The death toll in the east Delhi building collapse today mounted to 64 as scores of rescue workers struggled to pull out those trapped in the debris of one of the worst such incidents in the capital. At least 80 people were also inj
A Raja is gone. The UPA government is taking concrete measures to stem corruption. End of the story? No. Because all the real questions are, well, yet to be raised. Questions like why it took the Congress and the prime minister so long to ease ou
The World Bank will fund road safety projects in three states - Assam, Gujarat and Karnataka. The global public projects financer has said that provision of training, technology and support boosting road safety capacity in the states` publ
Microfinance institutions drew some sharp raps from the government on Monday in the backdrop of the suicides in Andhra Pradesh linked to the strongarm tactics of MFIs in recovering debts. The prime minister`s economic advisory council (PMEAC) chai
Painting a dismal picture, a government survey today revealed that only 30 per cent of rural population had access to safe drinking (tap) water in the country. It said 55 per cent depend on tube well or hand pumps to meet their drin
The Adarsh scam has become a downward spiral for the Congress in Maharashtra with another chief minister being named in connection with it. Ex- IPS officer and advocate Y P Singh has named former chief minister Sushil Kumar Shinde
The Delhi cabinet has decided to lay the Delhi Prevention of Touting and Malpractices against Tourists Ordinance 2010 before the legislative assembly. It will be placed before the assembly in the winter session which commences on November 23
The Delhi high court today issued notice to the city government seeking its response as to why criminal case should not be registered against hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, writer Arundhati Roy and Delhi University professor S A R
Registering its first case in alleged irregularities in Commonwealth Games, CBI today filed two separate cases involving UK-based A M Films and former officials of CWG Organising Committee on charges of forgery and cheating in organising Queen`s B
The department of telecommunication (DoT) is trying all tricks in the book to come out clean in the the 2G spectrum scandal. It has evaded a clear response to the RTI query seeking details of the 2G spectrum cases being heard by the suprem
Fertiliser minister M K Alagiri is keen to return to Tamil Nadu politics, by resigning from the union cabinet by mid December to campaign for his party, DMK, in southern districts of Tamil Nadu. Highly placed DMK sources said Alagiri was n
HRD minister Kapil Sibal was today given the additional charge of the telecom ministry by prime minister Manmohan Singh in a development that takes the portfolio away from DMK at least for the time being. Official sources said Sibal
Cornered by the opposition in the Parliament over the 2G scam, Congress is mulling over ways to get DMK chief K Karunanidhi to agree to the removal fo telecom minister A Raja. Sources say that the Congress could offer Raja`s post to former
The Bombay high court has recommended central government to bring cooperative societies under the ambit of the RTI act. Division bench of Justices J P Deodhar and A B Chaudhary observed this while hearing a plea asking to cover Agricultur
DMK MPs will meet on SUnday afternoon in Chennai to decide on a strategy to take on the opposition in Parliament which has been mounting pressure on the government to remove DMK leader and telecom minister A Raja. The opposition has stated that it
In the ongoing winter session health ministry is likely to table a bill in the parliament for an overarching body for medical education in the country called, the National Commission for Human Resources in Health Bill, 2010, details of which have
The environment ministry today issued a show cause notice to the Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai for ‘blatant’ violation of coastal zone regulation (CRZ). “The show cause notice is for the removal of the unauthorized structure,
Newly-inducted Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan`s image took a hit today with reports of his being involved in illegal purcahse of property in Mumbai. Chavan, who has long enjoyed the image of a "clean poltician", bou
A special tribunal headed by a Delhi high court judge on Friday upheld centre`s decision to extend the ban on terrorist outfit Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for another two years saying that the organisation remains a threat to the security
Worried over reports of alleged corruption especially in issuing refunds to taxpayers, the Income Tax department has brought its own officials under strict vigilance scanner and has issued instructions to the top brass to constantly monitor the proce
