A battered, old van stands on one of the busiest streets in Delhi. For those not in the know, this could be just any other old van, plying the streets till it is actually condemned. But inside, a blind man is being readied for a trial. Sar
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray today met chief minister Ashok Chavan to express his party`s concern for lakhs of 10th class pass students whose fate is in limbo after the Bombay High Court struck down the government`s `best o
"In the urban third world, poor people dread high profile international events—conferences, dignitary visits, sporting events, beauty contests, and international festivals—that prompt authorities to launch crusades to clean up
An Empowered Group of Ministers headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today met for the second time in less than three weeks to decide on raising fuel prices, but Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee was absent again. Banerjee and
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah is exploring possibilities of intervening to stop the hanging of parliament terrorist attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru, fearing it would create new complications in the state like those created by h
Manveer Kaur`s misfortune exemplifies, in a horribly extreme manner, the misfortune of Maqboolpura neighbourhood of Punjab`s Amritsar district. A domestic worker, she has been wodowed twice, having lost her successive husbands to drug abu
Signalling a thaw in JD(U)-BJP ties, Bihar deputy chief minister and BJP leader Sushil Modi today accompanied chief minister Nitish Kumar in the last leg of his Vishwas Yatra to Gaya district. Kumar and Modi arrived at Patna state h
Home minister P Chidambaram today requested Karnataka Lok Ayukta head Santosh Hegde not to press his resignation, saying this would only encourage the "corrupt elements" in the state. Chidambaram spoke to Hegde who had tendered h
The Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee today observed black day to protest against the state government`s reported decision to conduct local bodies election on non-political basis. "As a part of the protest the party workers staged demo
New drugs enter the market every new day and make their way to new markets mainly in developing countries, says a report released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Lax regulations, populations in economic transition let drug
Justice N Santosh Hegde, perhaps the only performing Lokayukta in the country, submitted his resignation on Wednesday citing systematic lack of cooperation by the Karnataka government. The man who headed the most potent anti-corruption unit in the
Expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh today rejoined the party nine months after he was summarily thrown out for writing a controversial book on Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah. At a function organised to announce his re-induction
The Delhi government is keen to provide computers in Madarsas to enhance employment opportunities for students, chief minister Sheila Dikshit said here on Thursday. Dikshit, while addressing an Urdu Editor’s conference, said that the Urdu has b
Tightening the noose around former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda in a corruption case, the ED has obtained an additional Letters Rogatory to gather evidence from Dubai where one of Koda`s Pune-based associates allegedly invested Rs 270 crore
Annual food inflation rose to 16.90 per cent for the week ended June 12 on high prices of pulses, vegetables and milk. The annual rate of price rise of food items in the previous week was 16.12 per cent. Prices of pul
Main Opposition Congress in the BJP-ruled Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) today criticised the civic body for its alleged failure in implementing the Centre-sponsored Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY), a housing scheme for the poor.
Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha (BJYM) activists today held demonstration over Jammu and Kashmir government`s decision to impose entry tax on inter- state buses carrying pilgrims to Amarnath and Vaishnodevi shrines. About eighty BJYM activists
The union ministry of health and family welfare has asked the state authorities to keep a strict vigil on use of carbide gas for ripening of fruits. Use of carbide gas for ripening of fruits is prohibited under rule 44 AA of Prevention of Food Adu
Here is a businessman, who went to court with a public interest litigation – relating to Mumbai Police and the safety of the common man – but all he got from the court was punishment, of Rs five lakh, for filing a “frivolous&rdqu
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today described as unfortunate the resignation of Lokayukta Santosh Hegde, but maintained that he could not give any commitment on granting suo motu powers to the institution. "Hegde`s r
