NGOs and activists working for the rights of the NREGA workers have come together to oppose biometric project under PPP in NREGA. A statement signed by the likes of Aruna Roy, Nikhil Dey, Jean Dreze and several other civil society members,
Barkha Dutt, group editor of NDTV news channel, will go on air tonight at 10 pm and submit herself to questioning by a panel of four journalists over the Radia tapes. Dutt has been under increasing pressure to come up with a credible explanation e
The special court hearing the 2002 Gulburg Society riot case today asked civil society group and media to help it find the truth by putting forward their views on various aspects of the case. Designated Judge B U Joshi while passing
Writer Arundhati Roy, Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and others were today booked on charges of sedition by Delhi Police for their "anti-India" speech at a seminar here last month. The filing of the FIR came following a di
The NDA government in Bihar will constitute an ombudsman to probe corruption charges and recommend action against the guilty elected representatives and officials associated with local bodies in the state, deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi s
The Punjab and haryana High Court on Monday dismissed an appeal seeking details of the "religion and faith" of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her children under the RTI Act, saying the petitioner was trying to encroach on their privacy
Nursery admissions in the capital`s schools will start from January 1, 2011, education minister Arvinder Singh Lovely said on Monday. The process will continue for three months before ending on 31st March. After meeting with the heads of t
Indian Medical technology industry is expected to grow from $2.75 billion in 2008 to $14 billion in 2020, says a Federation of Indian chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) – Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) report on medical technology in I
The government on Monday moved to clear some of the 2G muck by sending showcause notices to 85 of the 122 companies which got 2G spectrum licences despite being inelligible for the allocation. Telecom minister Kapil Sibal informed the press that t
After the Delhi government claimed that it will not demolish the Millennium Park bus depot, Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan, a green NGO has now written to the president, Pratibha Patil, to intervene in the matter. In a letter to the president, the NGO has sa
Chief executive officers (CEOs) of the business process outsourcing (BPO) units could now be held responsible for not ensuring safety of their employees, police commissioner B K Gupta said while briefing the lieutenant governor (LG) Tejendra Khann
The environment ministry on Monday said there were loopholes in Lavasa Corporation`s reply to its notice for alleged violation of norms in its 25,000-hectares hill city project near Pune. "There are some loopholes in Lavasa Cor
Tata group chief Ratan Tata today approached the Supreme Court seeking action against those involved in the leakage of tapes containing his conversation with corporate lobbyist Nira Radia. Tata, in the petition, has contended that t
The Karnataka High Court today adjourned the final hearing on a petition filed by five independent MLAs challenging their disqualification from the membership of the Legislative Assembly by Speaker K G Bopaiah. The adjournment came
Amid a stand-off with Congress leadership, rebel Andhra Pradesh MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy today resigned from his Lok Sabha seat and announced his decision to quit the party alleging that the Congress "humiliated" his family and tried to d
The CBI today submitted to the supreme court the status report on its ongoing investigations into the 2G spectrum allocation scam allegedly involving former telecom minister A Raja. The status report was submitted to the apex court registr
With CWG organising committee in the focus of probe into corruption charges, its chief Suresh Kalmadi today said he was ready to answer all queries of investigating agencies, claiming he has done no wrong, and was willing to give a statement in Pa
Local food habits today came under the scanner of the Meghalaya assembly with both government and opposition expressing concern over the alarming incidence of cancer in the state. Health minister Rowell Lyngdoh informed the house that 3,57
Mumbai’s monorail will be linked to the western, central and harbour lines of the local train network. The Sant Gadje Maharaj Chowk- Wadala- Chembur track of the monorail will be connected with local railway stations at Mahalaxmi on the west
