Eighty-five out of 134 medicine sale outlets inspected by the drug controller general of India (DCGI) in Delhi and Bhiwadi in Rajasthan last week were selling prohibited drugs, according to the health ministry. The central drugs standard c
The CBI on Friday opposed in the supreme court the bail plea of DMK MP Kanimozhi and co-accused Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar in the 2G case on the ground that if released, they could tamper with evidence and influence witnesses. In an affi
Delhi police on Friday justified in the supreme court its midnight crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters protesting against corruption and black money at the Ramlila Maidan here, saying permission had been given only to hold a yoga
Congress poster-boy Rahul Gandhi`s birthday will be celebrated as farmers` rights day, the party has announced. With a view to garner support of the rural masses, Congress is planning to celebrate Rahul Gandhi`s birthday by holding a `chau
Armed Maoists burned down an office of Bihar State Bridge Construction Corporation (BSBCC) at Sheohar and two trucks at Gaya district in Bihar at the fag end of a 24-hour shut down that ended midnight last night. Police said today over 50
While the beleaguered Air India is soon to witness a mass exodus of its most dedicated lot of pilots and agitation against non-payment of salary, the national carrier`s Chairman and Managing Director Arvind Jadhav has tried to
While the beleaguered Air India is soon to witness a mass exodus of its most dedicated lot of pilots and agitation against non-payment of salary, the national carrier`s Chairman and Managing Director Arvind Jadhav has tried to
Waste-to-energy incinerators, scheduled to come up in Delhi by the end of this year, pose a threat to the livelihoods of the city`s wastepickers, according to a new report Chintan, a city-based NGO. `Waste-to-energy or waste-of-energy?`, r
After being skewered by the union HRD minister and others alike for posting a 100 percent cut off for non-commerce students, Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) found some succour on Thursday as applications poured in from students who meet the th
At least eight neglected monuments will soon get a face-lift with the World Bank funded Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project (ICZMP) taking up their conservation work. "The eight monuments having historical and maritime importan
The family of Swami Nigamanand today threatened to go on an indefinite fast if the seer`s body is not handed over to them for the last rites. Swami Nigamanand`s father Subhash Chandra Jha and other family members reached the ashram at Hari
In the wake of Anna Hazare`s statement that he would resume his indefinite fast from August 16 if an effective Lokpal Bill is not passed, three senior central ministers reiterated the government`s hardening stand on Thursday evening. Home
India and Canada are close to completing the ratification process of their civil nuclear agreement, paving the way for transfer of technology, sale of atomic reactors as well as uranium. Both the countries had signed the agreement last yea
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi is leading a campaign to popularise girls’ education and enrolment drive in primary schools of the state. The campaign is being held in two phases. While the first phase is being held from June 1
Eighteen months after Asha Kiran, a home for mentally challenged, was in the news with 12 residents dying within a month in 2009 due to negligence, the centre still faces an acute problem of overcrowding. In a capacity for 440, the centre
The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the Maharashtra government and police to file on June 21 a status report on the probe into the murder of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey. Justice Ranjana Desai and Justice R V More said in view of
Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian surgeon-turned-jihadist ideologue, has been appointed the new chief of al-Qaeda to succeed the group`s slain leader Osama bin Laden, according to a statement posted on militant websites. Al-Zawahiri, 59, one
The Indian government has decided to levy tax on the interest obtained on Post Office savings schemes from the current financial year. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has brought out a notification in this regard recently, which s
The nationwide survey of people living below poverty line (BPL) would start from Tripura from June 29, Tripura`s Rural Development Minister Jitendra Chowdhury said on Thursday. A central team led by secretary of the union rural development
Civil aviation minister Vayalar Ravi on Thursday asked managers of state-run airports to tighten their belts for competing with private-led ones and fulfill their customers` expectations. "Compete with the privately managed airports .
