Even as India gets its yearly rap form the United Nations for not having updated data on drug abuse (last survey was done in 2001), not much has changed. Lately, when the central government woke up to its best of intention of conducting such a sur
The Intellectual Property Appellate Board of India on March 4 rejected the German firm Bayer AG`s appeal of a ruling last year that allowed Hyderabad-based Natco Pharma to produce a cheaper generic version of Bayer’s kidney and liver
Aligarh Muslim University students on Tuesday took out a protest march against alleged rising number of crimes in the state. The students also handed over a memorandum to the district authorities, addressed to the President of India, deman
"Asking me whether you want to be Prime Minister is a wrong question," Rahul Gandhi said today. The Congress Vice-President made this suo motu remark while interacting with party MPs amid growing clamour in Congress for projectin
Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday made an attempt to clear his stand on his name being propped up as the probable prime ministerial candidate. He told his partymen, "The prime minister`s post is not my priority. I believe in long-term politics."
On Sunday, March 3, Pranab Mukherjee left New Delhi for Dhaka on his first trip abroad since becoming the president. While his three-day trip was overtaken by the crisis situation in Bangladesh and the diplomatic snub from the leader of opposition
Neiphiu Rio was on Tuesday sworn in for a third straight term as Chief Minister of Nagaland along with 11 ministers by the Governor at a glittering function at the Raj Bhavan here. All the eleven ministers were from his own party, the Naga
Expressing serious concern over the implementation of Rs 52,000-crore farm debt waiver scheme, government auditor CAG on Tuesday said in several cases ineligible farmers were given benefit while deserving ones were left out. Comptroller an
The arena for the first skirmish between Congress and the BJP in the run-up to 2014 general elections, the politically volatile Karnataka is the only state where the ruling party expects to improve its tally. And it should thank a badly fractured
After Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi called prime minister Manmohan Singh as the "night watchman" of Congress, the new term coined for the PM was the much talked about topic among the MPs in the parliament corridors. Someone was he
The entire national capital will soon be under the hawk’s eye. As per an ambitious plan cleared recently by the ministry of home affairs, more than 6,000 CCTV cameras will be installed all over Delhi in the coming few months to keep a tab on
On Sunday, Swiss voters voiced their anger against corporate greed, clearing a landmark plan to boost what shareholders can do to curb executive greed. Just a day before, a CEO of a Rs1,000-crore company told me about the annual Vijay Mallya party
Suspecting foul play, relatives of those killed while allegedly making bombs in the proposed Posco steel plant area of Jagatsinghpur district in Odisha on Monday refused to take the three bodies. "We had issued notice to the relatives
A Delhi court on Monday framed charges against Irom Sharmila Chanu, who has been on fast for about 12 years demanding repeal of controversial AFSPA, for allegedly attempting to commit suicide during her `fast until death` here in 2006. Met
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwa has announced an indefinite hunger strike and civil disobedience movement from March 23 against rising electricity and water prices in Delhi. While addressing a press conference, Kejriwal appeale
Adnan Singh, 56, looks intently at the swollen leg of Kanta Bai. For about 10 minutes he stares at it from different angles. He then asks her to take her tongue out. As Kanta Bai obliges, he looks at her tongue for another five minutes, after whic
Congress on Monday hit out at BJP for its focus on Narendra Modi, saying it betrays a "leadership vacuum" in the main Opposition party as the Gujarat Chief Minister is "not a leader of stature". "Modi is speaking i
The Reserve Bank on Monday said financial inclusion plan will be an important criteria for getting new bank licences in the private sector. The RBI came out with new bank licence guidelines last month wherein it said the important criterio
Controversial UP Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias `Raja Bhaiya` on Monday resigned from the state Cabinet in the wake of the killing of a DSP in Pratapgarh district. "Raja Bhaiya ka istifa ho gaya hai (Raja Bhaiya has resigned),&q
A man has been arrested here in connection with the February 21 Hyderabad blasts, police said on Monday. "A man identified as Manzar Imam has been arrested," Superintendent of Police Vipul Shukla told PTI. However, he ref
