VHP on Monday said it would move court to get Ram Setu declared a national monument and slammed the Congress led UPA government for shifting to the Supreme Court, the task of taking a decision on the matter. "When it was possib
SC dismisses PIL challenging appointment of Lt Gen Bikram Singh as the next Army Chief. "We don`t find justifiable ground to entertain the petition", the apex court said. It also said that the dismissal of petition shall
A high alert has been sounded in the naxal-affected Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh following kidnapping of an IAS officer from Sukma district of neighbouring Chhattisgarh with the police advising public representatives and officials to carry
India`s foodgrains production estimate has been revised upwards by over two million tonne to an all-time high of 252.56 million tonne in 2011-12 crop year helped by bumper output of wheat and rice. In February, foodgrains production
NCP chief Sharad Pawar, who had caused a flutter by pitching for a "non-political" person as the candidate for the Presidential polls, today said he had only talked about an "agreed" candidate. "I have not s
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to place before it the file pertaining to the appointment of Lt Gen Bikram Singh as the next Army Chief. A bench of justices R M Lodha and H L Gokhale decided to go through the confidential d
There’s a predictable “oo-la-la” over the telecast of “The Dirty Picture.” Far from being the victim, Sony Entertainment is the biggest gainer. The mere telecast of a movie whose DVD is freely available in the market
The Chhattisgarh government has decided to appoint a sub-committee under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Raman Singh to look into the abduction of Collector Alex Paul Menon by the Naxals. Official sources told PTI that an emergen
As fresh cracks appeared in Team Anna after the expulsion of a Muslim leader, Anna Hazare on Monday said there is no rift in the group over the "leakage" of information or yoga guru Ramdev. In his first reaction after the
The Enforcement Directorate has summoned DMK MP Kanimozhi later this week in connection with its probe into alleged financial irregularities in the 2G spectrum allocation case. The 43-year-old daughter of former Tamil Nadu Chief Min
The Punjab government will soon establish an effective network of de-addiction centres across the state to weed out drug menace. A decision to this effect was taken today by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal during a high-level mee
A day after chief minister of eastern Indian state of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee sent an ultimatum to the Centre seeking a moratorium on repayment of loan by her state, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said a committee has been asked t
CBI on Sunday searched the residence of Congress MLA K N Tripathy here as it continued raids for the second day to make headway in the alleged corruption and horse-trading that marred the March 30 Rajya Sabha elections. "Yester
Maoists on Sunday demanded release of eight of their jailed leaders in Chattisgarh and a halt to "Operation Green Hunt" in exchange for freedom of Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon, who was safe, a day afer he was abducted and they also se
The sordid sex video freely circulating in the social media purportedly linking elevation of the impugned lady to judgeship flows beyond the senior MP and parliamentary committee chairman allegedly promising the lady to precisely what coinc
The Punjab government has banned the manufacture, import and use of pesticides which are injurious to health. It has also withdrawn registration of some pesticides in addition to restricting use of some other dangerous pesticides. It has also made
According to reports in certain sections of the media, Indian high commissioner in Male, Dhyaneshwar Mule asked the Maldivian government to provide a ‘note’ when requested for help to deal with coup that was underway in the archipelago
Four union ministers have sought the Congress high command to take them into the organisational set-up in the All India Congress Committee (AICC). Grapevine has it that one union minister has written a letter to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, sayin
The figure of Rs 10.67 lakh crore is a mind-numbing one. The numeral one followed by 13 zeroes. It is over 10% of the annual size of India’s economy today, and around 9% of the total value of India’s existing coal reserves. But this is
About 8,000 seats, meant for children from economically weaker section (EWS) are lying vacant in private public schools in the national capital. This was discussed at the review meeting of the Education department chaired by state educatio
