Good news on the wildlife front is so rare these days that it is not believed in the first instance. Perhaps, that’s why when the population of the endangered Gangetic river dolphin was found to have grown to 223 in November 2011 from about
Law Minister Salman Khurshid, who is under attack from Arvind Kejriwal, feels "an ant" cannot be a challenge to an elephant like Congress and says the activist is having a "pipe dream" of taking the space of big parties by tryi
After bitter separation with the Congress, the Trinamool Congress is mulling moving an adjournment motion or a censure motion that entails voting in the Winter Session of Parliament against the "anti-people" policies of the UPA governmen
Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said Al Said is the chief guest of 2013 Republic Day celebrations. A political decision has been taken to this effect by the cabinet committee - after informal discussions through diplomatic channels with sultan o
Fasih Mohammed, a suspected Indian Mujahideen operator and a key accused in the Delhi and Bangalore blasts, was on Monday arrested after he was deported from Saudi Arabia. 28-year-old Fasih, after being in detention for five months in Saud
The principal opposition party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday rejected the government’s proposal to either shorten the winter session of parliament or stagger it in two parts in view of the assembly elections in Gujarat in Decem
This Saturday will mark the launch of country’s first service integrated Aadhaar card. Rajasthan will be the first state to have the experience as prime minister Manmohan Singh will launch the service on Saturday in Dudu. The functio
With allegations levelled against its own members, India Against Corruption on Friday announced setting up of a three-member panel of retired judges to probe the charges against its prominent members, including Prashant Bhushan and Anjali Damania.
The much awaited Aadhaar enabled system for direct cash transfer to beneficiaries under social schemes such as MNREGA and pension will be launched tomorrow by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Dudu, Rajasthan. The payment mechanism is aimed
High drama unfolded at the international airport here when the pilot of the Abu Dhabi-Kochi Air India flight pressed the hijack button in panic after irate passengers allegedly stormed the cockpit. The passengers created a ruckus after the
Noorserai is one of the 20 blocks of Nalanda district. Area: 12,485 hectares Agricultural land: 10,872 hectares Topography: Fertile, alluvial soil Irrigatio
Area: 180.5 sq km Population: 127,755 (2011 census) SCs: 21 percent
Abu Road block is one of the 18 blocks in Sirohi district in south Rajasthan. It has 21 panchayats and 85 villages. The villages are dispersed in small and scattered clusters with houses situated on the slopes of mountains and valleys.
ANSA-SAR Affiliated Network for Social Accountability – South Asia Region (ANSA-SAR) was initiated in 2009 with a seed grant from the World Bank Institute. The primary objective of this netwo
Taking exception to Calcutta High Court`s order refusing to give notice to Mamata Banerjee on appointment of Dr Sukumar Mukherjee as chief health advisor to the state goverment, the Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the West Bengal Chief Mi
The organisers of pop star Enrique Iglesias` concert held here on Wednesday night have alleged that a senior police official roughed them up when they objected to allow his guests without requisite passes. Without naming the officer, the o
The cash-strapped Deccan Chargers on Friday moved the Supreme Court against the team`s termination from the Indian Premier League (IPL) by the India`s cricket governing body -- Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The Deccan Charg
Even as BJP MPs are boycotting the Joint Parliamentary Committee looking into the 2G spectrum scam, the panel`s chairman PC Chacko has ruled out summoning of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. After Thursday`s meeting, he said that finance minister P
Former IPS officer YP Singh on Thursday accused Arvind Kejriwal of shielding Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar even as the India Against Corruption (IAC) came to the anti-corruption activist’s defence, and clarified that it
Like the Italian Mafiosi bound by the pact of secrecy known as Omerta, India’s elites are intrinsically secretive. They fight back bitterly whenever this unwritten code is challenged. This is why Jinnah’s eating habits and Nehru’
