Sudhir Chandra, chairman of the central board of direct taxes (CBDT), occupies a room in North Block whose balcony overlooks the majestic Rashtrapati Bhavan. The centrality of its location is symbolic of its significance to governance. Since
British voters have overwhelmingly rejected plans to change the `first-past-the-post` voting system in a nationwide referendum. After a divisive campaign that saw the Coalition partners on opposing sides of the argument, the No vote storme
With gusts of windling blowing dust across Delhi on Friday afternoon, the Delhi metro shut operations on its Blueline for a hour and half as visibility fell to two kilometres during the duststorm. Services on the Dwarka-Noida line were sus
The two elements needed to indict any motorist in India is to have him own a foreign made luxury car and live in a posh area. If he then finds himself in an accident he is nailed to the cross with glee and malice flowing like lava from the those w
School children from 16 states across the country were out to demand their rights. Children demanded the fulfillment of the Common Minimum Programme which promised to commit 6percent GDP to public spending on education and 3percent on health.
Congress on Friday hit back at BJP leader and former finance minister Yashwant Sinha for endorsing Murli Manohar Joshi`s draft for admission as the parliamentary accounts committee (PAC) report on the 2G scam. Congress termed Sinha`s stand "b
The enforcement directorate on Friday chargesheeted Pune-based stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan and his associate Kashinath Tapuriah in a case of alleged money laundering. Khan (53), is alleged to have stashed huge amount of black money abro
The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, a think tank and training institue of the ministry of corpoarte affairs (MCA), on Friday organised a multi-stakeholders consultation to discuss the draft National Voluntary Guidelines on Social, Environme
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday moved the Indian apex court seeking initiation of contempt of court proceedings against multi-business conglomerate Sahara group CMD Subrato Roy for allegedly interfering into the investigation of the 2G
BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari and nine others were today sentenced to life imprisonment by a sessions court here for murdering PWD engineer Manoj Kumar Gupta after he refused to pay donations for chief minister Mayawati`s birthday celebrations in 2008.
The enforcement directorate (ED) has suspended an officer for allegedly conducting a shoddy probe into the Hasan Ali Khan case in 2007. ED officer Amrinder Kumar Singh was suspended yesterday for conducting a "shoddy probe"
A bench of justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan upheld the contention of the government that the properties needed to be attached as they were parts of the various benami deals and transactions resorted to by Mehta, who gained notoriety in the `9
Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi`s daughter and DMK MP Kanimozhi appeared before a special court in Delhi on Friday, responding to summons for her alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum scam and sought bail on grounds of being a woman.
DMK MP Kanimozhi, set to appear before a CBI court on Friday in connection with the 2G spectrum scam, today said nobody should think she is an "easy target" and asserted that she will fight the case legally. "I don`t
Talks between the agitating Air India pilots and civil aviation joint secretary Prashant Shukul remained inconclusive on Thursday, a day after they were initiated. However, the pilots` representative body Indian Commercial Pilots` Association will
The opposition believes that the latest threat of power distribution companies (discoms) in the capital to increase tariff if they do not get adequate funds from the government, is sheer blackmail. BSES Yamuna and BSES Rajdhani- two discom
Even as the governmnet mulls a hike a in diesel prices to tame inflation, the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) brought out by the UN has made gloomy forecasts for India`s growth in the current fiscal year. It has blamed r
Some of the most backward districts with significant Maoist presence which have been receiving funds under the backward region grant funds (BRGF) have been further divided for better administration and utilsation of the money flowing in.
With the Congress seeking a probe into the chopper crash that killed Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu, various theories are doing rounds regarding the conditions that led to the crash. While it is de rigeur to settle for eith
Urban transport, a sector hitherto open only to either civic authorities or small trasnporters, is now open for corporates, with the launch of the cluster bus service in Delhi on Thursday. The service will be run jointly by the D
