The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a plea challenging the August 16 arrest of Anna Hazare hours before he was to begin his fast demanding a strong Lokpal. A bench of justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan said it would not
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh today refuted Madhya Pradesh home minister Umashankar Gupta`s claim that the activities of banned outfit SIMI had increased during his tenure as chief minister of the state. "The home m
The appointment of Gujarat Lokayukta created turmoil in Parliament today with Opposition BJP forcing several adjournments of both the Houses demanding recall of Governor Kamala Beniwal for what they alleged was a "dictatorial" act.
Calcutta high court judge Soumitra Sen resigned on Thursday, four days before the motion for his impeachment was to be taken up by the Lok Sabha. The impeachment proceedings were slated to be taken up by the Lok Sabha on Monday and Tuesday
Calcutta High Court judge Justice Soumitra Sen`s impeachment proceedings are slated in the Lok Sabha on Monday and Tuesday and he has been informed that he can defend himself or through any lawyer before the motion, as passed against him by the Ra
A fresh attempt is being made to build consensus within the Government to amend the controversial Armed Forces Special (Powers) Act (AFSPA), home minister P Chidambaram indicated on Thursday. "I am trying to revisit AFSPA but as you k
The Bharatiya Janata Party`s MP and spokesman Tarun Vijay, a former editor of RSS mouthpiece `Panchjanya`, was on Thursday questioned by police in connection with the broad daylight murder of Bhopal-based RTI activist Shehla Masood in front of her
Bombay High Court has held that an estranged wife can seek maintenance from her husband for and on behalf of her major daughter or son so long as the child is dependent on her. "A daughter may have attained majority but so long as she
National Advisory Council member N C Saxena on Thursday termed as "unconstitutional" a key clause in the proposed land acquisition Act which binds private firms buying 100 acre or more to follow the rehabilitation package, as suggested i
BJP MP Tarun Vijay will be questioned in connection with the murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood`s in Bhopal on August 16, police said on Thursday. A Madhya Pradesh police team will soon visit New Delhi in this regard, they said.
Even as food inflation entered into double digits, the prime minister`s Economic Advisory Council on Thursday exuded confidence that the rate of price rise of food items will moderate on account of a good monsoon and bountiful harvest. &qu
Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its orders on the maintainability of the Centre`s plea for recall of its July 4 order appointing an SIT to probe the black money issue. A bench of justices Altamas Kabir and S S Nijjar said it would pass
Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Delhi`s private hospitals, built on subsidised government land, to provide free treatment to the poor, saying they cannot "wriggle out" of their responsibility. A bench of justices R V Raveendran
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare was accorded a hero`s welcome when he arrived at his village Ralegan Siddhi in Maharashtra`s Ahmednagar district with supporters staying awake till late in the night to receive him. After landing in Pun
West Bengal government is mulling amendment of labour laws to prevent strikes on "trivial issues", while also checking unfair labour practises. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had recently sought an end to the `bandh culture` in t
Yoga guru Ramdev and his Haridwar-based trusts have been booked by the Enforcement Directorate in a case of alleged foreign exchange violation, official sources said on Thursday. The Directorate registered the case on the basis of a report
Unfazed by the rejection of his Bill, Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Thursday said he would talk to his Cabinet colleagues to convince them but ruled out any dialogue with BCCI bigwigs. Maken, who is keen to cleanse the system of managing t
An ambitious plan of setting up the Nalanda University on the ruins of the ancient Nalanda, a great seat of learning in Buddhist philosophy and statecraft as perhaps the first residential international educational institution from 5th to 12th cent
Not yet recovered from the tainted Commonwealth Games (CWG), Delhi now plans to host the 2012 South Asian Games, tentatively planned between October and November next year. The Indian Olympic Association, which is headed by senior BJP lead
Giving details of elaborate security arrangements for the eleven day Ganpati festival starting today Mumbai police commissioner, Arup Patnaik has denied any specific threat to the commercial capital. Informing that heightened security measur
