When a top legal eagle does sabre rattling for India, he’s expected to be super sure. This column is devoted to how an overexcited Kapil Sibal, driven purely by a courtier’s instinct, has jumped into a royal mess in his battle with Mic
Pakistan has issued a notification on the formation of a judicial commission that will visit India to interview key officials and witnesses linked to the 2008 Mumbai attacks. But lawyers for seven Pakistani suspects, includi
Pakistan has issued a notification on the formation of a judicial commission that will visit India to interview key officials and witnesses linked to the 2008 Mumbai attacks. But lawyers for seven Pakistani suspects, including LeT c
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) will conduct a nationwide common test for admission to over 4,000 business schools across the country, from next year. The scores of the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) will, th
Naazneen clearly remembers the ill-fated night of October 12, 2009, when her younger daughter Teba, 3, went missing from a party the family was attending. Shahid Khan, Teba’s father, saw a man in the party talking to his small daughter and t
BJP MPs today gave declarations that they do not possess illegal wealth in foreign banks to presiding officers of the two Houses of Parliament, in a bid to corner the ruling Congress and put pressure on the government on the black money issue.
Two days ahead of Anna Hazare`s fast for a strong Lokpal Bill, his team on Friday stepped up attack on the government questioning the "credibility" of the Standing Committee report on the issue saying it has only the support of 12 member
In the land of Mahatma Gandhi, who would not travel in train if not in the third class, the people’s representatives now are a different lot. Top railway officials from east central railway were shunted out this week fo
BJP members in the Lok Sabha on friday returned half-way through walkout over price rise to demand resignation of external affairs minister S M Krishna for his alleged involvement in a mining scam, leading to adjournment of the House for the day.
BJP members in the Lok Sabha on friday returned half-way through walkout over price rise to demand resignation of external affairs minister S M Krishna for his alleged involvement in a mining scam, leading to adjournment of the House for the day.
BJP members in the Lok Sabha on friday returned half-way through walkout over price rise to demand resignation of external affairs minister S M Krishna for his alleged involvement in a mining scam, leading to adjournment of the House for the day.
The rural development ministry has hinted at reforms in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) which will exapnd the ambit of work under the scheme to disaster management projects. “Adoption to climate
The Tibetan Government in exile on friday expressed sadness on the self-immolation by 12 monks and nuns in eastern Tibet and said that it will hold special prayers for them in Bodhgaya next month. "His Holiness the Dalai Lama w
Both houses of parliament were adjourned till noon on friday following uproar over opposition demand for resignation of external affairs minister S M Krishna for his alleged involvement in a mining scam. As soon as speaker Meira Kum
AS the district magistrate of Nalanda walks to his office in Biharsharif from his adjacent residential quarters, a posse of policemen salutes their ‘hakim’ (as the DM is known in north India) with a sharp click of their boots. Sanjay K
At least 70 patients died due to suffocation from smoke when a massive fire broke out early on Friday in the centrally-airconditioned seven-storey private hospital at Dhakuria in the southern fringes of the metropolis. The toll is expected
The central bureau of investigation on Thursday arrested the husband of Bhanwari Devi in ongoing investigation of her alleged abduction. He had been examined by the CBI in this connection. According to sources in the investigating agency, fe
Government today came under sharp attack on the issue of price rise with the Opposition accusing it of failing to curb inflation and the BJP even asking it to quit if it fails to "find a way out" of the current situation. Leader
An FIR was registered against External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and two other former Karnatka chief ministers by the Lokayukta Police today on a private complaint alleging that they facilitated illegal mining during their tenure. Apart
Food inflation witnessed a sharp moderation to a 39-month low of 6.60 per cent during the week ended November 26 as prices of kitchen essentials like onions, potatoes and wheat declined, providing much-needed relief to the common man as well as th
