Rahul Gandhi is kicking off the Congress poll campaign for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections from Phulpur in Allahabad district on Monday. He will hand over the party flag to 12 conveners to spread out from November 19, the birth annive
CBI on Friday quizzed the wife of sacked Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna and a Congress MLA in Bhanwari Devi abduction case, a day after Maderna told the agency that he knew the nurse. Lila Maderna was called for questioning at circuit
Flexible regulation is the key to raising the standards of higher education in India, believes Montek Singh Ahluwalia, depury chairman of the planning commission. Inaugurating the `FICCI Higher Education Summit 2011: Strategies for Expansi
Defence minister A K Antony on Friday made it clear that there will be "no political considerations" in awarding the multi-billion dollar 126 combat aircraft deal which entered its last phase with the opening of commercial bids of two bi
Supporting the comptroller and auditor general on the presumptive loss figure in the 2G spectrum allocation, a group of former bureaucrats on Friday accused the politicians of undermining the institution. The group, which met on Friday, po
First, the Maharaja became a pauper, and now it is the turn of the ‘king of good times’. Kingfisher Airlines, India’s premier luxury air operator, is facing the same fate that the national carrier has faced in recent times. Like
It’s again going to be a tough and chaotic winter for air flyers. The airport authority of India (AAI) has released a NOTAM (notice to airman) which says that one of the CAT III B certified runway is degraded to CAT II B. This means that the
The supreme court on Friday sought the Andhra Pradesh government`s reply on a plea contending that normal activities and administration in the state have been paralysed for the last one year due to the agitation for a separate state of Telangana.
With semi-urban and rural areas in Madhya Pradesh reeling under severe power crisis, the state`s power generating company is pressing hard to increase its capacity, with a view to meet the growing demands and save the ruling BJP from power blues i
Food inflation declined marginally to 11.81 per cent in the week ended October 29, but the slight moderation in the rate of price rise provided little respite to consumers burdened by high prices of essential kitchen staples like vegetables and pu
BJP leader L K Advani on Friday questioned Congress president Sonia Gandhi`s "silence" on corruption issue and asked what she was doing as UPA`s "most powerful leader" to curb the menace. "Corruption has been an is
Amid controversy over the issue of revocation of AFSPA from parts of Jammu and Kashmir, defence minister A K Antony on Friday said the final decision on it would be taken by the Unified Command Headquarters in the state. "The CCS last
A plea by former telecom minister A Raja that he would not cross-examine prosecution witnesses unless the CBI probe is over in 2G spectrum case, was dismissed on Friday by a Delhi court which began formal trial in the matter. Raja made the
The CBI on Friday filed a status report in the Rajasthan high court in the Bhanwari Devi disappearance case in which former minister Mahipal Maderna is a suspect. The report was filed a day after the agency quizzed Maderna on his alleged l
The supreme court on Friday will examine a batch of public interest litigations (PIL) urging it to restrain the centre from carving out a separate Telangana state and ensure that normal public life was not affected on account of the agitation.
Finally the list of 1978 IAS officers as Secretaries to Government of India - is out. Speculations were ripe that list was pruned twice and the third time-the total number of promotees were reduced from 41 to 37. UPA2 personnel pol
The 2G spectrum scam case on Friday entered a crucial stage with a Delhi court commencing the trial amidst protest by former telecom minister and prime accused A Raja refusing to cross-examine witnesses saying trial cannot start when the probe is
Delhi health minister Dr A K Walia on Wednesday told the members of United Residents Joint Action (URJA), a conglomeration of resident welfare associations (RWAs) protesting power tariff hikes, that it is difficult to bring discoms under the ambi
Two years after the Delhi high court ordered it to make high security registration plates (HSRP) mandatory for all vehicles plying in the national capital, the transport department seems to have arrived. If all goes well, the first dawn of the new
Arvind Kejriwal, social activist and member of Team Anna, has welcomed Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s commitment on Lokpal but added that the passage of the bill will be more assuring than empty words. “We sincerely hope the
