Nationalist Congress party chief and agriculture minister Sharad Pawar`s courtesy call on Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday evening fuelled intense speculation even as both the parties insisted that it had nothing to do with politics.
Leaders of emerging giants Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) on Thursday expressed serious concern over fresh instability and volatility in markets and said rapid economic growth in a sustained and balanced manner was the only
Anna Hazare is back in the capital, and fuming. Addressing the media at the Maharastra Sadan along with all his colleagues, he slammed the UPA government and said he would personally campaign against the Congress in the five assembly elections ear
Anna Hazare today broke his `vow of silence` for the past 19 days after paying tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat here. 74-year-old Hazare visited Gandhi`s memorial at around 7 am and broke his `maun vrat`, observed since Oct 16, saying
“The National Innovation Council is to create a $1 billion fund to spur innovation in industrial clusters,” Sam Pitroda, advisor to the prime minister, told the India R&D 2011 event in the capital organised by FICCI and the d
Burdened by increasing tariff hikes in electricity bills, Delhi residents have decided to take things in their own hands. United Residents Joint Action (URJA), a conglomeration of resident welfare associations (RWAs), launched a walkathon on Th
Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday returned over Rs nine lakh dues to settle his resignation from the IRS department. He sent a cheque of Rs 9,27,827 along with a letter to the prime minister Manmohan Singh, insisting that it does not mean any mistake.
The supreme court on Tuesday stayed an ongoing probe by the election commission into the authenticity of former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan`s spendings during the 2009 state assembly polls allegedly involving expenses on "paid new
Mired in controversies, the Prime Minister`s Office (PMO) in India has declined to disclose information related to 2G spectrum allocation issue citing breach of parliamentary privilege. Replying to an RTI query by advocate Vivek Garg, the
Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday returned over Rs nine lakh dues to settle his resignation from the IRS department. He sent a cheque of Rs 9,27,827 along with a letter to the prime minister, insisting that it does not mean any mistake. In his f
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has rejected allegations that it had discouraged lead auditor R P Singh in his work on the 2G spectrum report and justified the quantum of presumptive loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore as based on certain market
Union minister of state for commerce and industry Jyotiraditya Scindia said there was immense scope for development in Madhya Pradesh but the BJP government in the state was mired in misrule. Addressing a Congress convention at Sugini Devi
The Calcutta high court on Thursday granted continuation of the stay of the trial court order validating the Singur land rehabilitation and development act which has been challenged by the Tatas. A division bench of Justices Pinaki Chandra
Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, facing prosecution for his alleged role in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam, was allowed on Thursday by a Delhi court to go abroad for treatment of his kidney ailment. Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal allowed Sing
A Delhi CBI team has arrived here to take over the investigations into the murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood. The team comprising joint director Keshav and DIG Arun Bosra arrived yesterday to take charge of the probe into the killing of
The Karnataka high court on Thusday granted conditional bail to former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in a corruption case relating to alleged irregularities in denotifying lands. Yeddyurappa has been given bail in the third private compla
Dashing the hopes of DMK MP Kanimozhi and seven other accused in the 2G case, a Delhi court Thursday dismissed their bail pleas saying the charges levelled against them were of "grave nature". The court rejected CBI`s stan
Skype, the Internet service providing free phone calls between computers and cheap calls direct to phones worldwide, and the VOIP (voice over internet protocol)-enabled high-end smart mobile phones, have come under the Intelligence Bureau`s scanne
India has the world’s largest number of poor people in a single country, according to the new report by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The report says that in a population of 121 crore, India has more than half of its populatio
The government on Wednesday accepted in principle recommendations of a task force headed by UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani to computerise the public distribution system (PDS) across the country to bring transparency to plug corruption and massive
