“Without any disrespect for the Election Commission, which we hold in the highest esteem...time has come, in a wider sweep of electoral reforms, to think about giving Model Code of Conduct (MCC) a statutory backing. Perhaps it will be ap
Prime minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said there was a need for a "critical" study of the existing regulatory framework to find out whether they were coming in the way of development and growth of employment and industry without reall
For people of Uttar Pradesh who are going to cast their vote in the fourth phase of the assembly election on February 19, crorepatis are standing in line to woo them. A report, jointly released by NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and U
The Election Commission is likely to put a lid on the controversy involving Law Minister Salman Khurshid after he expressed regret over his remarks on the minority sub-quota issue. Sources in the poll panel on Tuesday said that the matter
Investigators were on Tuesday looking for clues from CCTV footage in connection with the bomb attack on an Israeli embassy car in a high-security area here which left four persons, including a mission employee, injured A motorcycle-borne a
Bihar`s average economic growth rate in the past five years stood at 11.3 per cent, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said on Tuesday. Quoting a report by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) on the basis of 2004-05 price base,
One of Kolkata’s legacies has been restored, at least for now, by a new policy of the West Bengal government. Hand-pulled rickshaws, which were banned by the Left government in 2006, are back on the streets. Mayor Sovan Chatterjee, o
About 69 per cent voters exercised their franchise in the second phase of panchayat polls in Odisha on Tuesday which was by and large peaceful barring stray incidents of violence and snatching of ballot boxes. "An estimated 69 per cen
Joining hands with his West Bengal counterpart, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday asked the Centre to review a recent Union Home Ministry order on the powers of National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC). "The powers of NC
The Andhra Pradesh Assembly was adjourned for Tuesday amid pandemonium created by opposition Telugu Desam Party and Telangana Rashtra Samiti on different issues. Two brief adjournments, first for half an hour and next for 15 minutes, did n
The Congress-NCP led alliance is locked in a tough battle against the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena combine in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation, which is facing the anti-incumbency factor as well as allegations of misrule and corruption ahead of the civic
Seeking to end the row with the EC over his Muslim sub-quota remark, Law minister Salman Khurshid has expressed regret, saying it was never his intention to transgress the law and undermine the poll code of conduct. In a letter delivered t
The Delhi disaster management authority (DDMA) along with the national disaster management authority (NDMA) is conducting a drill today to train Delhiites in minimising damage to person and property in the event of a disaster. An announcem
After his release from incarceration on corruption charges, Suresh Kalmadi rushed to his hometown Pune where his loyalists greeted him at the airport. The brazen and repulsive show of solidarity with someone accused of defalcation of huge public m
In obvious disapproval of Law Minister Salman Khurshid`s spat with the Election Commission, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said Congress has made it clear that "people occupying posts of responsibility should speak responsibly&qu
Firebrand BJP leader Uma Bharati on Monday asked Congress president Sonia Gandhi to clarify the nation whether she had wept on Batla encounter issue or not. "It is a sensitive issue and Gandhi should clarify to the nation whether she
It all depends not on finance minister Pranab Mukherjee but on the health of 74-year-old former finance minister Yashwant Sinha of the Bhartiya Janata Party who underwent a pace-maker surgery at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences last Tue
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should take an appropriate decision on Salman Khurshid`s controversial comments on minorities` quota in the wake of Election Commission`s strictures against the Law Min
The Rajasthan government has joined hands with India Tourism Development Corporation to create employable skills amongst less-educated youths and to bridge the gap of skilled manpower in the hospitality sector. The state government has sig
In the first-ever official count of Indian black money stashed abroad, central bureau of investigation (CBI) chief Amar Pratap Singh on Monday disclosed that the agency estimated nearly US$ 500 billion or nearly Rs 25 lakh crore is parked in tax h
