BJP on Tuesday urged the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi to formulate a transparent procedure for nursery admissions and ensure its strict implementation by schools as the city government has "failed" to do so. "Delhi governmen
Asserting that strong and independent-minded editors are the best guarantee for safeguarding the public interest, Vice President Hamid Ansari today lamented that they had become an "endangered species" in today`s media world. &qu
The Delhi high court is likely to pronounce its verdict tomorrow on a plea of Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy that a paper trail be incorporated to record the votes cast through electronic voting machine (EVMs) or return to the old system
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee today expanded her nine-month-old ministry inducting two Trinamool Congress MLAs amid reports of a minor shake-up in the cabinet which awaited any official confirmation. "Notification is made
Government on Monday declared 2012 as the year for intensification of immunisation in the country by evolving strategies to reach out to children in remote and backward areas of the country, including slums. With the present immunisation c
Google India, which along with 20 websites is facing criminal case for allegedly hosting objectionable materials, on Monday told the Delhi high court that blocking them was not an option as a democratic India does not have rpt have a "totalit
In good news for students, the government has decided to have a grievance redressal mechanism in higher educational institutions. The mechanism, which is likely to come into effect from the coming academic session, will require every insti
The central vigilance commission (CVC) will soon come out with the details of recently-unearthed scams in the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG). "We are ready with the report and just need to release it in public," R Sri Kumar, a vigilance c
Defence ministry was on Monday apparently taken by surprise on Gen V K Singh moving the supreme court to challenge its two orders on the issue of his date of birth. Senior ministry officials were caught unaware when the news broke this aft
In an unprecedented move, Army Chief Gen V K Singh on Monday moved the Supreme Court against the government`s rejection of his claim on his date of birth. In writ petition, he is believed to have questioned the government`s decision
The Supreme Court on Moday asked the Centre to place CAG report on alleged irregularities in purchasing of equipments by National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), a premier technical intelligence gathering agency. A bench of justice
The Haryana government has ordered all commercial establishments to get themselves registered by January 31 or pay a fine of Rs 1,000 to Rs 3,000. The establishments can get themselves registered under Punjab Shops and Commercial Es
Unaccounted cash totalling about Rs 24 crore and heroin valued at over Rs 33 crore in the international market were seized in poll-bound Punjab since the election schedule was announced last month, Special Chief Electoral Officer Usha R Sharma sai
Angry over the attack on Ramdev, his followers on Monday gathered outside Congress headquarters here and threw black ink on Sonia Gandhi`s poster, triggering a clash between Congressmen and supporters of the yoga guru. Some people u
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday offered to resign shortly after the Supreme Court served him a notice for contempt of court for failing to reopen graft cases against the President, according to a media report. Gilani t
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has formulated potential-linked credit plans (PLCPs) worth Rs 4,180 crore to give a boost to the agriculture sector in Jammu and Kashmir in 2012-13. "The credit potential un
On the ghats of Banaras, most inhabitants have a philosophical, self-abnegating attitude towards life, barring two indulgences: chillum and cricket. Both are dopes, neither less important than the other. Not a speck of jingoism creeps into the way
Human resource development minister Kapil Sibal on Monday criticized the state governments for not performing their duties. He put the blame of failure of the education system on state governments. After releasing
The student enrolment rate in rural areas has been constantly increasing. It has been steady since 2010 at 96.7%. But there has been a decline in children’s attendance. From 73.4% in 2007 it has declined to 70.9% in 2011 in rural primary sch
Kendrapara (Odisha): In a bizarre turn of event, a woman in Kendrapara district posed herself as the daughter of the man whom she had legally married. The reason was to stave off delay in the submission of caste certificate for the ensuing panchay
