Centre on Tuesday termed as "completely baseless" a Sri Lankan newspaper report about existence of LTTE camps in Tamil Nadu, saying there was no such facility anywhere in the country. "It is completely baseless. There
The Prime Minister`s Task Force on Micro, Small Medium Enterprises (MSME) has recommended the setting up of a corpus of Rs 100 crore by the Centre for implementing a special rehabilitation package for sick industrial units in Jammu and Kashmir.
Bowing once again to pressure from ally Trinamool Congress, government has agreed to discuss the National Counter Terrorism Centre issue separately with chief ministers in Delhi on May five as demanded by Mamata Banerjee. Home Minis
BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said "alarm bells" are ringing about the security of the nation and expressed concern over the "strange atmosphere" inside and outside Parliament about issues surrounding it.
Maharashtra Government on Tuesday said that the entire state will soon be covered under the ambitious Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayi Health Scheme by August this year. Health Minister Suresh Shetty admitted in the Legislative Assembly that
Continuing to mount pressure on the central leadership, BJP Karnataka strongman B S Yeddyurappa on Tuesday said he would wait for a "few more days" on the party`s promise to reinstate him as Chief Minister. "I will wa
Army chief Gen V K Singh has sought a few more days to file his detailed complaint in connection with the alleged bribe offer from a senior retired officer to clear a tranche of nearly 600 "sub-standard" trucks. Gen Singh,
Monday’s defence acquisition council (DAC) meet chaired by defence minister AK Antony in which a 15-year long term integrated perspective plan was put in place and the 12th five-year defence plan discussed, is not anything worthwhile, say de
A day before the first half of the budget session ended on March 30, Lok Sabha passed the Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill of 2011 with an extraordinary provision that seems to have escaped scrutiny. This provision effecti
Abductors of BJD legislator Jhina Hikaka on Tuesday fixed April 5 as the deadline for fulfilment of their demands and rejected the Odisha government`s invitation for talks, a day after a similar threat was issued by another Maoist group holding an
Amid reports that VIP facilities including an LCD TV were being provided to Bibi Jagir Kaur, lodged in Theh Kanjla Jail in Kapurthala in connection with the abduction case of her daughter, a top Punjab Prisons official on Tuesday ordered an inquir
The national RTE forum, a coalition of educationists and civil society organisations, came out with its annual stock-taking report on Tuesday. It highlighted the progress made and constraints that have slowed down the implementation of the act.
The CBI on Tuesday detained two persons including an IAS officer for alleged irregularities in granting sanction to multi-crore Adarsh housing society here. The two--former Maharashtra Principal Secretary, Urban Development, Ramanan
Rail traffic was disrupted in Punjab after workers of the BJP Kisan Morcha stopped trains at several places in the state demanding a bonus for farmers and implementation of M S Swaminathan report. Movement of a few trains, including
The standoff between Kingfisher Airlines management and employees, agitating over delayed salaries, ended on Tuesday with the protesters accepting the assurance given by the beleaguered carrier`s promoter Vijay Mallya and deciding to withdraw thei
In the wake of two back-to-back abductions in Odisha, a complete ban has been imposed on the entry of foreign nationals and tourists into the Maoist-hit Koraput district. The district administration`s ban follows abduction of two It
India’s largest power company, NTPC Limited added a record capacity of 2820 MW during the year 2011-12 surpassing its earlier best capacity addition of 2490 MW during 2010-11. The total capacity of the company now tops 37000 MW.
The Janata Dal (U), an ally of the BJP-led government in Jharkhand, on Tuesday demanded a CBI probe into the seizure of Rs 2.15 crore on March 30 when the Rajya Sabha polls were due to take place. "To check further slide in mor
India on Tuesday welcomed the US announcement of a bounty of USD 10 million on Pakistan-based Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, saying it sends a strong signal to Lashker-e-Toiba and its patrons.
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has said until every university in India starts a uniform semester-based system of examination, mobility and choice would not be available to students. "If a semester system is available in every univer
