Commonwealth Games (CWG) Federation chief Mike Fennell on Friday inspected the Games Village here and said "considerable improvements" have been made even as embattled organisers continued their sprint against time to complete preparatio
In a bizzare incident, a `pooja` was found performed inside the state-run civil services academy here on Thursday night, apparently on behalf of a senior official of the institute to surmount hard times he had been passing through.
Global aviation body IATA today termed the service tax on air travel in India as "illegal" and said the "disconnect" between various ministries on aviation issues was "embarrassing" India in global fora. Maint
The country has fully switched over to cleaner Euro-III and Euro-IV petrol and diesel as of yesterday and well ahead of the October one deadline, minister of state for petroleum Jitin Prasada said today. "We launched Euro-IV grade pet
Despite the announcment of some high profile athelets pulling out of the commonwealth games, the organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi was confident none of teams would pull out. “We believe there will be no serious complaints
The Supreme Court today deferred the Allahabad High Court verdict on Ayodhya title suit by one week. The verdict was due to be pronounced tomorrow. The Apex court issued notices to contesting parties on the petition seeking stay on the A
The Supreme Court today stayed for a week the Ayodhya title suit verdict that was due to be pronounced by Allahabad High Court tomorrow and will hear the plea for deferment of the judgement next Tuesday. The Court issued notices to the con
Akhil Bhartiya Grahak Panchayat has moved the Bombay High Court challenging the legality of Special Exclusive Zone (SEZ) Act on the ground that it empowers the government to acquire agricultural land for development of SEZs in the state. T
With the build-up to the Commonwealth Games going from bad to worse, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a meeting with sports minister M S Gill and urban development minister Jaipal Reddy in New Delhi today to discuss the troubled preparatio
A top US official on Wednesday described Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as "a man of uncommon decency and grace" who has led the way in building the Indo-US partnership, as he presented the Indian leader `The World Statesman Award`.
The engine and a bogie of the Kirandul-Vishakhapatnam passenger train derailed near Bhansi railway station in Chhattisgarh`s Dantewada district early on Thursday with police suspecting the involvement of Naxals in the incident. The train d
Two archers -- Kevin Tataryn and Dietmar Trillus -- have become the first Canadian athletes to pull out of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, citing health and safety concerns. Manitoba`s Tataryn and Dietmar withdrew from the international c
The Yamuna river continued to flow above the danger mark today, a day after it crossed the 207-meter mark for the first time in 32 years submerging various areas of the city. The river was flowing above the danger mark at 206.92 meter toda
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who was kept away by Railway Ministry from the ceremony to mark the start of a new Metro Rail project, today presided over a cabinet meeting when the programme was underway in Joka. No representa
In continuing attacks on CPI-M activists, suspected Maoists today shot dead a school employee in Jhargram in West Midnapore district, two days after they killed a school clerk at Silda in the same district. Srikanta Mondol, an employee of the Seba
The shocking revelation of the prolonged sexual abuse of a 12 year old school-going girl (and her two younger brothers) by the driver of a private cab is just a pointer to a much larger and more serious problem, suggests a survey of the young girl
Even after more than five months since the Right to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act 2009 came into effect across the country, many states are yet to notify the rules. The states, according to their specific conditions and requireme
Soon road safety lessons will be included in schools’ and colleges’ syllabus. The ministry of road transport and highways has asked the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) to prepare the course outline. Once curriculu
Railways today cancelled 22 trains in view of the closure of the Old Yamuna bridge here and announced diversion of 65 other trains. The cancelled trains were mostly local trains, a Northern Railway spokesperson said. Mail and express trains to Del
For the second time in as many days, authorities today announced relaxation in curfew in parts of Srinagar, Ganderbal and Pulwama districts even as the toll in the ongoing agitation rose to 104 after a youth succumbed to injuries in a hospital her
