Government today said it was willing to ask the CBI to look into charges of irregularities by state agencies involved in Commonwealth Games projects and accused the Opposition of projecting incorrect figures on the expenditure incurred for the meg
The government today said 240 doctors and paramedic staff would be available round the clock at the Commonwealth Games village to tackle any medical emergency or outbreak of disease during the mega sporting event. "Adequate arr
The Gujarat government is strongly opposed to the provisions in the proposed Goods and Service Tax council (GST) as part of the ammendment to the proposed constitutional ammendment related to the implementation of GST that are aimed at throttling
Observing that it wanted to "win the hearts and minds" of the peo
Nearly 20 of our brothers and sisters have been killed in police and CRPF firing over the past one year during street protests in various parts of Kashmir. Why are we Kashmiri youth taking to streets despite knowing that our stones are no match to
The issue of alleged large-scale corruption in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) projects today rocked Lok Sabha with the entire opposition attacking the government accusing it of allowing "loot" of public money. Members of the
The Planning Commission on Thursday said it is contemplating an increase in the number of districts which will receive aid to fight the Maoist menace under the Integrated Action Plan (IAP) being formulated by it. "I don`t want
The CCS chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met on Thursday for the second time in five days to review the latest situation in Kashmir valley which relatively remained peaceful for the second straight day after being rocked by violence.
Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Thursday said inflation will come down by September and reach the comfortable level of 6 per cent by December. "Inflation will come down by September-end. You can se
The five year investigation by the CBI into the theft of Rabindranath Tagore`s Nobel medal and other memorabilia from Rabindra Bhavan museum in Santiniketan, was
On a day of dramatic developments, the Hockey India was tonight derecognised by the government barely a few hours after its polls, which itself ran into a controversy following the election of a tainted office bearer. The government
The BJP in Madhya Pradesh has chosen to stay shut over the possible return of former state chief minister Uma Bharti into the partyfold after the Central leadership asked senior leaders to desist from going public about their views on the issue.
Engulfed in a spate of corruption allegations, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee today finally cracked the whip by suspending a close Suresh Kalmadi aide T S Darbari and two other tainted high-ranked officers in a desperate bid to restor
India might have been the jewel in the crown of the British empire but it seems like the country does not care much for the bling in its history. The external affairs ministry has no documents proving that India ever asked the United Kingd
T S Darbari has been sacked from Commonwealth Games Organising Committee. Sanjay Mohindroo has been suspended. QBR case handed over to Enforcement Directorate.
Commonwealth Games 2010 may grab the headlines for its scandals and missing deadlines but for the student of Delhi university it is the reason of their eviction from their hostels. All colleges with hostel facility in north campus of Delhi
Ex-IPS officer O P Mathur, who was the state CID chief when it first probed the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, was today questioned by CBI which also made another attempt to get former minister Amit Shah`s remand by approaching the Gujarat High
Severe punishment awaits those involved in honour killings as the government intends to bring a law on the matter in the current Parliament session itself, Home Minister P Chidambaram said in Lok Sabha today. Maintaining that such c
Defending its decision to supply water to industries from the river Mahanadi and Hirakud reservoir, Orissa government today claimed that a huge volume of water flowed down to sea due to non-utilisation. "67 per cent of Mahanadi
An unsolicited telemarketing call to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is what it took Telecom Minister A Raja to swing into action for prohibiting immediately such intruding calls. Within hours of reports that Mukherjee himself was
