The directorate of education has asked all the Delhi government schools to not to allow anyone to enter the school premises for inspection of the infrastructure facilities, violating the central information commission order to allow such inspectio
Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai is immune to any action since he is a constitutional authority and yet a parliamentary panel on Wednesday virtually censured him for the haste with which he got a junior appointed as the managing director
The union cabinet on Tuesday cleared three major anti-corruption bills being brought to counter crusader Anna Hazare threatening yet another indefinite fast from December 27 instead of conceding his demand to include everything in the single Lokpa
Congress president Sonia Gandhi`s dream legislation on the national food security was stuck in the union cabinet meeting here on Tuesday, with indications that a revised one will come up in the next meeting likely only after the prime minister ret
Taking his campaign to Mulayam Singh Yadav`s turf, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday stepped up his offensive against SP and BSP and sought a ten-year Congress rule in UP to bring about a major transformation through fast-tracking developmental work in the
Former telecom minister A Raja, who has so far not cross examined any witness in the 2G case trial, is likely to open his defence next week by questioning his former additional private secretary Aseervatham Achary, a prosecution witness, sources s
Broadening its probe in overseas black money cases, the finance ministry has decided to write to tax havens and other countries to obtain past information of banking-related transactions in select cases. Top sources said that the Central B
Prime minister Manmohan Singh has called an all-party meeting on the vexed Lokpal issue on Wednesday. On the eve of the meeting, political equations are clear: all opposition parties have endorsed Anna Hazare and his colleagues` demand to bring th
Kapil Sibal wants the government to play Big Brother to the cyber world. His guidelines asking Facebook and similar social-media websites as well as other websites to pre-screen content and remove any offensive comments have created a storm. But f
We reported last week that Bihar, of all states Bihar, was the least corrupt state in India today. [You can read the report here: Bihar win
The government plans to screen the nation`s entire population in next five years for cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and strokes for early detection and treatment of the ailments, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said today. He sa
Anna Hazare today said he will go ahead with his proposed fast here from December 27 if a strong Lokpal Bill is not enacted in the current session of Parliament. The activist said he and his supporters were working to eradicate corr
BJP has decided to press for the inclusion of Prime Minister, lower bureaucracy and Citizens` Charter under Lokpal at the all-party meeting tomorrow and will move amendment in the Bill after consultation with other parties in case the government d
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati has come out in support of Anna Hazare`s demand for bringing the prime minister under Lokpal. She said she would press for the inclusion of PM under the proposed anti-corruption watchdon. Addre
Government is mulling setting up a Rs 1,000 crore Credit Risk Guarantee Fund to encourage banks to give loans to the poor, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today even as he asserted that policies cannot have one-size- fits-all approach towards b
Students in Jammu and Kashmir will soon have many options of vocational courses to study at higher education level. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is holding a workshop in the state on December 17 to assess the need of the s
As the government braced to deal with the agitation threatened by Anna Hazare, Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Monday said the government will do whatever is good for the country. "We are not accepting anybody`s demand. We are doing w
Anna Hazare came in for scathing attack from Congress leaders who dubbed him a RSS spokesperson for his charge against Rahul Gandhi over the Lokpal issue. One of the leaders warned that partymen won`t tolerate such accusations with politic
Corruption has emerged as the most frequently discussed issue in India while unemployment is the world`s fastest-rising fear, according to a survey by the BBC covering 11,000 people in 23 countries. Corruption ranked the most talked
A bill to provide for life imprisonment and fine, in addition to death penalty, as punishment for contravening the provisions of the Arms Act was introduced in the lok sabha on Monday. The Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2011, was tabled in the wak
