Anna Hazare on Friday made it clear that he will go ahead with his three-day fast in Mumbai from December 27 at MMRDA ground for which he will organise the Rs.7 lakh rent through donations as the Bombay high court rejected a petition seeking disco
Manmohan is mostly silent (maun). He hardly speaks. Thank god he occasionally speeches. That allows us, once in a very long while, to analyse his unmoving manner and understand his inscrutable mind. On December 21, he handed over t
BJP on Friday decided to oppose certain provisions in the Lokpal Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha and move for amendments in it. The decision was taken at the party`s core group meeting presided over by BJP president Nitin Gadkari and atte
As Bombay high court rejected a petition seeking concessional rate for hiring MMRDA ground to hold his fast, Anna Hazare on Friday said he will seek donations from public to book the protest venue. "Azad Maidan will not be sufficient.
Notwithstanding the union cabinet deciding Thursday night to grant 4.5 reservation to the Muslims within the 27 per cent quota of the other backward classes (OBCs) from January 1, no gazette notification is still issued by the ministry of social j
Now ministers, intelligence agencies and armed forces will come under the ambit of a reworked legislation aimed at protecting whistle-blowers who report corruption and providing for severe punishment to those who expose their identity or try to vi
Expressing commitment to push forward economic reforms, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said the government is making efforts to build a consensus on important economic legislations, including PFRDA and foreign investment in multi-bran
Coming down heavily on Team Anna`s agitation, the Bombay high court on Friday said it can`t allow "parallel canvassing" when parliament is seized with debate on Lokpal Bill and questioned its decision to seek exemption from charges to us
Dense fog enveloped the IGI airport this morning, leading to diversion of four flights and delaying 75 others. Two Jet Airway flights from Doha and Abu Dhabi and one Kingfisher flight from Dubai were diverted to Jaipur while one cargo flig
The BJP on Friday submitted a memorandum to Uttar Pradesh governor B L Joshi, opposing the centre`s move to grant reservation for backward Muslims under OBC quota. A party delegation met the governor and submitted the memorandum against th
Suspense continued on Thursday over the venue of Anna Hazare`s proposed 3-day fast from December 27 with NGO Jagruk Nagrik Manch filing a writ petition in the Bombay high court seeking direction to the state government to allot a place for the pro
Lok sabha speaker Meira Kumar on Thursday shot off barbs at the BJP for disrupting the House, saying the opposition should learn from Atal Bihari Vajpayee who believed in rising above partisan politics and engaging in purposeful debates in parliam
Renowned economist Jagdish Bhagwati on Thursday said the use of "market-using" reforms would have prevented the gargantuan 2G spectrum scandal.
Gujarat high court on Thursday directed the state government to file an FIR in a case where 23 thalassemia-affected kids from Junagadh contracted HIV virus following blood transfusion at a civic hospital. A division bench of acting chief j
A Raja, former telecom minister and key accused in the 2G case, on Thursday started his defence in a Delhi court by grilling his one-time close aide who had recorded his statement against him with the CBI. Raja, who had protested that he w
Slamming the new Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare on Friday said the government should involve people in lawmaking and invoked Rajiv Gandhi`s name to
The entire lower bureaucracy is sought to be brought under the ambit of Lokpal and Lokayuktas who will hold preliminary inquiry and decide whether to order the probe by the Central Vigilance Commission or not, requiring the CVC to send back its re
Here is a scary scenario. India is facing a severe nutrition insecurity. And, going at the current rate, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) says in a new
Team Anna on Thursday rejected the Lokpal bill describing it as "anti-people and dangerous" and demanded that a new bill be brought in parliament that will make CBI independent and decentralise the proposed anti-corruption body.
Jasleen Kaur is a concerned parent. She has a three-year-old daughter Paranika who will seek admission in school from next academic year. Paranika was born in May and is eligible for nursery admission as of now. But if the court raised the age cri
