Congress is trying to whitewash the allegations of corruption against Robert Vadra and the Gandhi family saying that the parties being accused of striking the sweetheart deals are private concerns — a businessman (Vadra) and a company (
The national capital is in the middle of a reforms frenzy. There’s nothing wrong with that except that Manmohan Singh is seeking to package three years of utter failure as sudden virtue. Since his return to the finance ministry on July 31, P
The Congress-led UPA government has found the "right combination" in the alliance to push through much-needed economic reforms in India in the next two years, Minister of Law and Justice Salman Khurshid has said. "We have mo
Realty firm Unitech on Thursday said it would exit from telecom joint venture with Norway`s Telenor by disposing of its entire shareholding in Uninor and both the parties have amicably settled all legal disputes between them. Telenor wante
Three suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists, who were allegedly involved in the recent Pune blasts, have been arrested by Delhi Police. Sources said on Thursday that the trio were apprehended by Delhi Police`s Special Cell. The su
Prime minister Manmohan Singh is upset with union ministers rushing to defend Robert Vadra, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law on news-channels. Vadra was recently accused by India Against Corruption of having influenced acquisition of
The UPA government that has been facing brickbats from the opposition parties has got a compliment from BJP leader L K Advani for its flagship programme, MGNREGA, which he said has helped empower rural people and revive economic growth. Ma
Denied appointment by Prime Minister, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Wednesday criticised Manmohan Singh for the September 19 order of Cauvery River Authority headed by him on release of water to Tamil Nadu, and said it had no basis and was an
Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Wednesday kept up the suspense on continuance of outside support to the UPA government at the Centre, saying a decision on the issue will be taken soon. She also asked the cadres to be ready for snap
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday decried creation of "mindless atmosphere of negativity and pessimism" on the corruption issue and promised to strengthen the anti-graft law by including corporate failure to prevent bribery as a
The Supreme Court has reopened investigations into the disproportionate assets case against BSP leader Mayawati. The court while admitting a PIL, issued notice to the Centre and the CBI and Mayawati saying that it had never prohibited CBI
The “mango people (aam aadami)” turned out in force to buttress anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal`s testimony against businessman Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi. The “malafide nexus” betw
India plans to provide affordable electricity to all households in the next five years, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday. "The Government of India aims to provide 24x7 electricity to all households in the country and affo
Foodgrains production in 2012-13 will be lower than last year`s record output of 257.44 million tonnes but availability would be sufficient to meet domestic demand, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Tuesday. Addressing the Economic
The issue between the Army and the IAF for controlling attack helicopters was a "family problem" and the government was in the final stages of finding a solution for it, Defence Minister A K Antony said here on Tuesday. The Army
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said he intends to work with CAG to erase the impression of adversaries in an attempt to restore trust and confidence in all institutions. Addressing a Comptroller and Auditor (CAG) conference here
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday met the family of a Dalit teenaged girl, who immolated herself after being allegedly gang-raped in this district, and said perpetrators of such "barbaric" crimes must be severely punished.
Over 100 abortion centres in Thane have been asked to close down by health authorities after they were found to be violating regulations, officials said on Monday. Along with this, 319 sonography centres (private as well as government ones
Cutting across party lines, Congress and BJP leaders from Karnataka on Monday met prime minister Manmohan Singh to voice concern over the decision of the Cauvery River Authority asking the state to provide Tamil Nadu with 9000 cusecs of water dail
Taking a serious view of alleged use of human beings as guinea pigs for clinical trials by drug companies, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the centre and various states governments to reply to the allegation. A bench of justices R M Lodh
