evening. "Following th
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is likely to come up with a final draft of its reply to the Bombay high court over the Lavasa issue by Wednesday. Speaking at the sidelines of a conference here, a senior ministry offi
The chief justice of India (CJI) S H Kapadia has called for fast-track trials of corruption cases, in a new initiative to streamline the conduct of the business at courts in India. In a letter to the chief justices of all the high courts,
Information commissioner Satyananda Mishra will be the new chief of the central information commission, replacing CIC A N Tiwari. Mishra, a former IAS officer of 1973 batch, Madhya Pradesh cadre, is likely to take charge as chief in
The enforcement directorate will soon issue Letters Rogatory to ten countries as part of its probe in the multi-crore 2G spectrum scam. Official sources said the directorate, which has already contacted its counterparts in 10 countr
In an embarrassment to former CJI K G Balakrishnan, supreme court judge H L Gokhale today contradicted his claim that he was not aware that it was former union telecom minister A Raja, who had tried to influence a Madras high court judge in a crim
Terming as "unprecedented" the washout of Parliament`s winter session, BJP on Tuesday blamed the Congress for the stalemate over JPC demand to probe the 2G spectrum scam but said the opposition protest was not aimed at overthrowing the g
The medical council of India (MCI) has been given a go-ahead by the supreme court for introducing common entrance exams for undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses in the country. The bench comprising justices R V Raveendran and A K
The Nitish Kumar government has given emphasis on closely monitoring the credit disbursal activities of the commercial banks to achieve the RBI-suggested CDR target of 35 per cent, as against the national average of 70 per cent, during the current
The supreme court today imposed a staggering Rs 10 lakh fine on Maharashtra government on a complaint that the then chief minister Vilasrao Deskmukh influenced police against registering an FIR against his brother. A bench of justices G S
Encouraged by the decline in prices during November, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today said inflation is expected to decline to 6 per cent by March 2011. "I am hoping it to be around 6 per cent by March," Mukherjee told rep
The Supreme Court today sought to know from various states if they would like to grant affiliation to 44 deemed universities in case the Centre derecognises them. A bench of justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma issued notices
Expressing satisfaction over the progress made in initiating peace parleys with northeastern militant groups, Home Minister P Chidambaram today said government was prepared to extend its hand of friendship to any group that wanted to hold talks.
Prime minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said that he was aware of the "nervousness in the corporate sector" over phone-tapping and asked cabinet secretary K M Chandrasekhar to look into the matter and submit a report within a month.
Cracking down on corruption, the Bihar government on Friday confiscated the property of an offcial convicted of corruption. Raghuvansh Kunwar`s houses - two in Patna and one in Samastipur - were appropriated by the state, with orders to run school
Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit has assured that major measures will soon be implemented to make capital a safe place. In the wake of the Dhaula Kuan and Mongolpuri rapes, Dikshit held a meeting with top officials on Monday, inc
The Delhi government will announce the guidelines for nursery admissions on Wednesday. Education minister Arvinder Singh Lovely said on Monday that the all criteria for admissions will take the right to education (RTE) in to account
Motorists using the Connaught Place route to get to other areas will soon have to fork out congestion charges. Delhi chief secretary Rakesh Mehta told Governance Now, "Delhi will be charging such motorists for congestion. If they want
The rural development ministry has proposed to organise NREGA Mela - annual fests where best practices in the implementation of the scheme can be shared at one platform. The mela, to be held on the annual day of the Act on February 2, wil
