The Orissa government today began land acquisition for the proposed Rs 51,000 crore Posco steel project in Jagathsinghpur district, even as a central team termed the process as "illegal" saying that the Forest Rights Act had been violate
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi today hit back at former sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyar for his scathing criticism of the upcoming event, saying the senior Congress leader`s comments are "irresponsible"
The Central Vigilance Commission is examining all construction work related to Commonwealth Games being undertaken by civic agencies following complaints of alleged large-scale corruption. The anti-corruption watchdog has also decided to f
Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah, a retired IAS officer of J&K cadre, is heading for a World Bank assignment post retirement. He has been named one of the three members of the World Bank`s first Appeals Board set up ea
The Delhi High Court today said the government should not associate itself with the election in Hockey India (HI) due tomorrow as it is a private body and held that Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) is the only recognised body for the sport in the co
Targeting to check the double digit inflation, RBI today hiked its short-term lending and borrowing rates by 0.25 per cent and 0.50 per cent respectively, a move that could put pressure on banks to make auto, home and commercial loans expensive.
15.25 p.m. Lok Sabha adjourned till 11.00 am on 28/07/2010. 12.25 p.m. Lok Sabha has been adjourned till 2 p.m. after uproar over price-rise in House. Opposition wants discussion on price-rise, say
Central Information Commission chief Wajahat Habibullah believes that the formulation of a new commission or body is not needed to protect the RTI activists across the country from attacks. “Social audits can be of great help (in preve
The government signed 16 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with private solar power project developers on Sunday. These memorandums will enable the developers to generate 84 MW of solar energy by 2013. This was done under the migration scheme of t
The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus depots will soon have to do without government handholding. The transport authority is aiming at cutting its losses - believed to be at Rs 30-40 crore a month - by making them earn their keep. Each
The Supreme Court today admitted a petition to examine the acquittal of JMM chief Shibu Soren in connection with the murder of his private secretary Shashi Nath Jha in 1994, in which the CBI has chosen not to challenge the exoneration of former Jh
The CBI today filed an application in a court here to interrogate former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, accused in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, in jail. Shah, facing murder and extortion charges in the fake encounter case, was
Hinting at a hike in its key rates tomorrow, the Reserve Bank today said it would continue exiting from its easy money regime to check double-digit inflation, while ensuring stable economic growth. "Given the risk to inclusive growth
Congress members today staged a walk out from the West Bengal assembly demanding arrest of those behind the recent attack on its party members at Khejuri in East Midnapore district. Earlier, Congress member Asit Mal told the House t
The Gujarat chapter of the People`s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) has demanded an “independent inquiry commission to investigate the allegations of serious human rights violations, including enforced disappearances, killings, torture, rape
The Rajya Sabha is likely to sit up to 8 pm from Tuesday to discuss and dispose of numerous bills and other legislative business. There are consitutional amendments, replacing ordinaces with the bills. An announcement is likely to be made on Tuesd
CBI has summoned two retired IPS officers, who had at one point of time headed the probe into the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case as chiefs of state CID, and questioned one of them. G C Raigar and O P Mathur, who have already
The Supreme Court today asked the Army to produce before it the government notification which debars women officers from getting permanent commission in the armed forces. A bench comprising Justices J M Panchal and Gyan Sudha Misra
The mystery about who facilitated the escape of Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson`s from the country after the Bhopal gas tragedy, may never be solved. The then Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Arjun Singh has said in the past that A
Congress president Sonia Gandhi is said to have expressed shock at the court ruling on the Khairlanji issue. During a recent discussion on communal violence bill at the National Advisory Council (NAC) Narendra Jadhav raised the Khairlanji issue. T
