Amid demands for calling Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram as witnesses before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on 2G, BJP members in the panel on Thursday once again abstained from its proceedings. Du
In the backdrop of transfer of Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka for his decision to probe into land deals, including that of Robert Vadra and realty major DLF, former Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde on Thursday asked state and Central government
If the babus of the planning commission were asked to name the line that divides Abu Road into two halves, they would have said: below poverty line (BPL). This line that demarcates this quaint block in Sirohi district of south Rajasthan in
A dilapidated structure that houses office of the block development officer (BDO) of Noorserai block of Nalanda district is symptomatic of the ills that afflict governance in Bihar. Till 11 am on September 11, offices are either closed or partiall
The Supreme Court on Thursday slapped a Rs.5 lakh fine on an ex-SP MLA while dismissing as without substance his petition against Rahul Gandhi in which he had alleged that the Congress leader had confined a girl in Uttar Pradesh. "The
Two CRPF troopers were killed and eight others injured, three of them seriously, when Naxalites triggered an IED blast blowing an anti-landmine vehicle in Bihar`s Gaya district on Thursday. The incident occurred at 6:20 AM near Chakarbanda
With its much awaited press meet of Wednesday, the India Against Corruption (IAC) has made two points clear: it is not a B-team of the BJP, as alleged by the Congress, and that it is targeting the whole specturm of existing political parties, as n
The eagerly awaited next episode of `expose` from the India Against Corruption (IAC) targeted, as widely expected, BJP president Nitin Gadkari. The overcrowded press meet at the constitution club started with IAC convener Arvind Kejriwal
The Congress has fully backed the government on its decision to raise the diesel price and ration LPG cylinders, but a demand has now come from within the party to revise the twin decisions, citing adverse implications in the elections. Th
An IPS officer has gone missing from Tippi in West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh when he was on his way to Tawang from Itanagar. Superintendent of Police of the Special Investigation Cell in the state police M S Chauhan went missing
Fireworks are expected in the next meeting of the JPC on 2G issue scheduled for Thursday with the demand for calling Finance Minister P Chidambaram as a witness becoming a sticky issue. The issue of summoning Chidambaram as a witness is ba
After being censured by his party`s Central Committee for defying the official line on the Kudankulam nuclear power plant issue, CPI(M) veteran V S Achuthanandan has also come under sharp attack in the Kerala unit of the party for openly taking di
The Delhi government is likely to take a radical step of phasing out the public distribution system (PDS) as we know it and replace it with cash transfer: a topic of hot debate for quite some time. Chief minister Sheila Dikshit has approve
Editor`s note: As the toilet vs temple debate rages on, fanned by Narendra Modi`s statement and the Congress`s immediate retaliation, we revisit a story on toilets – rather, the lack ot it – and why, how they more important than we
If everything goes all right, Sumit Bose is likely to replace Ajit Seth as the next cabinet secretary. According to unconfirmed reports, this 1976 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer who presently serves as revenue secretary will be the senior
In the aftermath of senior Haryana IAS officer Dr Ashok Khemka blowing the lid off Robert Vadra-DLF deals in the state and appearing on television channels after he was transferred in an unexplained haste, Congress party has aksed its leaders to k
A senior Haryana IAS officer is at the Centre of a raging controversy after he was transferred in the wake of his decision to probe alleged undervaluation of properties dealt with by Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday questioned the transfer of a senior Haryana IAS officer alleging that he was shunted out because he ordered a probe into land deals allegedly involving Robert Vadra and realty major DLF. A 1991-batch officer, Ash
Slamming the DMK for its "unprecedented scams", AIADMK supremo and Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday exuded confidence that people who unseated the Karunanidhi Government would give more resounding success to her party in the futu
For Ashok Khemka, one more ‘punishment transfer’ was yet another feather in his cap as an upright IAS officer, but he has strongly objected this time. Last week, he ordered a probe into the controversial land deals between the real est
