Social activist Medha Patkar has demanded additional safeguards to protect interests of farmers in the land acquisition Bill pending before the Parliamentary standing committee. Though the union rural development ministry has made c
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday refused to comment on a letter sent by his ministry to prime minister Manmohan Singh on the 2G spectrum scam, saying he cannot make any remark on the matter is it is "subjudice". &quo
The Gujarat high court on Wednesday issued a fresh notice to Retd Justice R A Mehta who was appointed as the Lokayukta by the state governor bypassing the Narendra Modi government, which has challenged the decision. The fresh notice was is
Indicating that he may not be in the race for becoming the party`s prime ministerial candidate in the next elections, senior BJP leader L K Advani on Wednesday said the Sangh Parivar, his party and fellow workers had given him "much more"
Hailing prime minister Manmohan Singh`s recent visit to Bangladesh as "really successful", Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina has expressed optimism that her country will be able to work out the Teesta water sharing agreement with India.
The supreme court on Wednesday said the union cabinet can take a decision on impementing the recommendations of the Majithia Wage Board for journalists and non-journalists. A Bench of justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma, however, cl
Indian minister of commerce and industry Anand Sharma Wednesday urged greater US investment in India, saying his country was the best and safest place for investments. Sharma was speaking at the `US-Indian Economic Opportunities and Synerg
Senior BJP leader L K Advani will hold discussions with the top RSS leadership on Wednesday on his proposed rath yatra against corruption. "I am here to meet RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and other functionaries to discuss my proposed
Prime minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday pressed for an early reform of the United Nations, particularly an expansion of the Security Council, noting it must be seen as an impartial, credible and effective world body. In a statement befo
Home minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that India is in troubled geographical location and it needs to build relations with its neighbours. "Prime minister`s recent visit to Bangladesh was a major effort to build relations with that co
Seven more bodies were found in the quake rubble, taking the death toll in the calamity in Sikkim to 60 as rescuers on Wednesday struggled to reach the devastated areas where "heavy casualties" were feared. Official sources said
When it comes to crime, India’s largest state UP has the highest incidence of firearm fatalities. Adding insult to injury, a report says that the state also has the highest number of cities nationwide where this occurs. “Most cities (A
Refusing to lift a ban on mining in certain dense forests, the environment ministry has told a panel of ministers that it would notify these areas but was ready to consider request for relaxation of norms by the coal ministry for extension of proj
The CBI on Tuesday opposed in the supreme court a plea for probing home minister P Chidambaram`s alleged role in the 2G spectrum scam case saying it is beyond its jurisdiction to entertain it. Maintaining that the probe into the mul
Terming as "unfortunate" the resistance to the commissioning of Indo-Russian joint venture Koodankulam nuke plant in Tamil Nadu, Russia on Tuesday said all safety norms have been taken into consideration in view of the Fukushima accident
In an image building exercise ahead of the Assembly polls, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Tuesday directed her top officials to work out a policy for effectively checking corruption in government schemes. The chief minister direc
The Uttarakhand government has initiated the process of drafting a strong and an effective Lokayukta bill and intends to bring the office of chief minister under its ambit, chief minister B C Khanduri said. After a meeting with Team
Barely two months after he was appointed Lokayukta of Karnataka, Justice Shivraj Patil on Monday resigned after a controversy erupted over allotment of housing sites for him and his wife allegeding in violation of rules. Seventy one year o
In an affidavit to the Supreme Court today, the Planning Commission has said that Rs 25 per day at current prices “ensures the adequacy of actual private expenditure… on food, education and health”. The Planning Commission also
Taking note of frequent rail mishaps, a parliamentary panel has pulled up the Railways for delay in installing anti-collision devices (ACD) and asked it to come out with a concrete strategy within six months to address the issue. Th
