2011 turned out to be a year of "trial" and "turbulence" for leaders of all parties in Karnataka as scams tumbled out of their cupboards and a chief minister had to be ousted from office on corruption charges, a first of its ki
Around 280 Tamils working in plantation estates in neighbouring Kerala have arrived here last week in the backdrop of alleged attacks on natives of Tamil Nadu following the escalation of the row over Mullaperiyar dam involving the two states, an o
Kerala, Karnataka, Sikkim and West Bengal have done well when it comes to devolving most powers to panchayats and giving incentive awards. The states of Jharkhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Bihar, Uttarakhand and Puducherry ranked low on devolution
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Sunday asked the centre to extend the interest subvention to the rescheduled crop loans to help the farmers. Speaking at the meeting held by finance minster Pranab Mukherjee with chief m
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the response to his `Sadbhavana mission` was a slap in the face of those who want to tarnish the image of the state. "The huge support of the people to the `Sadbhavana (harmony)
Apparently drawing parity with West Bengal which was granted Rs 8,750 crore by the centre under backward region grant fund, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday again pressed his demand for special category status to the state in view of it
Paving the way for subsidised foodgrains to poor, the Indian government Sunday cleared the food security bill that seeks to give legal entitlement of cheaper food to over 63 percent of the population that will cost an additonal subsidy of Rs 27,66
Amid the government`s keenness to introduce Lokpal bill in parliament before the end of winter session on December 22, the union cabinet on Sunday night held informal discussions on the much-hyped legislation which is expected to be taken up by th
In a startling revelation, official auditor CAG today said the government has a huge tax demand of Rs 1.96 lakh crore, of which 84 per cent cannot be realised due to various reasons like death, insolvency and liquidation of company.
Expressing deep hurt, Home Minister P Chidambaram today strongly rejected BJP`s allegation that he had favoured a Delhi-based hotelier, his former client, in withdrawing three FIRs filed against him and dismissed suggestions there was any conflict
Government today faced the ire of the Supreme Court for expressing its unwillingness to go ahead with the first-ever common National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for all MBBS courses across the country. The apex court said i
The Bharatiya Janata Party was in for a shock and embarrassment as its ally Shiv Sena`s MPs brought placards in both houses of parliament and raised slogans seeking the dismissal of the BJP government in Karnataka. Equally perturbed
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today cleared the uncertainty over the start of Kudankulam nuclear project declaring that the first unit will be operationalised in a couple of weeks but India and Russia did not sign any agreement for the third and f
The Reserve Bank today said economic slowdown is contributing to decline in prices, but warned that inflation could bounce back on account of supply-demand mismatch. The RBI in its mid-quarterly review, however, hinted at rate cuts in futu
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi today favoured an approach of welfare and development to defeat left-wing extremism and insurgency and bring back youth involved in it back to the democratic mainstream. "We know there is left-wing extremi
Insurgent tribal groups fight among themselves and against the state, but the toughest of the fight is the citizen’s — for bare necessities. Even without blockades, they have little to feel part of India. An e
Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said that he expected the Law ministry to resolve the row over anti-smoking rules issued by his ministry in a manner which would take care of public health and also the interests of filmmakers.
Several sanctioned railway projects will be delayed due to lack of funds, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi said today, projecting an investment requirement of Rs 14 lakh crore by 2020 for modernisation and expansion. Trivedi said this in Lo
The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Finance Ministry has received information on ten suspected instances of terrorist financing using the stock exchanges in the last three financial years, Parliament was informed today. The
An MCD junior engineer has been jailed for four years for possessing disproportionate assets, with the court also convicting his wife for abetting the crime and ordering confiscation of their ill-gotten property. Special Judge Pradeep Chad
