Governing Kashmir could be compared with sweeping leaves in the thorny undergrowth in a forest of Chinars during an autumn storm, while watching out for neighbours driving by with tipper trucks full of decaying leaves that they want to empty at th
The CBI today moved a court seeking five days custody of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah in the Soharabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. Senior Supreme Court lawyer K T S Tulsi, representing the investigating agency in the special
Serving women army officers won their first round of legal battle with the Government today assuring the Supreme Court that it will be consider giving them permanent commission in legal and educational branches. However, these offic
The Haryana government will implement some of the tourism projects through Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode as part of its efforts to project the state as a key tourist destination. The projects to be implemented under this mod
The CBI today filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court seeking restoration of stringent charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, which attracts maximum punishment of a ten-year jail term, against the accused in the 1984 Bhopal Ga
Minority educational institutions could approach National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions incase of difficulty in obtaining requisite certificate from state governments to get Constitutional protection under Article 30, its chairm
Battling an upsurge in violence, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the state needs a political initiative to deal with the situation but made it clear that for that to happen a semblance of normalcy is a precursor.
The government today said it has found company law violations in the ownership pattern in the several Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket teams and Registrar of Companies has been asked to take penal action. "The preliminary in
Uttar Pradesh government today asked the Centre to reconsider its decision to grant the powers of search, seizure and arrest to Sashastra Seema Bal deployed on the Indo-Nepal border in view of complaints regarding alleged misbehaviour by SSB perso
Condom vending machines will be set up at the Commonwealth Games offices and venues where condoms will be available for free and also for rupees five each for use by the guests and the locals, said National AIDS Control Organisation’s (NACO)
Contrary to the earlier apprehensions, basmati rice production in the country is unlikely to decline in the current fiscal due to the recent floods in north Indian states. Basmati acreage, which was earlier expected to dip by 5 per cen
The carpet exporters, who were severely hit by the global slowdown, will get a relief from the US as America has removed the ban on them. Indian carpet industry from is mandatory child labour free Indian carpet industry did not find mentio
The Prime Minister`s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) came heavily on the textiles ministry and cautioned that "abrupt" changes in the cotton export policy would hurt the interest of farmers and dent India`s image as a dependable global
India`s exports are likely to cross the USD 200 billion mark for the first time this fiscal on the back of demand revival in the country`s traditional markets such as the US and Europe. In its economic outlook for 2010-11, the Prime Minist
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has asked the Chief Vigilance Officers of organizations and departments to finish investigations of cases in a time bound manner. The CVC issued this notice in wake of the April order of the Cen
Diabetics, who need insulin injections daily, may now get some relief as A team of scientists of the National Immunology Institute of India, An autonomous institution under the Department of Biotechnology, government of India, has discovered a nov
Prime minister Manmohan Singh today chaired a high-level meeting to discuss the current unrest in the Kashmir Valley and find an administrative and political way out in consultation with chief minister Omar Abdullah. All the members of the
IT firm HCL Infosystems today said it has bagged an order of Rs 1,000 crore from the Madhya Pradesh government for setting up food-coupon based public distribution system. HCL Infosystems-led consortium has bagged this order, whic
The CBI today said it had not asked the Supreme Court to shift the controversial Soharabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case outside Gujarat in its probe status report, an issue that had drawn a sharp reaction from Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
Army will consider giving permanent commission to serving Women Short Service Commission Officers in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) and educational branches, Government today told the Supreme Court. An undertaking in this regard w
