With the aim of encouraging more quality literary works in Tamil and helping economically poor writers, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today directed that the income ceiling limit for persons seeking government assistance in this regard be increased.
Parliamentarians led by lok sabha speaker Meira Kumar offered floral tributes to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose on his 115th birth anniversary on monday. Besides the speaker, senior BJP leader L K Advani and Congress leader Girija Vyas were a
Sunil Verma, a key accused in the multi-crore NRHM scam in UP, allegedly shot himself dead on monday at his residence.This is the fourth mysterious death in the case. Police said 52-year-old Verma killed himself with his licenced weapon at
They have proved doomsayers wrong, once again. Anna and his colleagues are at it again, this time making a valuable intervention in the crucial assembly elections. This should silence those who called the Mumbai fast a flop show and thought the mo
Parliament’s public accounts committee (PAC) has asked the civil aviation ministry for the particulars of Air India’s fleet acquisition plan under which the airline ordered aircraft from Boeing and Airbus. The PAC has demanded
The government is studying the supreme court judgement setting aside a Bombay high court verdict asking the company to pay income tax of Rs 11,000 crore, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Sunday. "We are looking into it,&quo
The bitter turf war in the IOA on Sunday took a dramatic turn with the release of a showcause notice to sacked CWG organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi by the body`s disbanded ethics commission and four office bearers later countering it as &
Appealing to people to dislodge BSP, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday promised to provide an ideal government if voted to power in Uttar Pradesh. Addressing election rallies in Deoria and Kushinagar, he said it voted t
Team Anna is planning to launch a new agitation demanding constitutional amendment to ensure people`s participation in the framing of laws, key member Prashant Bhushan said on Sunday. "To ensure that opinion of the people is given its
The BJP has finally chosen Uma Bharti as the lead campaigner for Uttar Pradesh elections. But those who know the party’s internal dynamic would admit that her projection in UP as a leader has less to do with reviving the BJP’s fortune
A day after being released from jail on bail, tainted Suresh Kalmadi today found himself under intense pressure to resign as IOA President, despite his decision to stay away from sports administration temporarily. Though Kalmadi has
The Supreme Court today asked the Sahara Group to consider placing before it the details of "unencumbered" property to guarantee the protection of interest of around 2.3 crore investors who put in around Rs 17,400 crore in its two compan
The planning commission and the home ministry are locked in a hard tussle over the unique identification number project and both of them have taken the issue to prime minister Manmohan Singh for a solution. Home minister P Chidambaram is u
Attacking the BJP government in poll-bound Uttarkhand, prime minister Manmohan Singh on Friday accused it of failing to sincerely implement central schemes and properly utilising funds provided to the state for carrying out developmental activitie
UK-based Vodafone Group Plc,the parent company of Vodafone Essar, today hailed Supreme Court`s ruling to set aside the Bombay High Court judgment asking the company to pay income tax of Rs 11,000 crore. Vodafone which is the second largest
Union minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday made a strong pitch for roping in organisations like those run by Catholic Church to bring development in Maoist-hit areas but asked them to respect the `Lakshman Rekha` and not engage in "religious mobi
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare and AICC General Secretary, Ghulam Nabi Azad, said here today that the Congress should not accord importance to comments made by BJP leader Uma Bharati against Rahul Gandhi and instead focus on other iss
Sports Minister Ajay Maken today said that sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi, who was released from jail on bail yesterday, should have resigned from IOA presidency after he was charged for corruption in runnin
Winds of change are sweeping the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh. Young leaders like the Congress scion Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party supremo’s son Akhilesh Yadav are making heads turn even as an older generation in politics is pushed to backsta
The 77 incumbents in the Punjab assembly elections this year saw an average spurt of 133 percent in their assets over the last term of the state legislature. Punjab Election Watch (PEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) arrived at the f
