With increasing number of mouth cancer cases in the country, Madhya Pradesh has become the first state to ban all Gutka products which contain tobacco or nicotine under a new law governing food safety standards. The Madhya Pradesh F
The US has announced a bounty of USD 10 million on outlawed Pakistan-based Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. This was stated by US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherm
Most civilians got the General VK Singh issue six weeks to Sunday. In all the arbitrary brouhaha about how men in uniform should behave much of what is actually happening is being obscured. All the sermons and soda water being piously flung at the
Asking Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to relinquish the home portfolio in view of "rising crimes" in Odisha, Congress on Monday demanded a CBI probe into killing of two persons in police firing on March 31. Raising the issu
Team Anna locked horns with Himachal Pradesh government calling its draft Lokayukta bill "very weak and ineffective", prompting the BJP-ruled state to cancel a meeting here on Monday with the group`s key member Arvind Kejriwal.
With a spending of up to 100 billion dollars projected for modernisation of Armed forces, Industry body CII on Monday mooted a National Defence Manufacturing Commission (NDMC) under the Prime Minister`s Office to boost capability of the country`s
Nine years after a PIL said that over five lakh people were engaged in manual scavenging across the country, the government on Monday told the Supreme Court that a bill aimed at banning such practice will be introduced in Parliament soon.
With campaigning for Delhi civic polls gaining momentum, the State Election Commission on Monday asked the candidates not to deface any public property by sticking posters and banners, warning that strict action would be taken against violators.
Britain on Monday raised the Rs 11,000 -crore Vodafone tax issue with the Indian government which is proposing to amend the Income Tax Act to bring into net overseas mergers and acquisitions involving domestic assets. The issue figu
In the backdrop of Army chief Gen V K Singh raising the issue of shortage of equipment, Defence Minister A K Antony on Monday directed the force to streamline its acquisition process to fix accountability in case of delays in procurement.
Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Monday described CAG draft report on allocation of coal blocks without auction as "illogical", asking by that yardstick even water used in the hydro projects should be charged. "This is no
Dawood Ibrahim, India’s most wanted terrorist, has been living somewhere in India’s neighbourhood, according to Interpol, but he has managed to escape the global organisation as the country of his current residence is not cooperating.
State-owned oil companies on Monday warned of disruptions in fuel supplies if they are not allowed to raise petrol price or compensated for the Rs 48 crore per day loss they incur on selling fuel below cost. "The situation is v
At least five Kingfisher Airlines flights out of Mumbai and Delhi were cancelled on Monday as a section of staff did not report for duty to demand immediate payment of salary and allowance backlog. As some pilots and other staff did
The Punjab Government has planned to launch a holistic and comprehensive programme for need-based integrated development of urban as well as rural ares of the state. A decision to this effect was taken by Punjab Chief Minister Parka
Three days after the Odisha government invited it for talks for release of abducted BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka, Maoist-backed Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh on Monday said it was willing to do so if certain conditions were fulfilled. Listing t
Maintaining that the Y S Rajasekhar Reddy`s regime made land allotments for employment generation purposes, Kadapa MP Jaganmohan Reddy has questioned as to why the CBI did not look into allotment of lands made during the previous TDP rule.
To provide shelter and medical attention to orphaned HIV positive children, the administration is ready to set up a 50-bed hostel at Koraput district headquarters hospital here. After the death of the HIV positive parents it becomes very d
Several global business associations have sought reconsideration of the retrospective amendment of the Income Tax Act in the backdrop of Vodafone controversy warning that the proposed change has prompted widespread review of costs and benefits of
In a setback to senior woman IAS officer from Andhra Pradesh, Y Srilakshmi, allegedly involved in the Obulapuram mining scam along with Karnataka`s Reddy brothers, the Supreme Court on Monay refused to grant her bail. A bench of jus
