A local business firm, which was associated with the project of installing statues of elephants at parks and memorials across Uttar Pradesh during the BSP regime, has been booked for allegedly denying payment to two contractors involved in the
"We must use (this time) to educate people and take whatever steps are feasible," says Montek Singh Ahluwalia (ET) explaining the dead as a dodo economy. So, the economy is what it is because we
The Finance Ministry is examining a proposal to hike excise duty on diesel cars, a move which may discourage consumption of subsidised fuel by personal vehicle owners, a senior government official said on Monday. "The proposal
Team Anna met in Noida on Monday amid a rift between them and yoga guru over the treatment meted out to Arvind Kejriwal in public and differences within them over attacking prime minister Manmohan Singh. Anna Hazare and Justice Santosh H
Patting revenue officials for doing "good job" last fiscal, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday exuded confidence that they will be able to meet indirect tax collection target of Rs 5.05 lakh crore for 2012-13. &qu
AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa will make a whirlwind tour of the bypoll bound Puthukottai assembly constituency on June 9 to campaign for her nominee VR Karthik Thondaiman, the party said on Monday. The chief
Differences continued to remain between Team Anna and Ramdev with activist Arvind Kejriwal on Monday contradicting the yoga guru`s claims that a protocol had been set not to take names of politicians or make personal attacks during speeches at the
Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Monday began the new innings as a member of Parliament. He took oath as member of Rajya Sabha to which he was nominated on April 26. 39-year-old Tendulkar, who was accompanied by
Virtually snubbing Arvind Kejriwal, yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday disapproved of the Team Anna member`s comments against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other politicians during his fast along with Anna Hazare saying he was against personal critici
Team Anna on Friday dismissed as "pretence" the CBI investigation into the irregularities in the coal block allocation and alleged such a probe is meant to give a "clean chit" to prime minister Mahmohan Singh. "The
Setting the stage for trial in the `Enrica Lexie` ship case, two Italian marines charged with shooting to death two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast will be produced in the district and sessions court in Kollam on Friday. Sessions judge P
India`s economy downslide has swung economist prime minister Manmohan Singh into taking into his hands the decisions supposed to be taken by other ministers, encroaching into the domain of petroleum minister S Jaipal Reddy and in
The CBI has started verifying the allegations of irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks to private companies between 2006 and 2009 and their misuse by them. The agency received from the central vigilance commission the complaint o
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday said his government would not reduce VAT on petrol any further. There was no justification for raising the price of petrol, particularly as oil prices were falling in the intern
Five years after merger of two state-run airlines, government on Friday announced that implementation of uniform structures for pay, allowances and career progression for Air India employees would start in 45 days, saying it was necessary if the a
Akash, an anti-aircraft defence system, can simultaneously engage several targets with `rajendra` radar developed by the electronics and radar development establishment (LRDE), a DRDO laboratory in Bangalore. `Rajendra` does the surveillan
Expressing disappointment over the centre not doing enough to eradicate corruption, anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare has said he has lost his faith in prime minister Manmohan Singh. "I had a strong belief in prime minister Manmohan Sin
Amid declining growth rate and the need to arrest economic slowdown, prime minister Manmohan Singh on Friday approved setting up of an investment tracking system to ensure speedy implementation of mega projects envisaging outlay of over Rs 1,000 c
Amidst uproar and walkout by BSP, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday presented his maiden state budget for 2012-13 with no new tax and a provision of Rs 500 crore for waving farm loans. It also provides for unemployment
Asked about defence minister A K Antony`s advice to forget the turbulence of the recent past, Gen Bikram Singh said he wants to look ahead and not behind. "Car is driven by seeing ahead through the windscreen and not through the rear
