Terming the draft Lokpal Bill as "ridiculous", Janata Party president Subramnian Swamy on Thursday demanded that the CBI should be an autonomous body. Swamy also doubted the intention of the government to bring a strong anti-corr
Under attack from RJD leader Lalu Prasad and other parties, government on Thursday noon decided to bring back the provision of reservation for minor
Activists, arrested for gate-crashing into Coca Cola plant at Kerala`s Plachimada village, have gone on fast inside the jail. "All 21 activists who were arrested on December 17 are fasting inside the jail premises and will cont
The landmark Food Security Bill, that gives legal right to cheaper foodgrains to 63.5 per cent of the country`s population, was introduced in the lok sabha on Thursday. Considered to be the world`s largest experiment in providing food secu
Former Karnataka lokayukta N Santosh Hegde on Thursday accused the state government of trying to damage the institution of Lokayukta and "kill" high-profile corruption cases. A "headless" Lokayukta in Karnataka is "
The new Lokpal Bill was on Thursday at the centre of a fresh controversy before its introduction in the Lok Sabha, with RJD, SP, BSP and AIMIM members protesting exclusion of minorities from the anti-graft bench of the proposed ombudsman.
Government has dropped the term `minorities` from new Lokpal Bill with regard to 50 per cent quota in the Lokpal bench and the search committee while opting against splitting CBI`s prosecution and investigation wings. In the revised 64-pag
Food inflation fell sharply to a near four-year low of 1.81 per cent for the week ended December 10 as prices of essential items like vegetables, onion, potato and wheat declined. This is the lowest rate of food inflation since the week en
Battles lines have been drawn clearly over the Lokpal bill. The bill will be introduced in Lok Sabha later this afternoon and will immediately be taken up for discussion and passage so that it could then be moved to Rajya Sabha. The winter session
The Ghaziabad district authority on Tursday issued notice to 20 schools for flouting its order of keeping educational institutes closed in the wake of the cold wave. "In inspections carried out in 94 schools, 20 were found open,"
India has approached top Russian authorities to appropriately resolve the move to ban Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita, saying it is not merely a religious text, but one of the defining treatises of Indian thought. "The Russian authoriti
The new Lokpal and Lokayuktas bill and a related constitution amendment bill to grant the proposed ombudsman a constitutional status were introduced in the Lok Sabha, after hours of wrangle and two adjournment. Rashtriya Janata Dal supre
Hitting out at the government on the "useless" Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare today challenged Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to a public debate on it to convince people that the proposed legislation is strong. Hazare said the new
On the occasion of conclusion of Central Bank of India’s centenary year celebrations a conference with the theme “Empowering MSE’s for Inclusive Growth-Strategies and Initiatives” was held in Mumbai on Tuesday.
States have been directed to streamline the system of verification of caste certificates to prevent non-SC/ST/OBC persons securing jobs meant for the reserved category by producing false certificate, parliament was informed on Wednesday. I
The government on wednesday attributed the increasing trade deficit, which touched USD 117 billion in the first eight months of 2011-12, to increasing prices of imported commodities, like crude oil. "The prices of petroleum, fertili
In a setback to former Telecom Minister Sukhram, the Delhi High Court on wednesday upheld his conviction and three year jail term in the 1996 telecom scam. While dismissing Sukhram`s appeal against his conviction, a bench of justices S R
India`s first women safety application, Fight Back, was released by Whypoll, a citizen`s networking group on Wednesday. The mobile application, inspired by HarassMap application in Egypt, has been developed jointly by whypoll and Te
The Labour and Employment Ministry on wednesday said its opinion was sought by the Government for allowing FDI in multi-brand retail and it had "supported" the proposal. The Ministry at the same time suggested creation of a sui
Union Cabinet Ministers have accumulated dues of Rs 435 crore on the cash-strapped Air India which is 93 per cent of the the total bills incurred by them during their visits abroad, Lok Sabha was informed on wednesday. Responding to a qu
