After almost two years of painstaking efforts, the CRPF has successful used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to pick up ground conversation and movement of Maoist cadres in terrains of Chhattisgarh. A special squad of the anti-Naxal force r
The Gujarat Police has approached a Delhi court seeking custody of Naxal leader Kobad Ghandy to interrogate him for his alleged role in guiding Maoist activities in the state before he was caught by city police. The Gujarat police has move
"Lokpal lao nahi to jao" will be the refrain for the next phase of social activist Anna Hazare`s agitation for the Jan Lokpal Bill, till the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. "We will wait for the passing of the bill till the cur
For the second time, the Department of Space has declined to give details on why punitive action was taken against former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair in connection with the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, evoking a sharp reaction from the scientis
S Narsing Rao will be the new chairman and managing director of Coal India Limited. Afte
The Government on Thursday said it will "very soon" take a decision on the issue of allowing foreign airlines to pick up stake in the Indian carriers. "This has been discussed with the Finance Minister, Civil Aviation
Former BJP leader B Sreeramulu in Thursday flayed the tour undertaken by former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in drought hit district of the state and termed it as another "drama" to regain power. "Chief Minister
Jharkhand High Court on Thursday granted bail to former state Chief Minister Madhu Koda, who was in prison for over two years in connection with illegal investments and hawala transaction case. Koda, who was in judicial custody sinc
With the Congress debacle in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls coming as a jolt, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday began the task of analysing the outcome to make the party battle-ready ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in 2014. Gandhi, who led the party
The Border Security Force (BSF) Kashmir Frontier has established a human rights cell in the Valley with an aim to sensitise its personnel about human rights. "A human rights cell headed by Deputy Commandant K S Rawat has been e
Arunachal Pradesh government has released an amount of over 98 crore for paying the salary of teachers serving under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). "The arrears from May last year to March this year has been released and will be
In the Congress-led UPA government, the sun of good fortune never sets on a loyalist. Perhaps, that’s why the Manmohan Singh government doesn’t even blink when its blue-eyed boy, the science and technology minister, Vilasrao Deshmukh g
CBI arrests BJP MLA Rajendra Rathore in Dara Singh fake encounter case in Rajasthan.
The electoral debacle that the party suffered in the last parliamentary and assembly polls will come under sharp focus at the 20th Congress of the CPI-M as delegates on Thursday began discussions on the draft political resolution presented by part
Breaking his silence, Army Chief Gen V K Singh today dismissed as "absolutely stupid" a report on the "unusual" movement of two army units towards Delhi in mid-January, saying unnecessary attempts were being made to "throw
Taking serious note of irregularities detected in irrigation department works during Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav`s tour of Lakhimpur Kheri, the state government has suspended six senior engineers besides transferring the principal secretary of t
In a bid to identify "rogue" traders, Goa Government has decided to classify all the 90-odd mining leases in the state into three different categories depending on their mining status. State Mines and Geology department ha
The CBI has filed its second chargesheet in connection with alleged irregularities in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) against former Uttar Pradesh Director General of Family Welfare S P Ram and three others for flouting tender rules in su
Bowing to Maoists demands, Odisha government gas said it would facilitate the release of 27 persons, including 8 Maoists, from jails in return for securing the freedom of an MLA and an Italian taken hostage by two separate groups of Naxals.
"I am not a mad man. I am a realist and I know my limitations," was how Defence Minister A K Antony reacted when asked whether he was a candidate for the Presidential elections. "There should be a limit to ambition...
