Opposition members created an uproar in both houses of parliament on Monday over issues like allowing 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail, demand for Telangana state and threat to people of Kerala due to Mullaperiyar dam. Soon after spea
Prime minister Manmohan Singh on Monday met president Pratibha Patil to brief her about his recent foreign visits and the ongoing session of parliament. The meeting lasted about 40 minutes, a Rashtrapati Bhawan statement said. &quo
In a relief for former telecom minister Sukh Ram, the Delhi high court on Monday suspended the five year sentence awarded to him in a graft case and granted him bail. A bench of justice Suresh Kait suspended the sentence keeping in view hi
Confusion prevailed over Anna Hazare`s protest plans on Monday with a prominent MCD functionary saying that the civic body has not given permission for the agitation at Ramlila Maidan even as Team Anna insisted that they have got the nod.
Key Anna Hazare aide Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday met the Gandhian at his native village Ralegan Siddhi. According to sources close to Hazare, Kejriwal briefed the activist about the controversy surrounding former IPS officer Kiran Bedi, anot
The first week of the 5-week winter session of parliament was wasted with yet another logjam for the fourth day on Friday, this time over the union cabinet clearing 51 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in the multi-brand retail trade, despi
The killing of top Maoist leader Kishenji raised a controversy on Friday with his supporters and some political parties alleging he was eliminated in a fake encounter, a charge denied by CRPF which said it was a "clean" operation.
The fate of Indian aviation Industry might soon improve with the intervention of prime minister Manmohan Singh. Singh is expected to meet the airlines’ chiefs on Saturday to find a way out to help troubled airlines. The meeting has b
Lok Sabha adjourned till Monday after uproar over government policy to allow FDI in retail sector.
The current policy debate about allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail is a prime example of how policymaking in India is still largely driven
Elusive Maoist top gun Kishenji was today killed in an encounter with the joint forces at Burisole forest in West Midnapore district, a day after he narrowly escaped from there. The body of 58-year-old Molajula Koteswar Rao, better
Allaying fears of Fukushima like nuclear disaster at Kudankulam nuclear power plant, former atomic energy commission chairman M R Srinivasan said it was absolutely safe and the sustained opposition by people against the plant was the result
Anna Hazare today tied himself in knots with his reaction to the attack on Sharad Pawar first appearing to respond with contempt and later condemning it. "He got slapped! Only one slap?" he said to a group of journalists w
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) of India has provided to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for possible action the list of those individuals whose names have figured in the LGT Bank accounts for stashing illegal funds abroad.
The Ruia brothers of the Essar group and key executives of Loop Mobile are expected to be charge-sheeted by the Central Bureau of Investigation in ten days in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam, a highly placed source in the investiga
Efforts are on to convince West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee to support FDI in multi-brand retail which is coming up for consideration of the union cabinet this evening. Commerce and Industry mi
The issues of price rise and Telangana created turmoil in Parliament for the third day today as agitated Opposition members raised slogans, staged a sit-in in the Well and walked out, leading to two adjournments of both Houses. As s
The issues of price rise and Telangana created turmoil in Parliament for the third day today as agitated Opposition members raised slogans, staged a sit-in in the Well and walked out, leading to two adjournments of both Houses. As s
The Jammu and Kashmir government has sanctioned an amount of Rs 7.56 crore for upgrading the judicial infrastructure in the state. The information was given at a high level meeting chaired by state law minister Ali Mohammad Sagar, h
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today said the nation was facing a threat from Naxalism and terrorism. "The nation virtually is seized with internal security problems such as terrorism and Naxalism. The pattern of crime to
