Union Minister Kapil Sibal today said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should not insist on setting up of a Central university at Motihari in East Champaran district but should provide more options about location of the proposed varsity being fun
The prime minister`s office has been directed by the central information commission (CIC)to provide details of expenditure incurred on PM`s relatives accompanying him on visits abroad, rejecting the argument by the PMO that it did not have such re
The rural development ministry has notified the draft rules pertaining to the audit of its rural employment guarantee scheme NREGS. Following the notification, the scheme comes under the ambit of comptroller and auditor general (CAG) of India.
Experts in the Bamboo industry have welcomed forests and environment minister Jairam Ramesh`s initiative on ending monopoly of the forest department on bamboo trade in the country and making it available without any restriction to tribals, who hav
An income tax appellate authority here has upheld the order of central public information officer (CPIO) not to provide a copy of NHRC chairperson and former CJI K G Balakrishnan`s I-T returns to an RTI applicant. Disposing off an appea
With the promotion of 202 senior army officers hanging on the line, there is a sense of anxiety amongst them if the ‘flawed promotion system’ in place since 2009 would be corrected this time. The outcome of the promotion boards
The bandh called by opposition Shiv Sena in coastal Ratnagiri district to condemn the police firing on anti-nuclear power project demonstrators in Jaitapur turned violent today with a mob ransacking a district hospital and torching buses.
Lauding Anna Hazare for his fight for a Jan Lokpal Bill, Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy today said the Gadhian activitist should however have politicians on his side, saying that he was surrounded by `NGOs who are bogus.`
With an aim to catch fraudsters early in their sinister designs, Sebi will soon set up a forensic accounting cell to identify any bungling in the books and regulatory filings of listed firms and market entities. At the same time, th
The prime minister`s office has given the nod to questioning of Puducherry lieutenant governor (LG) Iqbal Singh by the enforcement directorate for his alleged links with suspected money launderer Hasan Ali Khan. Sources said the clearance
Aviation regulator DGCA, which has come under the scanner over the fake pilot licenses issue, has stripped one of its top officials off his responsibilities following charges against him of influencing an airline to employ his daughter, who had fa
A former bureaucrat has said that most business houses "maintain" MPs to influence government policies or decision making in their favour. "Some of the large industrial houses also fund politicians who are in the oppo
The Maharashtra government is planning to appeal in the supreme court against a Bombay high court bench ruling that jobs should be given to project affected people (PAPs) on the basis of merit and candidates will have to appear for competitive exa
The supreme court on Tuesday deferred its hearing on the issue of legalisation and decriminalisation of gay sex among consenting adults in private. A bench headed by justice G S Singhvi adjourned the matter without specifying the da
An eight-member team of experts from Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) today visited Nirma cement plant being opposed by farmers on various grounds in Mahuva taluka of the district following Supreme Court orders. The team, c
The ministry of environment and forests on Monday issued guidelines to states for dealing with the man-leopard conflict. A statement issued by the ministry described it as a first step to deal with the complex and important issue. “The inten
The Supreme Court today favoured fixed time frame for governments to grant sanction to prosecute its officials in corruption cases. "There are cases where people (sanctioning authority) are sitting for months. Three months is sufficie
Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy today told a special court that he should be associated in the 2G spectrum allocation case as he is willing to assist the CBI in a "formal way". "I have to be associated in a formal way w
An estimated 75 per cent of the voters cast their votes during repolling today in six polling centres of three Assam assembly constituencies of Rangia, Bhawanipur and Udalguri. Election office sources said the electors cast their votes pea
The role of the centre in the creation and funding of anti-Naxal armed group of special police officers (SPOs) to fight Maoists today came under the scrutiny of the Supreme Court which said several serious issues arises from their existence.
