Former telecom minister A Raja on Monday alleged in a court here that CBI has put pressure on his former aide Aseervatham Achary, a key 2G spectrum case witness, to depose falsely against him as the agency failed to find anything to "link&quo
Sulking former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Monday virtually set a deadline for BJP leadership to give him a suitable position, saying he will wait till January 15 for the party to take a decision. Yeddyurappa, who has been
Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said the proposed campaign by Anna Hazare in five poll-bound states entirely depended on his health. "It depends entirely on his health and suggestions by doctors," he told reporters aft
Union home minister P Chidambaram`s statement vouching for the safety of Mullaperiyar dam issue still holds good as he had not completely taken it back, but only part of it, Tamil Nadu Congress Comittee said in Chennai on Monday. "He
The fiasco of the Lokpal bill in the Rajya Sabha and a miserable leadership failure of the prime minister is all set to reach the door step of Rashtrapati Bhavan. Prime minister Manmohan Singh is to brief president Prathibha Patil a day a
The National Committee for Protection of Natural Resources on Monday said it would move the supreme court after receiving a detailed report on illegal mining at Kappat Gudda hill ranges in Gadag district and asked chief minister D V Sadananda Gowd
Hindi is a foreign language to farmers of Gujarat as it is not the language of the region, said the Gujarat high court, dealing with a petition objecting to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) publishing a notification in Hindi. Th
The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board on Monday strongly criticised the centre`s Right to Education (RTE) Act alleging that minority institutions including Madarsas will lose their identity on account of it. AIMPLB secretary, Maulana Moh
A complaint was filed on Monday in the Lokayukta Special Court in Bangalore against JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy alleging irregularities in denotification of land during his tenure as chief minister. Kumaraswamy is the second former chief mi
The Janata Dal state unit on Monday demanded the centre take immediate steps to take back the price fixing right of oil companies in view of their proposed decision to hike prices. Speaking to reporters here, state unit president Mathew T
Concerned over the declining growth, Reserve Bank governor D Subbarao has indicated that the central bank could reverse the tight monetary stance adopted by it since March 2010 to tame inflation. "From here on we could expect reversal
Madhya Pradesh government has imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 each on the 12 government doctors who had been found to have conducted drug trials on children and mentally challenged persons in Indore. The action followed a report by the state me
The cabinet committee on political affairs (CCPA) is meeting on Wednesday afternoon with a lot of items on the agenda. It will consider the petrol price hike option, the controversy over the army chief`s age, proroging parliament and summon
Amid a war of words between government and opposition, prime minister Manmohan Singh on new year`s eve said it was "unfortunate" that the Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill could not be passed by the rajya sabha and asserted that the government w
More than anything else, dignity seems to be in short supply the world over. Take dignity as a sum total of basic human rights, or the freedom to shape one’s future, and you will see why the world is angry, why the just concluded year witnes
To step up surveillance and reduce the time needed for detection of fake drugs, Gujarat Food and Drugs Control Administration (GFDCA) is developing `Quick Detection Kits`. The project, taken up in collaboration with department of health an
Terming education and good health for children as an "investment" for the future, prime minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday gave example of his life as a young student to highlight the need for ensuring livelihood security for the people.
The union budget will be presented after the completion of elections in five states, but the government has not yet decided the final date of presentation, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said today. "We have not yet decided the tim
The supreme court on Monday agreed to hear the bail petitions of A Raja`s former private secretary R K Chandolia and former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura, accused in the 2G spectrum case, and issued notice to CBI on their pleas. A ben
The board of directors of Air India on Friday gave its approval to the memorandum of understanding regarding the pay structure of the pilots of the erstwhile Indian Airlines signed between the management and the Indian Commercial Pilots` Associati
