The Anna Hazare team today expressed satisfaction over the venue offered to them by police for holding the indefinite fast against Lokpal Bill even as they denied any going back on their stand on the legislation. The core committee
Leader of opposition in lok sabha Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday called for the ouster of union home minister P Chidambaram over the police lathicharge of BJP protestors in the national capital on Tuesday. Answering reporters questions on if
President Prathibha Patil sought a detailed briefing from the government on the file it sent on union cabinet committee on political affairs (CCPA) on Tuesday that gave a go-ahead for the deletion of Clause ‘F’ of Para 14 o
Food rights activists have pointed out major flaws in the government`s draft of the national food security bill, especially with regards to the policy provisions for children. A letter from the activists is reproduced below: The W
Over three years have elapsed since the start of the construction of the 41-km-long Berhampur-Taptapani road in Orissa`s Ganjam district, but only ten percent of it has been completed so far. The road work, undertaken as part of the World
New Karnataka chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday ruled out creation of a deputy chief minister`s post and re-induction of controversial Reddy brothers in the cabinet. On his first visit to Delhi after assuming office, Gowda sa
The delivery of the first consignment of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Air India has been further delayed by two months. Earlier, the planes were to arrive in India by October, but now their delivery has been extended to December. Air India
Reliance Telecom Ltd, one of the accused firms in the 2G case, on Wednesday told a Delhi court that it did not hold substantial equity in Swan Telecom at the time of grant of spectrum licences. "No criminal case is made out against Re
The home ministry is likely to submit its Action Taken Report on the findings of Shunglu Committee that probed alleged irregularities in execution of Commonwealth Games projects to the prime minister`s office next week. Official sources sa
Rajya Sabha will take up next week the impeachment proceedings of Calcutta high court judge Soumitra Sen in perhaps the first case of its kind in the history of the upper house. The controversial judge has been held guilty on corruption ch
LS adjourns twice over police action on BJP activists, Maha farmers Agitated BJP, Shiv Sena and SP members made a common cause in the lok sabha on Wednesday on the issue of police firing on farmers in Maharashtra demandin
The Madhya Pradesh government inked an agreement with the united nations (UN) for the empowerment of women. Under the agreement, the state will be getting support from the world body for empowerment of elected women representatives, offici
Minister stresses need to amend act to protect farmers West Bengal agriculture marketing minister Arup Roy on Tuesday stressed the need for an amendment to the agricultural produce marketing (regulation) act, 1972 to protect the pot
Senior IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt said on Tuesday he would challenge his suspension by the Gujarat government, claiming that the action was prompted by his petition in the supreme court on the 2002 post-Godhra riots. The Narendra Modi gover
In a relief to farmers whose land was acquired for the Tons hydel project, the Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday decided to return those stretches of land that do not fall under the submergence area as predicted earlier. The decision to
The centre on Tuesday approved the revised project cost of Banglaore Metro from Rs 8,158 crore to Rs 11,609 crore. This was decided at a meeting by the empowered group of ministers on mass rapid transit system chaired by finance minister P
HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday said that the government will consider giving students three attempts to clear IIT entrance exam against the two chances being given to them currently. Sibal also batted for an education system where tea
The Ghaziabad Development Authority today sealed an unauthorised mobile tower in Aryanagar here as part of its new drive to clamp down on illegal constructions in the city, a GDA official said. An illegally constructed building was also
The supreme court on Wednesday confirmed the death sentence for Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Mohd Arif alias Ashfaq in the 2000 Red Fort attack case in which three people, including two army jawans, were killed. A bench of justices V S Sirpuk
A four-decade old legislation enacted soon after Goa``s liberation from Portuguese rule has now become handy for the state government to save the properties of tribal communities from being robbed by the land grabbers. State revenue dep
