After exposing the Digambar Kamat led government on illegal mining front, Goa BJP has now woven its election campaign around the raging issue, promising people to save legal mines and providing them amenities through revenue earned from iron ore e
Food inflation remained in the negative zone for the third straight week, at (-)0.42 per cent for the week ended January 7, mainly due to fall in prices of onion and vegetables. Food inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI
BJP on Wednesday fielded its prominent OBC leader Uma Bharti from Charkari assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh assembly poll but refused to say whether she will be projected as the Chief Ministerial candidate. BJP President Nitin Gadkari announ
The Election Commission on Wednesday ruled out reconsideration of its order to cover statues of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and BSP party symbol `elephant` and rejected her "aspersions" that the directive was "anti-Dalit&q
After remaining behind bars for nearly nine months, former CWG Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi was today granted bail by the Delhi High Court in a 2010 Games-related graft case. The court also granted bail to OC former directo
Faced with increasing incidents of misuse of tickets, Railways have made it mandatory for all passengers travelling in AC classes to carry an identity proof with them. So far, carrying ID proof was required only for passengers travelling w
Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday asked prime minister Manmohan Singh to agree to army chief V K Singh`s reported "compromise formula" for settling the age issue that he would take premature retirement if the governme
In a move to add to the list of services under the right of citizen to time bound delivery of services act, the Delhi government has planned to cover 100 services under the act by the end of this month. On December 28, the government had not
Government schools in Punjab have reportedly not received any money for midday meals for the last several months prompting some of them to stop serving food to children under the scheme. In a few schools, teachers have been spending from t
In the backdrop of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa`s strong opposition to Centre`s proposed Food Security Bill, Union Minister of State for Food K V Thomas today said he will meet her next month to discuss the "differences" as t
Talking tough, chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi on Wednesday said Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati should think before criticising the EC order to cover her statues and BSP`s poll symbols in government parks. "She is a se
Leader of opposition in rajya sabha Arun Jaitley has asked the corporate sector to advise the prime minister rather than to the opposition to evolve consensus over passage of important legislations in the parliament. "How do I co-oper
Admitting that the situation has not changed much during the past one year, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said that he will have to address the slippages in economic parameters in the upcoming Budget. "I must confess,
Government on Tuesday filed an affidavit in the supreme court rejecting the allegation of interference by law minister Salman Khurshid in the investigation into 2G spectrum case as "baseless" and said it was not trying to "influence
The row between alliance partners Trinamool Congress and Congress took an ugly turn today a day after a minor ministerial reshuffle when a minister of state belonging to Congress openly criticised Mamata Banerjee`s performance after being stripped
Himachal Pradesh`s sex ratio has improved from 896 girls per 1,000 boys to 920 over the past one decade, state health minister Rajiv Bindal said on Tuesday. The minister said according to the Civil Registration System (CRS) data, the sex r
The Allahabad high court has asked Uttar Pradesh government to furnish details of all such criminal cases in the state in which withdrawal of prosecution had been sought by the government in the last 10 years. Passing the order on January
More than 150 FIRs were lodged in different parts of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday for alleged violation of model code of conduct in the run up to the assembly elections. "154 FIRs were lodged in cases of wall writings, posters, banners, m
Pratham’s report on the state of education in rural India is both predictable and shocking. Predictable because it repeats the same set of findings year-after-year – (a) school enrollment remains over 90 percent but (b) qualit
The Gujarat government today said the state High Court verdict upholding appointment of Lokayukta by Governor would be challenged in the Supreme Court following consultations with legal experts. The Gujarat High Court, in a majority decisi
