Chief minister Mayawati took the first formal step towards dividing Uttar Pradesh into four states as the state assembly passed a resolution to this effect by a voice vote on Monday. With the passage of the resolution, the a
Ahead of the winter session of parliament, senior leaders of the BJP on Monday met at the residence of party leader L K Advani to chalk out the party`s strategy. The meeting of the executive committee of BJP parliamentary party was attende
Delhi police on Monday registered a case of causing death due to negligence against organisers of a transgender meet in Nand Nagri where a fire left 14 dead even as the city government announced a compensation of Rs two lakh each to the next of ki
ADMK during winter session of parliament would maintain neutrality but on price rise and on Kudankulam issues will oppose the stance of UPA2. But DMK on its part as an ally of UPA2 shall get alongwith the Congress approaches. Tamil nadu`s
A former Delhi chief secretary and currently Delhi`s public grievance commission chairman has warned the prime minister not to strangle the "doers" in the bureaucracy and paralyse the government while the "non-doers" go scot fr
The Puducherry government has framed and notified the `Puducherry Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2011` with a view to provide education for all children in the age group of six to 14 years in the union territory under th
All set to bring a resolution in the state assembly splitting Uttar Pradesh into four, chief minister Mayawati on Sunday asked BSP lawmakers to attend in full strength the winter sessions of both vidhan sabha and parliament beginning on Monday.
Seeking a consensus on electoral reforms, government plans to convene an all-party-meeting to discuss issues like decriminalisation of politics, right to reject and state funding of elections. Also on the agenda of the meeting would be mat
Talks to break the logjam over the controversial Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project made no headway today with protesters terming the discussions as "a failure" after meeting the central government`s expert committee. The 15-membe
Contending that there were "no irritants whatsoever" in Indo-US ties, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today told President Barack Obama that India had gone "some way" to allay the concerns of US firms by notifying rules for nucle
The government on Friday said it will stick to its disinvestment target of Rs 40,000 crore for the 2011-12 financial year, but achieving this goal will hinge on many other factors. "I am not revising it (the target) right now. We have
A turf war has intensified between finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and chemicals and fertiliser minister M K Alagiri on the decontrol of all fertiliser prices. Mukherjee wants to reduce his subsidy bill. Alagiri has, however, sought the prime mi
Against the backdrop of the South China Sea issue row, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today told his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao that India`s oil exploration in the disputed maritime area is "purely commercial activity" even as the two
After authority’s inaction on addressing commuters’ harassment by auto rickshaw and taxi drivers, India Against Corruption has launched a helpline on which citizens can lodge their complaints through SMS. The software called &l
Prime minister Manmohan Singh on Friday declared that there were "no irritants" in Indo-US ties as he met US president Barack Obama here and disucssed the ways to implement the civil nuclear deal. Singh, who met Obama for the fir
Every word is deeply marinated in history. Peel it and you will uncover a spell-binding story. Emden is a city in Germany best known for Volkswagen’s factory producing its high-end car Passat. Emden is as German as Bavarian sausages Weisswur
The high-end corruption is the prime focus of the parliamentary public accounts committee (PAC) draft report on the 2G scam that its chairman Murli Manohar Joshi, a BJP veteran, is pushing as "unfinished work" of predecessor committee fo
The Press Council of India (PCI) meeting held on Thursday witnessed some unexpected scenes when two senior editors stood up and asked asked unconditional apology from justice Markandey Katju, chairman of the Council. "You are chairman
Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has shot another letter to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati over alleged irregularities in implementation of MNREGA in seven districts, reiterating his demand for a CBI probe into it. Gov
The Rajya Sabha secretariat has, for the first time, made public the `register of interest` of the Rajya Sabha members – two years after an RTI application demanded the same. The register contains ‘pecuniary’ detai
