The parliamentary committee on personal, public grievances, law and justice on Wednesday pitched for an effective legal mechanism to provide women their share in the matrimonial property, acquired during the subsistence of marriage before the divo
After 97 hours of fasting, social activist Anna Hazare drank water offered by a child on Saturday morning in a symbolic breaking of the fast after the government issued a gazetted notification on the formation of a joint committee on the Lokpal Bi
Members of the civil society demanding the enactment of the anti-graft law achieved a breakthrough of sorts on Thursday. The government has agreed to their demand of forming a joint committee on Jan Lokpal bill with half the members of the civil s
NAC member and prominent RTI activist Aruna Roy has backed a beefed-up Lokpal Bill, according to a letter released by the Mazdoor Kisan Shakthi Sangathan. In the letter, Roy, Nikhil Dey and Shankar Singh endorse Anna Hazare`s campaign to f
Congress on Wednesday struck out at the BJP top brass over the Kushabhau Thakre Trust land controversy, saying that senior leaders like L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and venkaiah Naidu were "willing accomplices" in a "criminal con
A day after CBI registered a case into the death of Sadiq Batcha, a close aide of former Telecom Minister A Raja, arrested in connection with the 2G scam, the agency today conducted an investigation at the deceased`s house. A team of offic
Anna Hazare has written to the prime minister on Wednesday clarifying that the insinuation that he was instigated by "others" to go on the fast amounted to slander. Terming the current form of the Lokpal bill as "very weak", he
Maharashtra Government plans to construct coastal roads and has sought permission of the Union Environment Ministry to allow them under CRZ guidelines, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan told the assembly tonight. Replying to a debate
As a soulful, melodious voice reaches a crescendo singing “Ganapati Bappa Morya”, a small gathering breaks into a dance. The setting seems perfect for a cultural event, but at New Delhi`s Jantar Man
The Congress on Monday contended that the opposition`s demand for JPC on 2G was just an "attempt to score brownie points" as BJP MP Murli Manohar Joshi-led parliamentary accounts committee (PAC) was conducting a parallel probe. A
Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has offered to quit the group of ministers (GoM) on the Lokpal Bill after social activist Anna Hazare question the appropriateness of the minister`s partcipation in the GoM in the light of various corruption
Common man speaks: Ajay Tyagi from Ghaziabad at the rally at Jantar Mantar “The corrupt, no m
Two officials of the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) have been arrested here for allegedly helping pilots procure commercial pilot licences. The two - M J Bhattacharya and Mohammed K Ansari - were arrested by the crime branch
The national advisory council (NAC) has voiced concerns that the Lokpal bill may not be able to adequately meet the requirements of a robust redressal system. The NAC working group on transparency, accountability and governance held a day
Indian tobacco company limited (ITC) openly flouted the anti-tobacco laws during the cricket world cup by promoting its cigarette brand Navy Cut by printing its name on hoardings at the points of sale. The hoardings, which were spotted in
The CBI today carried out searches at 20 premises of DDA and CPWD officers besides that of a private firm in connection with alleged irregularities in laying of synthetic turf for lawn bowl event during the Commonwealth Games. The t
Reliance Communications chairman Anil Ambani was on Tuesday questioned by Parliament`s Public Accounts Committee in connection with alleged irregularities in the 2G spectrum allocation. Etisalat DB Telecom CEO Atul Jham was also questioned
After creating a furore by stating that Indians are not "large-hearted", Pakistan`s ODI cricket captain Shahid Afridi did a volte-face, claiming that he was misunderstood and quoted out of context. "Media makes a big deal of
In contrast to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) admitting that the world cup trophy handed over to team India on Satarday was not the orginal one, the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday strongly rebutted such reports .
The Congress party which chose to opt for the left’s outside support to prop up its UPA I government during 2004-08 has called the left front government at West Bengal a “draconian Stalinist regime". In a press brief on Mo
