As Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi`s 72-hour fast entered the third and final day on Monday, top BJP leaders are expected to make an appearance at the venue and lend their support to his `Sadbhavana Mission`. Among the most prominent
With one dementia case every seven seconds in the world, India will have largest number of elders affected by the disease. Every five years of life the number of older persons affected with dementia double and India will have one of the largest nu
An earthquake of 4.3 magnitude on the richter scale shook parts of Meghalaya on Monday, the seismic observatory Shillong said. The mild intensity quake was recorded at 12.52 AM and its epicentre was located along the Meghalaya-Bangladesh b
BJP on Friday said L K Advani`s proposed rath yatra against corruption should not be seen as a `competition` to Anna Hazare`s anti corruption campaign, but as a `compelementary` action. The yatra should not be seen as a `competition` to An
Planning commission on Friday said the decision of oil marketing companies to raise petrol price by Rs 3.14 per litre is a good news and will provide credibility to the economic reforms process. "What has happened (fuel price hike)...
The government has ruined the festive spirit of people getting ready to welcome Dussehra and Diwali by increasing petrol prices once again, former petroleum inster Ram Naik said in Mumbai on Friday. "In May, petrol was available at Rs
Faced with recurring train mishaps, government on Friday set up a high-level review committee comprising experts like former Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar and DMRC chief E Sreedharan to conduct a safety audit and plug loopholes i
Social activist Swamy Agnivesh on Thursday regretted being seen as a "villain" for voicing differences on the manner in which anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare`s fast was carried out in its concluding phase. "I was looked
Amid speculation that BJP leader L K Advani is undertaking his yatra to be in the fray for the next lok sabha polls, the senior leader on Friday endorsed a US Congressional report that says Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi may be the next prim
Justice M B Shah, heading the central government-appointed inquiry commission on mining, on Friday began inspection of several controversial mines, to ascertain the ground realities of illegal iron ore mining in the coastal state. Shah arr
Amid resentment over sharp hike in petrol prices, the government on Friday distanced itself from the decision saying the call was taken by oil marketing firms. "So far petrol price is concerned, petrol has been deregulated. It is oil
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Friday reserved its judgment on a public interest litigation seeking CBI probe in alleged National Rural Health Mission scam in Uttar Pradesh. After hearing all the parties, justices Pradeep
Ruling out any delay in submission of their report, centre-appointed interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir will submit it to the government before October 12. "Our term comes to end on October 12. The report will be handed over before Oc
Seeking to allay the fears of the local population, Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa on Friday said the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tirunelveli district has adequate safety parameters and appealed to agitators to end their indefinite
Concerned over high inflation, the Reserve Bank on Friday raised key interest rates by 25 basis points, its 12th such hike since March, 2010, making auto, home and other loans more expensive. Following the increase, the short-term lending
There are 16,000 juvenile cases pending in Bihar courts, the majority of which are in Patna district, according to the state social justice department. Patna accounts for more than 1,500 cases till March 31 last, sources in the department
The supreme court on Friday refused to entertain a petition seeking monitoring of the CBI probe into alleged corruption cases related to the commonwealth games. A bench comprising justices R M Lodha and Gyan Sudha Misra said there was no n
Although `Right to Recall` concept gained wide prominence after Anna Hazare`s movement on the Janlokpal Bill it has been in vogue in Madhya Pradesh for over a decade now with people exercising the right in urban bodies but not at Gram Panchayats l
Noting that the security environment in the country "continues to be uncertain", prime minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said there were reports of cross-border camps for terrorists being reactivated. He said the recent terror at
The directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption officials on Thursday carried out searches at the premises of former DMK minister and senior party leader K N Nehru, lodged in prison on land grabbing charges. DVAC officials, who were armed
