Gender representation in corporate boardrooms is set to become fairer with the ministry of corporate affairs moving to make it mandatory for companies with five or more independent directors to have at least one woman director. The m
The Supreme Court has stayed the Bombay High Court order allowing Mauritius-based World Sports Group`s (WSG) appeal against the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) seeking arbitration with regard to termination of their agreement for Rs 4
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today virtually blamed former MoS (Personnel) Prithviraj Chavan for the fiasco involving appointment of P J Thomas as CVC, saying the note forwarded by him for the selection committee did not have information about co
The telecom companies, under scruitny for having benefited in 2G spectrum scam, today told the Supreme Court that allocation of the air waves since 2003 should be scrapped if the first-come-first serve policy adopted during the tenure of former Te
The telecom companies, under scruitny for having benefited in 2G spectrum scam, today told the Supreme Court that allocation of the air waves since 2003 should be scrapped if the first-come-first serve policy adopted during the tenure of former Te
The neglect of rural health care and concerns of paltry budgetary allocation on the sector might see some fresh light, thanks to technology enabled innovations in connected health in India. Internet protocol-based networking solutions prov
Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday said that a detailed project report of over Rs 250 crore has been submitted to the Centre for rehabilitation and restoration works in flood-affected Ladakh region. "A detailed project repo
The BJP government wants to rename Bhopal as Bhojpal amidst protest. After spending crores to glorify the image of Raja Bhoj, a Parmar king born 1000 years back, Shivraj Singh Chauhan is defending his decision saying there is nothing wrong i
A meeting of officials from the state and the centre would be held here on March 10 to expedite the Navi Mumbai Airport project. The state and the union government officials from aviation and environment ministries, along with officials of
Ruling CPI-M in Kerala today deferred to next week a decision on the question of Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan`s candidature for the April 13 assembly polls.
Government cannot steamroll the rights of land owners by acquiring their land arbitarily as it would be violative of their fundamental and constitutional rights, the supreme court said on Monday. "Even though the concept of pub
Civil aviation minister Vayalar Ravi on Monday set up a three-member committee to consider the demands of the agitating Air India pilots and appealed to them not to go on strike on Wednesday. In turn, leaders of the Indian Commercial Pilot
Calling a Dalit by his caste is a serious offence that cannot be condoned even if both the accused and the complainant arrive at a compromise, the supreme court said on Monday. A bench of justices Markandeya Katju and Gyan Sudha Mishra sai
The supreme court on Tuesday mulled invoking terror and other stringent penal charges against Pune stud owner Hasan Ali Khan, accused of massive money laundering and tax evasion, for his alleged links with arm dealers and people linked to terror a
With the supreme court on Monday rejecting a plea to allow active euthanasia (mercy killing) to Aruna Shanbaugh, a victim of sexual assault, and setting out guidelines for passive euthanasia, the government may refer the matter to the law commissi
The CBI on Monday arrested the managing director of an Indo-Swiss supplier firm while enforcement directorate (ED) intensified its probe into alleged irregularities in the award of contracts worth over Rs.600 crore for Commonwealth Games overlays.
Gujarat has completed the rehabilitation of all those who were affected by the Sardar Sarovar - Narmada Project, spending Rs 226 crore to date, said minister for water resources, Nitin Patel in the state assembly on Monday. "The heigh
The Congress-DMK stalemate ended on Tuesday with the Tamil Nadu party agreeing to allot the grand old party 63 assembly seats in the upcoming polls in the state. On Monday, DMK`s six union ministers had arrived in Delhi with resignation letters af
The Andhra Pradesh high court on Monday issued notices to the state government and others on a petition seeking direction to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) not to allocate funds for non-charitable purposes. A division bench comprising
The Supreme Court today cleared the deck for the Centre and the Medical Council of India (MCI) to hold a single eligibility-cum-entrance examination for MBBS and post-graduate medical courses in the country from this academic session. A be
