Shanti Bhushan, co-chairperson of the drafting committee on Lokpal Bill has said that the government has not represented fully the views of the civil society members of the committee while comparing the two versions of the draft - one prepared by
Agitators stalled work for the second day today at Posco`s mega steel plant project near here in Orissa`s Jagatsinghpur district as prohibitory orders were clamped. Slogan-shouting youths, women and children marched to Noliasahi-Pol
Madhya Pradesh BJP chief and MP Prabhat Jha on Monday conveyed his death wish (Ichchhamratyu) to president Pratibha Patil, seeking her permission to end his life in solidarity with the poor dying due to backbreaking price rise. His
Scores of Congress leaders and workers led by Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi were today detained for defying prohibitory orders as they tried to march towards the assembly building here protesting the "
North Eastern states are the safest for children in the country. Children living in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are the most prone to crimes, according to data provided by the National Crime Records Bureau. Madhya Pradesh (MP), the fo
To create awareness about child sexual abuse and to make people become a powerful force in making the world a safer place for kids, Dr A V Baliga Trust in association with Plan India, a child-centred community development organisation, launched th
Some years ago, Bishan Bedi and I visited a former player in a leading Delhi hospital. Seeing us stand in the queue for the entry tokens, there was shock and amazement all around. "What sir, you too?" people kept asking Bedi. In the c
DMK tresurer and party chief M Karunanidhi`s son M K Stalin today left for New Delhi. The leader is likely to meet his sister Kanimozhi, lodged in Tihar jail for her alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. St
In a relief to common man, Kerala became the first state on Monday to forgo the state tax to be accrued by way of the recent increase on diesel price. This was announced by chief minister Oommen Chandy of the United Democratic Front (UDF)
Two weeks after crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey was shot dead here, Maharashtra government today said the murder case has been cracked with the arrest of seven persons from Tamil Nadu. Home minister R R Patil said three people were arr
Blatant use of money power was displayed during the recent elections for five assemblies, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala, West Bengal and Puducherry, but the newly elected MLAs have claimed in their expense statements submitted to the Election Commissi
Some years ago, Bishan Bedi and I visited a former player in a leading Delhi hospital. Seeing us stand in the queue for the entry tokens, there was shock and amazement all around. "What sir, you too?" people kept asking Bedi. In the capi
Concerned over the counterfeit Indian currency notes threatening to destabilise India`s economy, the government plans to approach Pakistan government with evidence that these notes are printed in its territory and assert that it should put a stop
Initiating their dialogue with political parties, the Anna Hazare team today met senior BJP leader L K Advani to drum up support for their version of the Lokpal Bill. Activists Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia briefed
The competition commission of India (CCI) has asked the national stock exchange (NSE) to pay a penalty of Rs 55.5 crore after it held the bourse guilty of predatory practices in the currency derivatives (CD) market. The order follows a com
Less than a month after launching its Facebook (FB) page, the Delhi University (DU) seems to have lost the enthusiasm for the social networking media. Both the university`s website and the FB page have updates on just the first and second cut-off
It was about two years back that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had unearthed a huge consignment of spurious drugs from hospitals in Western Uttar Pradesh. The CBI had taken congnisance of the report that spurious medicines were being s
The drugs controller general of India (DCGI) under the health ministry on Friday suspended the approval of a private firm conducting clinical trials in Hyderabad after it was found that the firm is administering anti-cancer drug to poor women in P
Prisoners lodged in central jails in Tamil Nadu can now interact with their family members as the authorities have decided to extend landline telephone facility to all inmates. The move would benefit about 13,000 prisoners who would be all
The Madras High Court today issued a notice to the Union Government on a PIL seeking to declare a recent notification exempting Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) from the purview of Right to Information Act as ultra vires of the Constitution.
