In a bid to bring about a consensus on the controversial Women`s Reservation Bill ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has convened an all-party meeting on Wednesday. In a letter to political parties, K
Upset over his daughter being denied bail in the 2G spectrum case, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Tuesday flew in here to meet Kanimozhi at the Tihar Jail. This is the former Tamil Nadu chief minister`s second visit to Delhi in a month
Elections to three Rajya Sabha seats from Gujarat will be held on July 22, as terms of Congress MP Ahmed Patel and BJP MPs Pravin Nayak and Surendra Patel will come to end in that month, a senior state official said. "Elections
Prabhu Dayal, the Indian Consul General in New York, has been accused of treating a former domestic help as a slave and making sexual advances, a charge rejected by Dayal as "complete nonsense". Santosh Bhardwaj, Dayal`s f
The second lists for admissions into undergraduate courses in Delhi University colleges brought little relief to students with the BA Economics (Hons) seats filled at least 15 colleges on the first day of the lists` publication. Admissions
After the Supreme Court (SC) dismissed the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar, both accused in the 2G scam, the other three accused in the case including Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa played safe by withdraw
For a city that understands finance like Tendulkar the cover drive a bit of number crunching will help us put its urban woes in perspective. Let’s take up two symbols of every Mumbaikar’s existential reality – the Bandra-Worli Se
The supreme court on Monday issued notice to Ramdev-run Bharat Swabhiman Trust, saying it wants to hear its version over the eviction of the yoga guru and his supporters from Ramlila Maidan. A vacation bench comprising justices P Sathasiva
Ashok Chavan, who was the revenue minister from 1999-2003 when land was allotted to the Adarsh Housing Society, today said that the plot was sanctioned by then chief minister and he had no role to play in it. Without naming Vilasrao Deshmu
After a four-year-long probe, the National Investigation Agency on Monday charged suspected right-wing extremist Swami Aseemanand and four others with triggering explosions in the cross-border Samjhauta Express in 2007 that left 68 people dead.
Amidst panic in the stock market over double tax avoidance treaty with Mauritius, the government on Monday said India "cannot impose arbitrarily" capital gains tax on investment routed through the island nation. "How can you
Under attack by the Opposition over rape incidents in Uttar Pradesh, chief minister Mayawati has called a high-level meet of state officials on June 27 and also announced amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code (CrP) making harsher provisions fo
Land acquisition for Posco`s mega steel plant in Orissa`s Jagatsinghpur, which was to have resumed on June 17 and remained stalled, was again put off on Monday not because of the
The supreme court has denied bail of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV managing director Sharad Kumar in the 2G spectrum case here today. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and B S Chauhan gave the verdict after hearing arguments for t
A detailed national inventory of wetlands has been prepared on the basis of satellite imagery by ISRO, highlighting areas of critical ecological significance and those which are facing extreme threat due to developmental activities.
Irom Sharmila Chanu`s ongoing fast demanding for the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (Afspa) is over a decade old. However, it has failed to evoke any response from the government. The National Alliance of People`s Movements (NAPM) i
BJP MP Maneka Gandhi has alleged that half of India`s black money stashed in Swiss banks belonged to ministers, leaders and supporters of the Congress party. The BJP leader, while talking to reporters last night, also alleged that t
The 10-member drafting committee on Lokpal Bill failed to arrive at a consensus in its final meeting on Tuesday. Representatives of the civil society and the government exchanged their drafts, which showed that differences on key issues pe
The Delhi University`s under graduate admission process this year is like playing musical chairs, says Pratibha Jolly, the principal of Miranda House college. With no pre-admission forms and five cut off lists, colleges are playing it safe by fill
The government chose to paint a rosy picture of the income despite high inflation concerns. In fact, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee believes that there will be an encore of the growth show of 2010-2011 inthe current fiscal year. “
