External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj today claimed that a senior Congress leader pressed her to give diplomatic passport to coal scam accused Santosh Bagrodia. "A senior Congress leader was pressing me hard to give diplomatic passport to t
With an enrollment of over 80 crore people under Aadhar scheme the centre seems to be firm on institutionalizing the scheme. Accordingly the government today urged the supreme court bench hearing the Aadhar case to refer it to a constitution bench
The monsoon session of the parliament began on Tuesday. Even though the government is willing the opposition is not ready to allow the session to proceed smoothly. At the parliament house, prime minister Narendra Modi voiced hope th
The supreme court has rejected the curative petition filed by death row convict Yakub Memon who is currently lodged in the Nagpur central jail.Memon has been sentenced to death in the March 12, 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.This will be the
The Goa government has decided to review all projects in which services of US-based company Louis Berger were engaged even as the state crime branch has started the investigation into the bribery scam over allegations of kickbacks for a water deve
The UN held its first session of deliberations, in the week beginning July 6, to thrash out an international legally binding instrument to regulate, under international human rights law, transnational corporations (TNCs) and other businesses. The
When the US secretary of state, John Kerry, toppled off his bike in the picturesque village of Scionizer in June he had already achieved his twin objectives that have become constants with his Geneva trips over the last two years. The first object
Parliament is set for confrontation between the Opposition-led by Congress and the government. The Narendra Modi government will be hauled up over Vyapam scam and Lalit Modi episode. External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj is likely to make a stat
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday asked Police Commissioner BS Bassi to provide details regarding crime against women in the national capital."We asked Bassi to give us details on the number of FIRs registered on the basis of com
Prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday unveiled the government’s job board called National Career Service (NCS) portal. Though it is a government por
Two constables of Delhi police have filed complaints against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for his ‘thulla’ remark against cops. "A case can be lodged by the Anti-Corruption Branch against anyone for being in
Responsibility to run parliament has to be shared by all, said prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday at meeting of political parties convened on the eve of the monsoon session. The all-party meet was called by Parliamentary Affairs Minister
I took a straw poll and asked couple of my well informed friends a question. What does GIS mean? One gave its full form before launching into the technical aspects of how satellites, drones, aircraft and balloons are used to scan an area. An
The photograph of the Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s ‘selfie’ with American president Barack Obama and British prime minister David Cameron at South African leader Nelson Mandela’s memorial celebration in De
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will meet Delhi police commissioner BS Bassi today (Monday) to discuss law and order in the city. the immediate provocation is murder of a 19-year-old girl, stabbed 35 times for protesting harassment. But the l
Giving a flip to the Digital India campaign, the ICT hardware sector in India has registered a healthy growth of 23.9 percent, clocking overall revenues of $15.87 billion during 2014-15. Leading the growth are the handheld devices – smartpho
In a bizarre incident, unidentified men opened fire at the office of AAP legislator Kailash Gehlot in Delhi on Friday but no one was hurt. The Aam Aadmi Party legislator was then at his residence. There was no one at the office. An earlier r
Today is the day of loaded political discourse that can also serve as lessons to politicians. While Congress leader Rahul Gandhi remained stuck to the rhetorical mud-slinging, prime minister Narendra Modi seesawed between statesmanship and mockery
She is yet to undergo the essential training at Mussoorie to become an Indian administrative service (IAS) officer. But within 96 hours of the union public service commission (UPSC) declaring the results of the 2014 civil services exams on July 4,
The Bharatiya Janata Party will continue to grow and Shiv Sena will remain confined to one state or say to Mumbai. Apart from being a national party, there are other reasons; especially the art of forging partnership makes the BJP powerful and the
