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`Make Antrix-Devas deal reports public`

Former ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair on Tuesday favoured making public reports of two committees and a high-level team on the controversial Antrix-Devas deal. "There is nothing related to defence or anything. So, be

SC observation no setback, says govt

Government on Tuesday insisted that the supreme court`s observation on sanction of prosecution in 2G case was not a setba

Rly restructure roadmap in budget likely

Railway minister Dinesh Trivedi is gearing up to draw a roadmap to restructure the railways with his first railway budget. His focus is on revenue generation, a revamp of the railway board and even a proposal for a fare regulator – to de-pol

Antony right, army created row, says Gen Singh

Agreeing with Defence Minister A K Antony, Gen V K Singh on Tuesday said the controversy over his age was the making of the Army. He also rejected suggestions that there has been a delay on part of Army to respond to Def

Cong manifesto promises a `clean` UP

Kapil Sibal along with Sam Pitroda and Rita Bahuguna Joshi released the Congress manifesto for the assembly election in Uttar Pradesh. The party promises a clean corruption free state if it comes to power. While it reiterated its intention

HC dismisses Yeddyurappa`s plea on quashing summons

In a setback to former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, the high court on Tuesday  dismissed his two petiti

Coal India roll backs hike in coal prices

Coal India Ltd (CIL) today rolled back the hike in coal prices it effected from January 1 in the face of stiff opposition

DGCA seeks independence of AI Express

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in its audit report has recommended that the Air India Charters Ltd (AICL), the company which runs Air India Express, be made an “independent airline without any interference from Air India (A

Kasab not given fair trial: Amicus curiae to SC

The sole convict in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case, Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, on tuesday contended before the Supre

Priyanka to campaign in Rae Bareli & Amethi

 With polling in three states over, Congress star campaigners would now be concentrating on Uttar Pradesh with Priyanka Gandhi camping in twin constituencies of Rae Bareli and Amethi from February 3 to campaign for party candidates for

Trainer aircraft crashes near Chennai

 A Kiran-trainer aircraft on Tuesday crashed near Iyancherry village in Kancheepuram district, but both cr

Antony blames Army for chief`s age row

Laying the blame on the army`s doors for the controversy over Gen V K Singh`s age issue, Defence Minister A K Antony on Tuesday said it occured because the force kept two sets of his date of birth for 36 years and maintained there was no civ

India, Israel to hold another round of talks on FTA

India and Israel will hold another round of negotiations by the end of March on signing the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to

2 killed, nine injured in Nagpur building collapse

Two labourers were killed and nine others, including two women, were injured when a four-storey building housing a small scale industrial unit tprevious night collapsed in Chikhli area on the city outskirts at Kalamna. T

‘Youth for Governance’ prods students to be active anti-corruption activists

A convention  ‘Youth  for Governance’ was held in Mumbai last week to encourage  students to get involved in governance issues, facilitate their understanding  on how to contribute to nation building and fight again

Economic growth revised down to 8.4 pc for 2010-11

The government on tuesday revised the economic growth rate for 2010-11 financial year slightly down to 8.4 per cent from the earlier estimate of 8.5 per cent.

Kerala club in bureaucracy on way out? UP cadre on the rise

For more than five years now, a bunch of IAS officers of Kerala cadre have been calling shots, occupying top echelons of bureaucracy. But the Kerala Club seems to be on the way out, as more and more officers of the UP cadre are cornering key posit

SC`s slap on UPA`s face: Decide on graft trials in 3 months

The fight against corruption got a boost with the supreme court asking the government to give timely sanction for prosecution of the corrupt public servants. The court set a deadline of three months within which such decisions have

Swamy right in seeking PM`s nod for Raja`s prosecution: SC

* Supreme Court says Subramanian Swamy had the locus to seek sanction from the prime minister for prosecution of A Raja in 2G scam. * Sanction by competent authority for prosecution of a public servant has to be granted within a tim

SMS updates to monitor mid day meal scheme

The HRD ministry will soon monitor the mid day meal scheme through SMS updates from the principals of 11.92 lakh schools across India. The model is based on the one already in use in Uttar Pradesh. Through the SMSs, school headmasters will

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