The Supreme Court today refused to quash the charges of murder and other offences against senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and said the trial will continue against him in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. A bench comprising Justices P
The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (UNMDGs) summit opens today in New York where leaders from 191 countries will be joined by the representatives of civil society organisations, foundations and the private sector to review the progres
Jairam Ramesh has become a national hero by upholding the rights of the Niyamgiri tribals and that of the ‘other traditional forest dwellers’ (OTFDs) in the POSCO project area, both in Orissa. In the case of the Niyamgiri, he withheld
Chief justice of India SH Kapadia set a new norm for approaching the “green bench” of the supreme court that he heads last Friday, which said: “In short, we want all statutory clearances from statutory authorities in place hencef
It may not be a misnomer to call the 44-year-old Kalyan resident, Sanjay Ghavate, the face of humanity. Son of an ex- railway employee, beneath his lean frame and restive demeanor there is an unrelenting determination for philanthropy. Travelling&
It may not be a misnomer to call the 44-year-old Kalyan resident, Sanjay Ghavate, the face of humanity. Son of an ex- railway employee, beneath his lean frame and restive demeanor there is an unrelenting determination for philanthropy. Travelling&
Demanding 25 per cent of power generated from 2400 MM Tehri Hydel project, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank today asked THDC officials to compensate the damages done due to increasing the water level of its reservoir that posed
Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India are scheduled to sign a landmark agreement for a multi-billion gas pipeline project in Ashgabat on September 20, Pakistan`s Petroleum Ministry said today. The pact will be signed b
The government will give a diesel subsidy of Rs 500 per hectare to farmers in the drought-hit Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal to meet their extra cost of irrigating their crops, a decision that will cost the exchequer Rs 500 crore.
Passengers booking tickets in Mail and Express trains need to add prefix 1 before the existing four-digit numbers while checking the reservation position through the enquiry system. Aiming at bringing uniformity and logical ba
The Supreme Court today slammed Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC) and Uttarakhand government for their failure to take adequate rehabilitation measures for the people affected in Bhagirathi river valley with the raising of water level up
Hardline faction of Hurriyat Conference headed by Sayed Ali Shah Geelani today dropped plans to stage protest marches to army and other security forces camps here on September 21. "There has been a modification in the pro
A ministerial panel, headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, today reached a consensus to give a go ahead to the draft mining bill, which seeks that miners share 26 per cent of profits with local people who get affected by their projects.
An effort for deferring the judgment in the 60-year-old title suit in the Ramjanambhoomi -Babri Masjid dispute was today rebuffed by the Allahabad High Court, which will now pronounce its verdict on Sept 24. A three-judge Special B
Minister for human resource development Kapil Sibal has underlined the role of the government schools system in the implementation of the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE). While addressing a conference of state school educa
Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday with the 36 members of all party parliamentary delegation shall undertake a three days visit to Jammu and Kashmir. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pavan Bansal shall also be assisting the Home Minister. B
The Bhartiya Janata Party on Friday hailed election of its Kanubhai Dabhi in the Kathlal assembly by-election in Gujarat breaking into the Congress bastion, saying it demonstrates that the Congress can only harass people but can`t win elections by
Two persons were killed and 16 others injured as security forces allegedly opened fire to quell stone-pelting mobs at four places in Budgam and Baramulla districts of central Kashmir today. The fresh protests came even as curfew remained in
At a time when states in the US are embracing policies that reek of protectionism, India today asked a grouping developed and developing economies to act towards keeping trade open and ensure financial stability. "The immediate spheres
Punjab-based farmers, who are known for feeding the country, now want to try their hands offshore, with a group of progressive farmers all set to acquire 50,000 hectares of farm land on lease in Ethiopia for growing high-value cash crops, includin
