Security arrangements were tightened in the city on Tuesday after a local resident received a suspicious call from Pakistan, police said. "Bharat Sharma received a call from Pakistan. It was regarding some lottery but moments later Sh
Women`s forest rights groups on Tuesday demanded sorting out technical problems to enable single women get forest land as per the law. "Applications of tribal single women to get forest land as per law are being rejected on technical
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has raised to Rs 10 lakh the reward money for anyone providing information on the Delhi high court blast even as the investigators suspect that clone of a SIM card was used to send one of the emails claiming
Bouyed by the supreme court verdict in Gulbarga Society riot case, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hit out at his detractors for "defaming" him for the 2002 riots and announced he would undertake a three-day fast for peac
The home ministry may impose ban on the Hindu right-wing organisation Sanatan Sanstha involved in a series of bomb blasts, including one in Goa on Diwali-eve in October 2009 that killed two carrying the explosives on a scooter. A request f
Concerned over sluggishness in the domestic economy and deepening financial crisis in Europe, Indian finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the global community can`t afford to lose its nerve and will have to deal collectively with the
The condition of Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, who was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) following a rise in creatinine level in his body, is stable. Creatinine is a fairly reliable indicator of a person`s kidn
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) constituted by the Goa Legislative Assembly, would table its detailed report on the illegal mining scam in the state, during the two-day assembly session starting from October 5. Headed by the leader o
That is the finding of a research in the United States and it may be equally true in India where the TV news channels recycle the same news again and again. The research carried out by Michigan State University says oversaturation of Washington ne
The land swap deal signed with Bangladesh during the prime minister`s Dhaka trip last week may not be easy for the government to implement as it requires an amendment in the Constitution and the main opposition Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) will not
For leading the people in revolt against parliament, for threatening to desecrate the temple of our democracy, for challenging the supremacy of its high priests, for forcing parliament to discuss a bill for one whole holiday and for succee
With flood waters of Mahanadi river system slowly receding in the delta region, Orissa government on Monday accelerated relief work in the affected areas with focus on health care, sanitation and supply of safe drinking water. As discharge
A high-level committee has been constituted to suggest amendments to the Karnataka Lokayukta Act and make it more strong, Lokayukta justice Shivaraj Patil said on Monday. "When compared to other states in the country, the Karnataka Lo
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday appealed to the public to actively participate in the indefinite strike by "all sections of people" in support of separate Telangana which is scheduled to begin from
A special CBI court in Hyderabad on Tuesday rejected the bail petitions of former Karnataka minister and mining baron Janardhan Reddy and his brother-in-law B Srinivas Reddy in the illegal mining case. The court sent the two in CBI custody
The supreme court on Tuesday sought responses from DMRC, Delhi government and the centre on a plea for providing sufficient basic amenities like potable water, toilet and seating facility at all metro railway platforms in the national capital and
HRD ministry is "actively" considering bringing an ordinance to ensure timely award of degrees to students of IIIT D&M Kancheepuram whose career hangs in balance after a bill concerning the institute could not be passed in the rajya
Charging the government with misleading the people on the issue of dealing with corruption in higher judiciary through the Judges Bill, Team Anna today reverted back to its original demand of brining the judiciary under the ambit of Lokpal.
The defence ministry has given approval for disinvestment of 10 per cent of its stake in the country`s only aerospace company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in the next five years. In a defence acquisition council (DAC) meeting held last we
Corporate affairs minister Veerappa Moily on Monday said the union cabinet will take up the New Companies Bill for approval within the next fortnight and expressed hope that it will be passed by parliament before the end of this year. &quo
