In spite of doing his best to prevent use of money (close to Rs 70 crore in cash seized in Tamil Nadu during the last elections) and other inducements (more than 8 lakh bottles of liquor and more than 50 kg of heroin valued at Rs 250 crore in inte
Aggressively campaigning for a foothold in Uttar Pradesh, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Thursday questioned Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav`s commitment to Muslims and charged chief minister Mayawati with living under the fa
Pitching for immediate reforms in the Centre`s flagship rural job scheme MGNREGS, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said the complaints of corruption and irregularities regarding the scheme cannot be ignored. Prime Minister Manm
Bollywood actor John Abraham feels that illiterate politicians must be rooted out of the system and there is a need for educated younger ones to take charge. "We all must remove all ouIlr illiterate politicians, those who don`t know a
Goa`s private public transport lobby has began campaigning against corrupt candidates for the forthcoming state legislative assembly polls through their passengers. The All Goa Bus Owners Association (AGBOA) has said that they have started educati
Terming the Supreme Court order in 2G case as "historic", lawyer Prashant Bhushan said it will send a strong signal to the corporates and corrupt public officials who retain the benefits of illegal acts. "It is a historic ju
Cancellation of 2G licenses by the supreme court clearly brought out the big scam and it was a "collective failure" of the government which "overlooked" warnings given by the CAG and the CVC on the issue, Janata Party chief Sub
As the Supreme Court cancelled the 2G licences allocated on a first-come, first-serve basis, CPI chose to attack P Chidambaram saying that he cannot absolve himself as it was his job to prevent irregularities in the issue. Describing the S
Leader of the opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Vijaykanth was on Thursday suspended for 10 days after the privileges committee went into the conduct of the DMDK leader during a heated exchange with chief minister J Jayalalithaa.
Telecom minister Kapil Sibal met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh shortly after the supreme court judgement that canncelled all 122 licences issued in January, 2008. He is understood to have discussed the implications of the court orde
The government on Thursday announced discontinuing releasing weekly primary and food inflation data based on the wholesale price index. "Weekly WPI is discontinued henceforth," the ministry of Commerce and Industry, which release
The supreme court on Thursday asked the CBI to file status reports on its ongoing probe into the 2G spectrum allocation case to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC). The court`s decision came on a plea for setting up a Special Investigat
Noting that per capita emission in developed countries is 10 to 12 times that of those in developing countries, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said there appears to be a "lack of will" in the global community to tackle the pro
Fighting a grim battle for life since the past 16 days at AIIMS, the condition of two-year-old Falak further deteriorated on Thursday due to an infection in blood which has increased her chances of suffering a multi-organ failure. Admitted
Anna Hazare`s anti-graft campaign will echo in the March 3 Goa Legislative assembly polls forcing people to vote against the corrupt, feels Remo Fernandes, who has been chosen as the brand ambassador of the Election Commission to promote ethical v
The bail application of NRHM scam accused Saurabh Jain was on Wednesday rejected by a CBI court. Special judge A K Singh said the allegations against Jain were serious in nature and so he did not deserve bail. "It was d
In one of the most significant verdicts in the 2G scam case, the supreme court ordered the cancellation of all 122 licences granted to to telecom companies for use of the spectrum. The court also ruled that the decision to prosecute home min
A Delhi court on Wednesday halted for two days the ongoing 2G spectrum case trial saying it requires "sufficient time" to consider Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy`s plea to prosecute Union Home Minister P Chidambaram as well in the
The UPSC was asked on Wednesday by the Delhi high court to respond to a plea questioning its decision to introduce in civil services preliminary examination a new compulsory paper, part of which is to test candidates` ability to understand English
A battery of 80 officials from the income tax department on Wednesday raided 17 properties (spread over 130 acres in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh) belonging to liquor baron Ponty Chadha who is considered close to UP CM Mayawati. The I-T d
