West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has asked prime minister Manmohan Singh to "review and withdraw" the order on organisation, function, power and duties of the newly constituted National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) under the
There are more than 26,000 cases pending with the central information commission (CIC). At various state-level commissions, the figures could be worse. It is a measure of the success of the RTI revolution, but now this very success can smother it.
Thousands of farmers from several villages in the district today dumped paddy on a road in front of the Collectorate here, irked by the government`s reported indifference to meet their demands. The farmers rallied under the banner of Feder
The NRHM scam in Uttar Pradesh has turned murkier with another health official found dead under mysterious circumstances, the fifth victim in the last one year after the alleged bungling of over Rs.10,000 crore of central funds surfaced.
Government today said that CBI chief A P Singh`s statement on black money stashed abroad was based on the report of the Supreme Court-appointed committee on black money. "I have spoken to the CBI Director and he told me that he
The public enterprises selection board (PESB) has given its assent to the appointment of 1986-batch IAS officer S Narsing Rao as the chairman and managing director of Coal India Limited (CIL). According to highly placed source in the ministry of c
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has appreciated Indian Olympic Association`s (IOA) concern for the victims of 1984 Bhopal Tragedy but maintained that Dow Chemicals had no ownership stakes in Union Carbide till 2000. IOC al
Days after CBI chief`s statement that Indians are the largest depositors in Swiss banks, Switzerland today said such estimates and statistics lack evidence and are uncorroborated. In an unusual step, the embassy of Switzerland here issued
Burdened with as many as 16 portfolios, Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today said he proposed to expand his ministry `shortly` and would seek the party central leadership`s nod for the exercise. "In a couple of da
`Don`t trouble poor vendors` -- this was the advice given by lieutenant governor Tejinder Khanna today to Delhi Police personnel on the occasion of 65th Raising Day of the force. He also asked police personnel to develop "good rapport
The long-pending demand of Kerala for a rail coach factory in Palakkad has been approved by the centre on Thursday. The union cabinet approved the setting up of a new rail coach manufacturing unit as a joint venture project to manufacture
This is a statement from eminet academic-activist Jean Dreze, also a former member of the national advisory council. Palpati Kumari, a 14-year old girl who was studying at Barwahi Middle School in Manika Block of Latehar District
Delhi has the highest monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) and the highest monthly per capita income in the country. MPCE has increased from Rs 2,078 in 2008 to Rs 2,905 in 2010 in urban area. Nationwide, the MPCE in urban areas stands at Rs 1,98
After Salman Khurshid, union steel minister Beni Prasad Verma dared the election commission to take action against him when he declared that quota for Muslims would be increased. "Reservation for Muslims will be increased and if the E
Three former Karnataka BJP ministers, who lost their jobs over watching porn film clippings on mobile when the assembly was in session, today submitted their replies to the show cause notice slapped on them by speaker K G Bopaiah. The trio
India remains a country of hungry children, reveals a new report by the international NGO Save the Children. That the scale of hunger among the young ones in India is on a par with Nigeria takes the sheen off the country’s claims of being a
It was around four in the afternoon on a Monday and cool, late-winter breeze blew, but the crowd in front of Ahlcon International School, in southeast Delhi’s Mayur Vihar appeared far from relaxed. It had gathered for the draw of the lottery
Polling for 10 municipal corporations across Maharashtra, including Mumbai, to decide the fate of 1,244 candidates, began this morning amidst tight security. The elections are being held in Thane, Ulhasnagar, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Solapu
Days after the supreme court ordered the cancellation of 122 second generation (2G) licences, telecom minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday shared policy guidelines on issues such as delinking spectrum with licences and enhancing the spectrum limit.
The total sanitation campaign (TSC) to make the country open-defecation free needs restructuring, union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said on Wednesday, even as he said that the goal will be met in ten years. The rejig is a part of the
