Political leaders may have divergent views on implementation of provisions of Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, but a senior social scientist here feels that it may not be in the interest of countries like India in view of its socio-economic con
The All India Parents` Association (AIPA) Delhi will start an agitation next month against the recent school fee hike. They are also opposing inaction on the part of DoE against all schools which were indicted in the 2010 CAG report. IS Ga
Today, the government has filed a `presidential reference` with respect to the supreme court verdict in the 2G spectrum allocation. Here is a simple introduction to presidential reference: What is a presidential reference?
A designated court here on Thursday awarded life sentence to 18 people and handed out seven-year jail terms to five others in connection with the massacre of 23 people in Gujarat’s Ode village during the 2002 post-Godhra communal riots.
The central bureau of investigation may question Lt General (retired) Tejinder Singh earlier next week. Army chief General VK Singh had on Tuesday filed a detailed complaint with the federal investigation agency that the retired lieutenant general
S Narsing Rao, the new chairman and managing director of Coal India Limited, will chair his first board meeting on April 16. The issues of Fuel Supply Agreements (FSA) and penalty clause are likely to be discussed in the meeting. All the board mem
An NGO has filed a fresh complain with the anti-corruption bureau against ex-chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, a few government officials and judges for allotment of land reserved for providing shelter to the people without shelter to a society of
In a big boost to ailing Air India, the government on Thursday approved a turnaround plan (TAP) to restructure the operations and the finances of the cash-strapped carrier, including infusion of additional equity. "The turnaround plan
Defence Ministry on Thursday denied reports of any difference with armed forces and said the government is working in harmony with the three services. "There is no difference at all within the establishment and the armed forces and we
The Cabinet on Thursday approved a bill that seeks to regulate government purchases of above Rs 50 lakh through a transparent bidding process. The Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, approved the public procurement b
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday expressed happiness at the Supreme Court verdict upholding the constitutional validity of the Right to Education Act of 2009 saying it has brought clarity and put all controversies to rest. Sibal
Nupur Talwar, facing arrest in the twin murder case of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking stay on the non- bailable warrant (NBW) issued against her by the trial court. A bench of jus
If a political party has to be judged by the quality of rhetoric and platitudes it produces, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) would evidently appear to be caught in a time warp. The six-day congress, the highest decision-making body of the p
Italian hostage Paolo Bosusco was released by the Maoists on Thursday, 29 days after he was abducted along with his countryman Claudio Colangelo by the Naxals in Odisha`s Kandhamal district. Bosusco (54) was handed over by the Maoists to t
The supreme court on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of the Right to Education Act, 2009, which mandates 25 percent free seats to the poor in government and private unaided schools uniformly across the country. All government, local an
Despite describing her husband Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda as her "friend, philosopher and guide", wife Subhasree Das alias Mili on Thursday denounced the act of taking a foreign national hostage and showed willingness to become a med
Human resource development minister Kapil Sibal had a discussion with IIT directors, chairpersons and faculty members on Wednesday on a proposal to change the examination pattern of the IIT-JEE. But they could not arrive on a final decision
India on Wednesday issued a tsunami warning for Nicobar islands and alerted the coastal regions of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh after an earthquake of 8.9 magnitude hit waters off western coast of northern Sumatra. "We have is
The Delhi government has decided to reimburse a maximum of Rs 1,190 to private schools for children admitted under the economically weaker section. Under the Right to Education Act (RTE), the private schools must reserve 25 percent of its
In the backdrop of the recent storm over alleged corruption in defence procurements, Defence Minister A K Antony on Wednesday said the country`s interests were paramount and there will be "no cover up and no vendetta". &qu
