Four persons allegedly involved in the ransacking of the office of former NCERT advisor Suhas Palshikar in the wake of the row over B R Ambedkar`s cartoon have been sent to two days police custody by a court here. The accused, suspected to
Despite record wheat production in Madhya Pradesh, the farmers are an unhappy lot as the shortage of jute bags to stock the foodgrain has nullified their achievement and even triggered violent protests. One farmer was killed in Bare
In a bid to evolve consensus on the Lokpal Bill before it is brought to Rajya Sabha, government on Thursday reached out to the Opposition and other parties to thrash out differences and ensure smooth passage of the proposed legislation. Un
The Government has decided to assess anti-corruption measures being taken in the country and invited expression of interest from experts to undertake a self evaluation study. The move is part of the mandatory obligation after ratifi
While the world has not recovered from the second financial crisis since 2008, Kaushik Basu, the chief economic advisor to the prime minister, anticipates another tanking of global economy in 2014. “The world has a risk of a m
In an effort to help differently abled children, Tamil Nadu Government has decided to set up a State Resource Centre here, the first-of-its-kind in the country. Making a suo motu statement in the assembly, Chief Minister Jayalalitha
Opposition on Thursday targeted P Chidambaram in the Lok Sabha over the Aircel-Maxis deal, dubbing it as a "big scam" allegedly involving his son but the Home Minister dismissed the charges as "wild and reckless".
After 20 years of stay in India, 82-year-old Pakistani microbiologist Mohammed Khalil Chishti, facing life imprisonment in a murder case, was on Thursday permitted by the Supreme Court to visit Pakistan for a temporary stay, subject to certain con
Member of the Supreme Court appointed Empowered Committee on Mullaperiyar Dam Justice K T Thomas on Thursday said it was unfortunate that some quarters had sought to politicise and whip up emotions on the panel`s report, instead of looking at it r
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to direct the Centre to recommend a presidential reference against NHRC Chairman and former CJI K G Balakrishnan for his alleged misconduct during his tenure as a judge in the apex court. The ap
In a surprise move, retired Lt Gen Tejinder Singh on Thursday withdrew his petition from the Supreme Court seeking a CBI inquiry into the alleged misconduct of Army Chief Gen V K Singh. Appearing before a bench of justices P Sathasi
Tainted IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre Pradeep Shukla has been arrested by the central bureau of investigation (CBI) for his alleged role in the national rural health mission (NRHM) scam. Shukla was arrested from Lucknow airport on Thursda
The condition of Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda, his wife and four others, who suffered injuries when a helicopter carrying them crash-landed at the airport here, is stable, doctors attending on them said on Thursday. "Th
Over 20 Air India flights were cancelled on Thursday from Delhi and Mumbai as the agitation by the protesting pilots entered the third day. Despite the Delhi High Court declaring their stir as illegal, the pilots remained defiant an
The supreme court on Wednesday gave bail to former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura, arrested last year on February 2 for his alleged role in the 2G case, and also upheld the bail granted to former telecom minister A Raja`s ex-private secretary
In the past couple of years, the union government has been accusing the apex court of stepping into the executive’s domain and making policy decisions on its behalf. This act of the court is described as “judicial overreach”.
Accusing the central government of diverting and denying them the SC & ST funds, thousands of protesters belonging to scheduled castes and tribes marched towards parliament and later staged a sit-in at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda on Wednesday suffered injuries in a helicopter accident at the Birsa Munda Airport here. "The chief minister suffered injuries when the helicopter met with an accident while landing," R
Consider this: Cuba, unlike India, is not a rising economic superpower. MNCs are not falling over each other to invest in Uruguay, the way they are in India. Sri Lanka has not seen runaway economic growth that India has witnessed in the last two d
Asking partymen to draw lessons from the previous polls, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said that leaders must shed factional behaviour and fight as one disciplined team as the party braces to face a series of state elections in the
