Information commissioner Shailesh Gandhi, who retires on July 6, has cast serious aspersions on the working of the central information commission (CIC). In an exclusive interview to Governance Now, Gandhi said the appointment process for the membe
Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Bihar`s Bhojpur district early Friday morning, police said. Singh was on a morning walk when he was accosted by gunmen who pumped several bullets into him, killing
Prima facie ruling out that the derailment of Doon express was the handiwork of anti-social elements, railway minister Mukul Roy on Friday said the inquiry into the incident will be conducted by commissioner railway safety and stern action would b
BJP veteran LK Advani has once again stirred a hornets’ nest by taking on the RSS for remote-controlling the party and asked for an “introspection” to correct the ills that plague the party. In a well articulated write-up
After offering new age IT solutions to the world, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has now set his eyes on achieving his `ultimate` dream - low cost toilets. Come August and he will host the world`s best scientists and engineers in Seat
Launching an austerity drive to contain expenditure, the government today banned creation of new posts in its departments and holding their meetings in five-star hotels besides imposing curbs on foreign travel. The finance ministry
Five people were killed and 50 others injured on Thursday when several bogies of the Howrah-Dehradun Doon Express derailed near Mahrawa Station in Jaunpur. The incident took place Thursday afternoon, Superintendent of Police, Jaunpur, Ak
Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik, who returned New Delhi on Thursday from London, said he will look into "certain developments" when he reaches Bhubaneswar, in an apparent reference to a meeting of MLAs with powerful BJD MP Pyari
The much talked about ‘policy paralysis’ is now taking its toll on the country as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at a mere 5.3 percent in the January-March (fourth quarter of the financial year). The growth is lowest since
In his latest blog entitled "BJP: A hub of hope," party patriarch Lal Krishna Advani has for the first time publicly shared his anguish over the people becoming disappointed with the party. He penned the views he had shared at a
Slamming the government for causing "hardships" to people by increasing the price of petrol, NDA Convenor and JD(U) president Sharad Yadav on Thursday asked the Manmohan Singh government to resign and seek a fresh mandate.
The Cabinet on Thursday approved a new telecom policy that proposes to abolish roaming charges on mobile phones and allow users to retain the same number across the country. The Cabinet approved the National Telecom Policy (NTP) 201
The dawn-to-dusk bandh called by NDA and its allied partners on Thursday protesting hike in petrol prices, affect normal life in Arunachal Pradesh including the state capital Itanagar. All business establishments, educational inst
Hanging up his boots after a controversial tenure, outgoing army chief general V K Singh on Thursday said the internal health of the force has improved during his 26 months in office. Interacting with reporters after his farewell guard o
Gen Bikram Singh, a veteran infantry officer, on Thursday took over as the 25th chief of the Indian Army succeeding Gen VK Singh whose 26-month tenure was mired by controversies. 59-year-old Gen Bikram Singh will have a tenure of two years
Markets were closed in major cities of Rajasthan and private buses off the road as the bandh called by the NDA against petrol price hike began on Thursday. With trade associations extending support to the bandh called by BJP, markets in
NDA convener and JD-U national president Sharad Yadav and BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain were among 800 activists taken into custody while enforcing the NDA sponsored "bharat bandh" in Bihar to protest the petrol price hike. Yad
The bandh called by NDA and left parties to protest the steep hike in petrol prices on Thursday disrupted normal life in parts of BJP-ruled Karnataka where bandh supporters set on fire three buses and stoned about a dozen others forcing authori
As the country observes `World No Tobacco Day` on Thursday, moves to make cancer a notifiable disease are making progress with two states Kerala and Punjab agreeing to such a proposal. A meeting of various states will be held in the
BEST buses were pelted with stones in suburban Mulund and Dadar here as the bharat bandh called by the NDA to protest the petrol price hike began on Thursday. BJP activists staged noisy protests outside Borivali station, at S V Road in Ka
