The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is tightening the noose on former telecom minister A Raja. It is sending the Letter Rogatory (formal letter of request from a court to a foreign country for judicial assistance) to Mauritius, the UAE and C
An affidavit on behalf of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was filed in the Supreme Court today which rejected the charge of inaction on the part of his office in dealing with the request of sanction for prosecution of former Telecom Minister A Raja
Breaking his silence amidst the logjam in Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today promised action against anybody for any "wrong thing" done in the 2G spectrum allocation. He also appealed to opposition parties to
The government is set to regulate the interest rate the MFIs charge to its customers, finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Friday. “The rate of interest should be moderate. Banks are also being instructed to provide MFIs with ne
An MNC executive was assaulted at the registrar’s office in Noida when he tried to expose corruption at the office. The victim Gaurav Bakshi, who is the India representative of a USA based multinational company Vitamix Corporation in
Panchayati raj and rural development minister CP Joshi said here on Friday that India should have 50 percent participation of women in the corporate world and they should be active members in their respective local self governments. He was
Parliament remained paralysed on Friday, for the sixth day running, and adjourned for Monday after pandemonium in both houses, even as the opposition got no word from the government on ending the impasse. Instead, the Congress`s pri
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) claims to have learnt lessons from the housing scam 2008. To make sure that the allotment of flats does not get rigged this time, DDA has made some changes in the process of allotting flats under its housing s
The Delhi transport authority is expecting bus cluster scheme to be implemented within three weeks. Under this scheme, the government has roped in private entities to manage 60 percent of the services in the city. As many as 50 buses will
Indian trade promotion organization (ITPO) has failed to collect more than Rs 4 crore from the current and former licensees of restaurants and convention halls. In three of these cases, the ITPO has even knocked the doors of the Delhi high c
Saving prime minister Manmohan Singh from the opposition attack, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said that the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report was not the final word on the 2G spectrum sale. “It is now
Approval for starting 44 new medical colleges across the country has been given by the health ministry between 2008 and 2010. This information was shared by the health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in Lok Sabha on Friday. “A total of 130
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today expanded his eight-day-old ministry inducting 29 more ministers, including 19 of Cabinet rank, taking its strength to 40 with the Congress bringing in six new faces. Congress` ally
Government today stuck to its opposition to setting up of JPC to probe 2G spectrum allocation, saying the matter could be looked into by the Public Accounts Committee which is "almost a permanent JPC". Finance Minister Pra
The state government has decided to enlarge the scope of the judicial probe into denotification of lands from 10 to 16 years, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said here today. The inquiry would now include denotification of lands by K
Rahul Gandhi today came out in strong support of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the wake of the Supreme Court observations in the 2G spectrum scam. "I don`t think he is in an embarrassing position at all," Gandhi told re
The nation is drowning in scams, each one bigger, dirtier and more sinister than the earlier. As every scam takes our collective sense of national pride a notch lower, we have been thankful to the media for constantly highlighting corruption at hi
With Madhya Pradesh witnessing an increase of over 10 lakh visitors in 2009, as compared to the previous year, the Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (MPTDC) has drawn up major plans to improve and develop tourism infrastructure in the s
Government on Friday replaced solicitor general Gopal Subramanium with attorney general G E Vahanvati to represent prime minister Manmohan Singh in the supreme court in the 2G spectrum case in the wake of stinging observations from the bench. Vaha
The supreme court on Friday rejected a CBI plea for transfer a case involving fraudulent withdrawal of provident fund of Ghaziabad court staff from Uttar Pradesh to a Delhi court. Names of some judicial officers and sitting judges of Allahabad high c
