The Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday appealed to the Maoists for the extension of their deadline for the release of Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, who was abducted last Saturday. N Baijendra Kumar, principal secretary to chi
Retired Lt Gen Tejinder Singh on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court seeking CBI inquiry on the alleged role of Army Chief Gen V K Singh in the purported bugging of Defence Minister`s office and action against him for "misconduct".
A technical group to revisit the norms to estimate poverty will be set up within the next two weeks, the Lok Sabha was informed said. The Planning Commission`s new poverty estimates announced last month had created uproar in Parliam
Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said money is not a constraint but honesty is required to make progress in the field of sanitation and hygiene. He was addressing a workshop on water, sanitation and hygiene at the Park Hotel on Wednesday.
Brushing aside fresh allegations in connection with the Bofors deal, Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Wednesday said the case is closed and there is no need to reopen it. The Law Minister also sought a public apology from all those m
Government on Wednesday ordered a fresh probe into the allegations of malpractices in procurement of 12 helicopters for the VVIP Communication Squadrons of the Indian Air Force (IAF) from Italian firm Agusta Westland. "Any such
The econocracy is busy doing the predictable downplay of the downgrade in India’s investment outlook. A more honest approach would be to confirm that Standard & Poor’s concerns (see full text below) are ours too. Honesty alone
Congress on Wednesday rejected reports that some of its ministers have offered to party President Sonia Gandhi to quit their posts and work for the party. "Till this moment, Congress President has not received any such letter f
Come monsoon we will have the spectacle of food grain rotting in the open once again. And that is because while the government has failed miserably to add capacity to store, stocks of food grain is increasingly at an alarming rate.
Bhartiya Janata Party on Wednesday decided to rake up the Bofors pay-offs issue in Parliament in wake of fresh allegations that the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi may have soft-pedalled the probe to protect Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocch
Maoists holding the ruling BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka for over a month on Wednesday decided to release the tribal leader on Thursday, a lawyer, who fights cases for the Maoists, said. "The Maoists have held their `praja (people`s) court` wh
The central bureau of investigation is set to question former communications and IT minister Dayanidhi Maran and others early next week in connection with the Maxis-Aircel deal as part of the 2G spectrum allocation scam, CBI sources said on Tuesda
Two former chief secretaries of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, who were on Tuesday named as nominees for talk with naxals, have said that ensuring "safe" release of the abducted collector Alex Paul Menon will be their top priority.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to grant 400 days to the government to complete the process of fresh auctioning of the 2G spectrum licences but extended the deadline for it from June 2 to August 31, 2012. A bench of justices G
Wal-mart was at the centre of a debate in India last year: when the UPA government tried to open up the retail shopping to FDI. The numbers were not the government’s favour, so the matter was put on the backburner. But the proposal remains o
The HRD ministry in its 12th five year plan has recognised 36 universities as potential participants for its various teachers` education programme to improve the quality of teaching in schools. The list prepared by the HRD ministry includes names
Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm after uproar over Telangana and other issues. Opposition members raised anti-government slogans over the issue of Telangana’s statehood. The Opposition is likely to raise Congress MP Abhishek Man
Telecom regulator TRAI on Monday proposed a steep minimum price for auction of 2G telecom spectrum, setting off fears of a hike in mobile phone tariffs which are at present among the cheapest in the world. The Telecom Regulatory Aut
Congress on Monday termed as "the right step" the resignation by Abhishek Manu Singhvi as party spokesman and chairman of parliamentary standing committee on Law and Justice but remained evasive on whether he was directed to do so.
Team Anna member and Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan on Tuesday refused to mediate on behalf of the Maoists but appealed to them to unconditionally release Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon. He also stated that the dema
