My wager: The unthinkable may happen. That too in Bihar. Without much noise, new chief election commissioner (CEC) S Y Quraishi has armed himself with tools that give him a fighting chance against illicit polling expenses, arguably the core malais
Voicing concern over the unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today sought to reach out to the people there, saying their grievances have to be addressed and promised talks within the Indian Constitution with those who abjure
The Central Vigilance Commission has sought stricter laws to confiscate `benami` properties in order to deter people from spending or investing money acquired through corrupt means. The anti-corruption watchdog is also planning to s
The judicial system in Rajasthan has virtually come to a standstill in the wake of the ongoing lawyers` strike over the alleged irregularities in the selection of additional district and sessions judges. Alleging grave lapses in the
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre and Union Telecom Minister A Raja for a response on a plea urging the court to monitor a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the 2008 sale of 2G spectrum licences. A bench comprising Jus
Government today expressed dissatisfaction over the working of the Comptroller and Auditor General, saying their timely intervention could have prevented many scams and scandals. "Scandals and scams are known even when they are
M Veerappa Moily, law minister and a scholar to boot, is “deeply hurt and upset” with former central vigilance commissioner Pratysh Sinha’s remarks on corruption. Sinha, who retired as the country’s top corruption watchdog
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today met Congress president Sonia Gandhi ahead of the crucial Cabinet Committee on Security meeting which will deliberate on the issue of partial withdrawal of controversial AFSPA from the state.
Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) activists today hurled stones at the convoy of TDP President N Chandrababu Naidu when he was proceeding to Mahbubnagar in the Telangana region, leaving some TDP workers and media personnel injured. Ten
Law minister Veerappa Moily today voiced the government`s displeasure over former central vigilance commissioner Pratyush Sinha`s comment on corruption in India. Without naming the recently retired CVC, Moily termed the comment "frustrating&q
Curfew was today clamped in more areas of the Kashmir Valley in view of incidents of violence in several parts and a protest march called by the separatists here. "Curfew has been imposed in parts of Budgam district stretching
Government today came under attack from `in-house critic` Mani Shankar Aiyar who tried to raise questions over implementation of major schemes like MNREGA and accused it of "relentlessly" supporting the stock market thinking its health r
A much-awaited Eid package to break the impasse in Kashmir is expected to be discussed at the crucial meeting here today of Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) which will deliberate on the issue of partial withdrawal of controversial AFSPA in the
Taking a swipe at union home minister P Chidambaram for his `saffron terror` comment, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today asked him to describe the "colour of terrorism in the Kashmir valley". "Now, even terrorism has
In what can be termed as one of the most interesting revelations to have been made using the Right to Information Act, environment minister Jairam Ramesh has declared a bank account with just Rs 29. The prime minister office has for the f
Nandan Nilekani-lead unique identity number project may hit a possible roadblock as National Advisory Council (NAC) member Aruna Roy, former chief justice of Delhi high court, A.P.Shah and others have raised privacy concerns on the project. In a s
Under the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA), only 45% schools across the country received all the three mandatory grants in the years 2008-09, says a report released here on Thursday. The Planning, Allocations and Expenditures, Institutions: Stu
Ahead of the UN General Assembly meeting for reviewing a decade of progress on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) over September 20-22, civil society groups have urged the government to speed up its efforts to bring down India`s alarming child mo
Now, all roads and highways in the country built in public-private partnership will be open to safety audits. Road safety in the country received a fillip when the government made such audits mandatory, concerned by the rising cases of traffic-acc
Mandatory group health insurance schemes must be started by companies for their employees for better health insurance cover in India, said Planning Commission’s deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia here on Thursday. “If in th
