Trade and commerce organisations staged a protest here today against foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country`s retail sector. Over 300 office bearers of the Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industries (JCCI), Jammu Computer Deal
With the Indian rupee falling to a historic low against the US dollar, the finance ministry today said the Reserve Bank and the government are monitoring the situation. "The RBI and government are monitoring the issue. While th
As opposition geared up to move a an adjournment motion on the issue of price rise, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee admitted that more needs to be done to get desired outcomes on inflation control, hoping it will come down to 6-7 per cent by Mar
Home minister P Chidambaram had the first taste of the BJP-led NDA`s boycott of him in Parliament with the Lok Sabha today witnessing a brief but sharp protest from the Opposition when he was called to reply to a question. The entir
Cash-strapped Air India may soon earn the lost credibility again. A panel of secretaries has voted in favour of providing support of Rs 30,000 crore in order to save the crippling Maharajah. The panel has also discussed the possibility of disinves
Two encounters, in which five persons were gunned down by Gujarat police who claimed they were terrorists and conspired to assassinate chief minister Narendra Modi, have turned out to be "fake" while in another shootout, the High Court h
Asking whether the electronic media was really free or under the control of corporates who have hired them, Press Council chairman Justice Markandey Katju has insisted that he wants regulation of the news channels by an independent statutory autho
Providing the cheapest energy to consumers, mineral-rich Chhattisgarh will remain a no-power-cut state for the next 20 years, chief minister Raman Singh has said. "There is no power cut (today) and there will be no power cut in
Two children were charred to death and one person suffered burn injuries after fire broke out in two AC coaches of Howrah-Dehradun Express in Jharkhand`s Giridih district in the wee hours today. "Two children were charred to de
MK Stalin DMK leader on Monday met Kanimozhi in Tihar Jail in Delhi spent half an hour discussing the family mattres also legal issues. Stalin spent two hours with DMK MPs discussed issues before the ensuing Winter Session of Parliament, b
The opposition Congress on Monday moved a no-confidence motion against the ruling BJP government, led by the chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on the first day of the winter session of the legislative assembly. The motion was moved by
The Lokayukta court on Monday reserved its orders till Tuesday on the admissibility of a fresh private complaint against ex-Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, housing minister V Somanna and two others alleging irregularities in denotificati
"It cannot go on like this," the supreme court tersely told the centre on Monday while rapping it for not taking action against officials allegedly involved in the multi-crore scam in the purchase of defence equipments in 1999 Kargil ope
In a setback to the Narender Modi government, the special investigation team probing the 2004 Ishrat Jehan case has concluded that the college girl was killed in a fake encounter, prompting the Gujarat high court to order a fresh FIR against accus
Seeking to push the ball into the centre`s court on separate Telangana, Telugu Desam party chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday said he was "neutral" on the issue and that a decision on the contentious demand should be taken only by the U
A determined opposition is raring to turn the heat on the government on a range of issues including price rise and corruption in the winter session of parliament beginning on Tuesday. The left parties have already decided to move an adjour
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Accusing the government of reducing the proposed Lokpal to an "empty tin box with no powers", Team Anna on Monday said they were surprised at the move to exclude Citizen`s Charter and lower bureaucracy from the ambit of the ombudsman, co
DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday hit out at archrival and chief minister J Jayalalithaa for blaming his party`s rule for the bad health of the state PSUs, indicating the new government has "nothing" to claim for itself on the projects f
Centre has ordered an inquiry against at least 10 non governmental organisations (NGOs) following reports that they were providing funds received from abroad for fanning political unrest in the country. Government officials said the inquir
