Former chief justice of India (CJI) K G Balakrishnan’s refusal to reveal his income tax details under the right to information (RTI) act has not gone down with the civil society. The income tax department, Kochi, had asked the former
Prime minister Manmohan Singh has directed ministries and departments to adhere to the most comprehensive official estimates for quoting figures, avoiding confusion created by multiple estimated. The gujjar agitation in Haryana, ongoing te
Concerned over leakage and wastage of public funds, the government today constituted a task force under UIDAI chief Nandan Nilekani to suggest ways to provide kerosene, cooking gas and fertiliser subsidies to intended beneficiaries directly.
Armed Maoists blew up a state-run school building at Barhara in Chakkarbandha forest in naxal-hit Gaya district late last night, police said. Over fifty ultras armed with sophisticated weapons surrounded the school, commanded the vi
About 70 per cent polling was recorded in the bypoll at Sanjari Ballod assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh`s Durg district today, officials said. No incident of violence was reported during the polling, though there was a clash be
The city saw its first swine flu casualty for the year when a person, who was admitted in a hospital ten days ago died here this afternoon. The patient, who was on a ventilator since he tested positive, breathed his last today, hosp
Almost a month after the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) passed an order to demolish the scam-hit Adarsh Housing Society, its members have approached the Bombay High Court challenging it. The Environment Ministry ha
The agitation threatened by Indian Airlines pilots over pay parity with Air India pilots has been put on hold by the their representative body Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) after the Air India CMD Arvind Jadhav said on Monday that ci
Amid instances of corruption in MNREGA implementation, government has decided to tighten the audit system, which includes broadening the scope of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in the scheme. "The CAG has been giving some r
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has been accused by the opposition of remaining silent on various scams haunting his government, will meet editors of television channels tomorrow for a question-answer session that will be telecast live.
V Kishore Chandra Deo Congress MP from Andhra Pradesh is tipped to head JPC on 2G, according to highly placed Congress sources. There are other contendors from Lok Sabha Congress MPs Francisco Sardinha or Vijay Bahuguna. But So
BJP on Tuesday sought a clarification from the UPA government at the centre on alleged tapping of over one lakh telephones across the country, describing it as a "cause of grave concern". Stating that this amounted to misuse of p
Former telecom minister A Raja was opn Monday sent to CBI remand for three more days by a Delhi court which also extended the custody of Swan telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa for four days in the 2G spectrum case after the CBI said it wanted to
Congress on Monday commented on the issue of the politically damaging maps circulated by People`s Democratic Party (PDP) depicting Aksai Chin and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) as separate from India`s territory saying that the move by the party
As you reach Rafi Nagar in the Shivaji Nagar slums of north eastern Mumbai, a distinctive stench fills your nose. Plastic waste, wet and dry garbage are piled all around. Urchins holding babies in their arms loiter around . Over 600 tarpaulin, sac
The municipal corporation of Delhi (MCD) is in no mood of sharing accountability for unauthorized construction in the capital. Recently, it turned down a proposal of the Lieutenant Governor (LG) in this regard. In June last, the LG office
In a meeting with the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on pre-budget consultation, a delegation from the Centre for Budget and Government Accountability (CBGA) asked the government to include devepopmental concerns of minority groups as a priorit
Planning commission (PC) member B K Chaturvedi has called for speedy and timely execution of various infrastructure projects in Arunachal Pradesh especially around the border areas. Chaturvedi along with PC advisor S N Brahma Chowdu
A brand new legislation that governs all aspects of policing in the capital envisaging among other objectives insulating police from political pressure while doing "normal duty" will be placed before the union cabinet for approval by the
On Sunday, Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi rubbished his political rival J Jayalalithaa’s claim that corporate lobbyist Niira Radia had carried a personal letter to him from Tata Sons’ chairman Ratan Tata that praised former mi
