India is all set to get a seat on the Security Council as a non-permanent member after a gap of 19 years through the elections to be held tomorrow in the United Nations General Assembly. India is expecting an easy win since Kazakhstan pull
BJP President Nitin Gadkari today said an attempt was made to destabilise the democratically-elected government in the state by using money and power. "In the last few days, an attempt was made by the Congress and the JD(S) to destabi
Emphasising on the need for women empowerment, President Pratibha Patil today expressed concern over skewed sex ratio in states like Punjab. In Punjab, the male-female ratio is 1000:857 which is very low. This imbalance may lead to law and
The crisis in the Bihar BJP has blown over with Bihar BJP president C P Thakur withdrawing his resignation, a day after he quit the post ahead of the Assembly polls in the state. Thakur, who flew down here yesterday, met BJP national presi
Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj has sent a report to the Centre recommending President`s rule in the state. Raj Bhawan sources said the Governor has noted in his report that what had happened during the business relating to confidence vote
Wealth has surged in India, tripling over the last decade, says a new report released by investment bank Credit Suisse. It also added that most Indians may almost double their assets over the next five years. “The total wealth of Ind
Prime minister Manmohan Singh has issued a fiat to the ministries asking them not to name any new programme or scheme indiscriminately in the name of late former prime ministers Indira Gandhi or Rajiv Gandhi, as many such schemes have floundered b
The Naxal menace in Chhattisgarh can be controlled with better co-ordination between the CRPF and state police, CRPF director general K Vijay Kumar said here on Friday. "CRPF is India`s biggest and highly trained force. The Nax
APJ Abdul Kalam is likely to be the interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir according to highly placed government sources. Once the details are formalised and also finance minister Pranab Mukherjee returns from USA, the decision is expected to
The Election Commission is putting under check the chartered helicopters and aircraft used by the political parties and candidates in the elections to prevent transportation of huge money that is pumped in to rig the elections. The
The Supreme Court today asked the government to respond to the CAG report pointing out largescale irregularities and favoritism allegedly by telecom minister A Raja in the Rs 70,000-crore 2G spectrum allocation scam in 2008. A Bench
Blaming multiplicity of authority for delays and other problems in the run-up to Commonwealth Games, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has said there should have been a single command at the Central government level to ensure proper coordination
Dubbing his political detractors as "cowards," Pakistan`s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has said that the greatest threat his country is facing today is "failure" of governance than India or Taliban. &qu
Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh have been shown as separate countries alongwith India in a report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation. The Indian states figure in the list for East Asia countries. The names are there in
Congress leader Digvijay Singh has said the verdict of the Allahabad High Court in the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri masjid title suit was the best possible judgement under the circumstances. "In the present circumstances, there could
Imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize today for "his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China" - a prize likely to enrage the Chinese government, which warned the Nobel committe
The Allahabad High Court has ruled that the decisions taken by the previous government were binding on the successive government unless the earlier decision suffered from substantial illegality or was unconstitutional or malafide. T
A committee set up by the Environment Ministry to look into forest and environment issues involving the Korean steel giant Posco`s Rs 54,000- crore project in Orissa will submit its report on October 18. "Earlier the panel was
India is growing economically but Indians face shortage of housing, says a report released by the World Bank. “In India alone, estimates of the housing shortage range from 20 million to 70 million yet as much as half of this excess
Against the backdrop of the paid news menace, the Election Commission is mulling with the idea of liberalising its tough rules and regulations that could help candidates approach the people directly. "Many political parties hav
