The relative grading of officers` annual confidential reports during their promotion is not a personal information and should be made public, the Central Information Commission has held. Chief information commissioner Satyananda Mishra sai
The group of ministers (GoM) on Land Acquisition Bill on Monday remained divided over the issue of retrospective acquisitions and the consent required from land owners with agriculture minister Sharad Pawar saying two-three meetings are required t
Cautioning that absence of economic reforms will slow down growth, Indian finance minister P Chidambaram on Monday said political parties may oppose but should not obstruct decision making. "Every government is entitled to lay down po
“Dear PM, the Special Cell is a group of licensed marauders,” Irshad Ali wrote to the prime minister when he was lodged in Tihar Jail. Ali’s emotional letter to the PM was a narrative of the harrowing experience he underwent at t
YSR Congress leader and Member of Parliament Y S Jaganmohan Reddy will have to be in jail for some more time with the Supreme Court on Friday dismissing his bail plea in the alleged multi-crore disproportionate assets case against him. A b
As Kingfisher Airlines extended its partial lockout by a week till October 12, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Friday said the debt-ridden company will have to satisfy airline regulator DGCA on safety before it gets permission to fly again.
A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Friday declined to accept any fresh material other than what has been submitted by the expert panel on the controversial Mullaperiyar Dam row between Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The apex c
A recent supreme court order on information commission appointments at the states and union level has come under criticism from RTI activists and legal experts. A two-member bench, of justices A K Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar, on September 13 held
Backing Centre`s decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said the decision will help farmers prosper by removing middlemen from the supply chain and generate new jobs. Addressing the national executive
Armed with a letter written by Manoj Jayaswal to allot 26 percent shares of AMR Iron and Steel Private Limited, a Jayaswal Group company, "free of cost" to the Lokmat Group of Congress MP Vijay Darda, the Central Bureau of Investigation
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi may field some Muslim candidates in the coming Assembly elections for the first time to present his secular face with an eye on the prime ministerial chair. Not a single Muslim was fielded by the Bharatiya Jana
Hopes of ailing Kingfisher Airlines resuming operations on Friday faded on Thursday with last ditch efforts by the management to persuade striking engineers and pilots to return to work failing to end the deadlock over the issue of non-payment of
The Supreme Court today refused to grant interim bail to ex-Army officer Shrikant Prasad Purohit, Pragya Thakur and other accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. A bench of justices H L Dattu and C K Prasad refused to grant any interim re
Sharpening its missile prowess, India on Thursday successfully test-fired its nuclear- capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile with a strike range of 350 km from a test range near here as part of a user trial by the army. "The surface-to
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi has invited country’s five top industrialists to dispel corporate concerns about investing in the Himalayan state troubled by insurgency. Rahul Gandhi persona
The Winter Session of Parliament will be partially hit as the Gujarat poll campaign will be at its peak around that time. Tentatively, it is speculated that Winter session is to commence on November 19. If it is so, the 26 MPs from
Observing that piracy and armed robberies in high seas were threatening the stability of the Asian region, Defence Minister A K Antony on Wednesday said India was taking steps to augment its capabilities to fight piracy and terrorism. Addr
The Prime Minister`s Office (PMO) has declined to part with information related to coal blocks allocation citing ongoing CBI probe in the matter. "Keeping in view the ongoing CBI investigation in the matter, disclosure of information
The Supreme Court has directed the Centre and States to provide basic infrastructure, including drinking water and washroom facilities, in all schools within six months.
Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday lowered India`s growth forecast for the current fiscal to 5.6 percent, from 7 percent projected earlier, citing falling global demand and impact of delayed monsoon on agricultural production. India
