After facing the ire of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) over reporting timings as it issued show cause notice to late comers, the Indian Commercial Pilots` Association has written a letter to the DGCA requesting a clarification on the
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the summons issued by the special CBI court to former prime minister Manmohan Singh in a coal scam case. The special CBI court had summoned Singh along with five others. Singh has been accused o
Oil marketing companies have cut petrol prices by 49 paise per litre and diesel will be cheaper by Rs 1.21 a litre even as crude prices in the international market continue to react to Iran nuclear talks. The reduction follows two rounds o
After the most stunning election victory in memory, Arvind Kejriwal may seem to be most powerful chief minister in the country. Actually, he has less power than all the rest of the CMs. That is because of the special status of the capital. Kejriwa
The dispute over Cauvery river water has taken many twists and turns over the years. The last week’s bandh in Tamil Nadu against the Karnataka government’s decision to construct a dam across the Cauvery river at Mekedatu is being seen
The letter war on land acquisition law has taken an ugly turn with transport minister Nitin Gadkari accusing Congress president Sonia Gandhi of misleading the country. Responding to her rebuttal, Gadkari in a fresh letter addressed to the Congress
The law commission presented its 255th report, on electoral reforms, on March 12, with some bold recommendations to make democracy more meaningful and thriving. It should have generated a debate. But, like several reports on this crucial subject i
One person dies every 4 minutes due to road accident in India and this is a good enough reason to change laws. And the Supreme Court has urged lawmakers to have a more stringent punishment in terms of rash and negligent driving causing death.
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, followed the 86th amendment to the constitution of India, which made elementary education for children in the age group of 6-14 years a fundamental right. Its passage was greeted by
A s dusk sets in, Asi ghat comes to life. A stage has been set up and performers gather in colourful garb. Locals and tourists begin to occupy the steps of the ghat. Tea sellers and boatmen do brisk business. It’s soon time for a newly estab
There is disconnect in the industry and the regulator seems to have realized it. With users bypassing regular revenue earning services like voice call and SMS, the telecom companies have reason to be disconnected with their subscribers who a
Captain Patrick Sonderheimer of Germanwings flight yelled, “Open the damn door!” moments before the aircraft he was commandeering slammed into the French Alps. With passengers screaming in the background, Sonderheimer shouts: “fo
Taking cyber attack to new and scary level, Chinese web experts have been targeting a popular US coding website. From Thursday onwards, GitHub has been hit by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that sent large volumes of w
The sky suddenly seems scary. Firstly a Malaysian aircraft goes missing in March 2014, then a Singapore Airlines plane crashes and now the Germanwings Flight 9525 smashed into Alpine mountainside. The horror became bigger with the news that the co
After the success of a movie based on his life, British physicist Stephen Hawking has been encouraged to trademark his name. Seventy-three-year-old Hawking has applied to the Intellectual Property Office to have his name formally re
Thomas Piketty, whose ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’ has put economic equality on top of public debates around the world, has emerged as the top ‘world thinker’ in an annual opinion poll conducted by the British maga
Just as Congress president Sonia Gandhi was admitted to a hospital in the US in 2011, a bouquet with a get-well-soon message was delivered at her residence early one morning. Sonia’s illness was a closely guarded secret till then. The myster
The outfit had taken birth to give shape to commom person`s aspiration but what transpired on Saturday morning does not make any sense to aam aadmi, looking for an alternative to Indian political culture. At the Aam Aadami Party`s national council
Indian railways is looking at private investment not privatisation, said Manoj Sinha, minister of state for railways while delivering the keynote address at `Rail Budget: Reforms & Governance’ conference in Delhi. The round table was par
The railway ministry wants people travel in trains out of willingness and not out of compulsion, Manoj Sinha, MoS, has said. Talking about efforts made by the Indian railways to ensure safe and comfortable journey for the passengers, he said that
