Life is set to get easier for the commuters in Delhi once the Games are over. Not only will the Blueline buses be back, but Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) will add 600 new buses to its existing fleet from October 18. The low-floor buses
Top BJP leaders met prime minister Manmohan Singh today and demanded immediate recall of Karnataka governor H R Bhardwaj accusing him of acting in a partisan manner. In a memorandum submitted to the PM, the BJP delegation led by senior par
The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) today said that the union environment ministry has amply made it clear that there has been no progress on rehabilitation and resettlement measures even five months after the suspension of work on the Maheshwar Dam
The government has constituted two special task forces for Jammu and Ladakh regions to examine the allocations in terms of infrastructure needs and make suitable recommendations to overcome the deficiencies. While Abhijit Sen, a Pla
In a relief to UP Chief Minister Mayawati, the Election Commission has rejected the plea for putting a freeze on her party symbol `Elephant` and seeking her disqualification. Turning down the plea of two advocates, the Commission sa
India is way behind the rest of the world - at least most of it - in parity of the two sexes considering pay, education, health and economic representation, according to a World Economic Forum report. The report, released Tuesday, ranks In
Government today named three interlocutors, including eminent journalist Dilip Padgaonkar, to hold talks with all shades of opinion including the separatists in Jammu and Kashmir as part of efforts to bring peace in the state. Besid
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) organised here on Tuesday a one-day conference on prenatal sex selection leading to declining sex ratio in India. In India, sex ratio at birth, that is, number of girls per 1,000 bo
The Delhi high court (HC) committee set up to inspect schools run by the municipal corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the state government will submit its report on December 1 - two months after the initial October release. The three-member co
Four memoranda of understanding (MoUs) have been signed between different Scottish and Indian higher education institutions here on Tuesday. The new MoUs, which build upon an overarching MoU signed in 2009 between the Association of Indian
The Delhi government on Monday decided to increase circle rates, used for valuation of land and immovable properties for the purpose of chargeability of the stamp duty on the instruments, by 100 percent. Chief minister Sheila Dikshit said
A prominent union, among those representing the around nine lakh sugarcane cutters in Maharashtra, has said they will strike work if the sugarcane cutting rate is not hiked to Rs 200 per tonne. The announcement by the `Maharashtra O
After an extremely bitter experience in hosting the controversy-ridden Commonwealth Games, Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi today appeared non-committal in staging his dream event Olympics. Having earlier said the Olympics
The stage is set for another trial of strength in the Karnataka Assembly on Thursday with BJP government accepting Governor H R Bhardwaj`s offer for the second floor test on October 14. "Yes. The Chief Minister (B S Yeddyurappa) has a
The counting of votes polled in elections to six municipal corporations in Gujarat began here today amidst tight security arrangements and initial trends indicate that BJP is leading in all of them. The BJP is ahead in Ahmedabad, Surat, Ra
Noted social activist Anna Hazare has decided to launch a `jail bharo` agitation against the `illegal decision of the state government to condone irregularities` in the Lavasa lake city project coming up near Pune. "The state governme
The Karnataka High Court today resumed hearing on the petition challenging the disqualification of 16 MLAs by Speaker K G Bopaiah. The petition filed by the MLAs, including 11 of BJP, has sought quashing of the orders of the Speaker
Normal life was disrupted in Kashmir Valley today after authorities imposed curfew ahead of a planned march by hardline Hurriyat activists to the residence of their chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani at Hyderpora here. Curfew was impose
Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa said chief ministers of eight BJP-ruled states would meet in Delhi today to hold consultations in the backdrop of governor H R Bhardwaj recommending imposition of President`s Rule in the state.
Handicapped by shortage of officers having specialised knowledge in handling the complicated cases, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is now inducting professionals on contract for three years that can be extended by another two years.
