The home ministry has sent a proposal to the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) for raising a new agency for de-mining operations in the Maoist-infested areas to reduce casualties of the security forces from the landmines laid by the ultra
In a stunning censure of the UPA government, an internal document of the Prime Minister`s Office (PMO) accuses it of putting brakes on increasing power generation, stating that "the reforms impetus was virtually abandoned" since th
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar today said she has begun consultations on changing the time of the Question Hour to prevent frequent disruptions and hoped the shift to happen before the Monsoon session in July. "I have begun cons
Disgraced ex-Haryana DGP SPS Rathore was today jailed after he was arrested for the first time shortly after a sessions court enhanced his prison term to 18 months for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra-who later committed suicide-20 years back.
The government today vowed to crack down on coal mafia, which according to some estimates consists of at least 10,000 groups. "Unfortunately, the coal producing areas are affected by twin problems of naxalism and mafia. Naxal p
The Planning Commission of India has approved Central funding to the tune of Rs 7,000 crore for building canal network in the command area of Narmada project in Gujarat. Last week, the Commission approved the revised cost estimation
Jharkhand may have come out of one crisis with the BJP finally deciding to withdraw support to the Shibu Soren government and paving the way thereby for the Congress to step in and try to form an alternate government in coalition with the Jharkhan
News alert: Court enhances sentence of former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore from six months to one-and-a-half years prison term in the Ruchika Gihrotra molestation case, says Ruchika family lawyer Pankaj Bharadwaj.
A local court has granted permission to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to carry out further probe into the Margao bomb blast. The NIA has already filed chargesheet in Margao blast case accusing 11 people of hatching a consp
A section of employees of Air India, including engineers, today went on a flash strike to protest delay in payment of salaries and problems relating to the working conditions of cabin crew, union leaders said. There has been no impa
Rescue operation continued today at Paarichcha thermal power station near here amidst apprehension that some labourers are still being trapped under the debris of a chimney, which collapsed leaving six labourers injured, officials said.
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram is likely to arrive here this afternoon to review the security situation in the region at a high-level meeting, official sources said today. Chidambaram, accompanied by Union Home Secretary G K Pill
The Supreme Court today stayed the death sentence awarded to underworld don Aftab Ahmed Ansari for the attack on the American Centre in Kolkata in 2002. A vacation bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and C K Prasad asked the West
Investigators today recovered the crucial `Black Box` -- the Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR) -- from the wreckage of the Boeing plane of Air India`s budget carrier, three days after it crashed here while landing killing 158 persons.
Eleven passengers suffered minor injuries when 14 coaches of the Guwahati-bound Rajdhani Express derailed at Amba halt between Kharik and Naugachia railway stations in Bihar today. Rail traffic has been disrupted on the section due
News alert: A section of cabin crew and ground staff of Air India go on a flash strike to protest delay in payment of wages.
If you are thinking of buying a luxury car or a two-wheeler, be prepare to shell out more. Driving private vehicles in Delhi will soon become costlier as the Delhi government on Monday approved a proposal on the new road tax rates.
Three members of Jhintu Bariha’s family died one after the other between September 6 and 9, 2009 – his three-year-old son Sibaprasad, seven-month-old daughter Gundru and 35-year-old wife Bimla. They were ill and died without getting me
Extreme heat conditions in the northern region have caused leaves of cotton crops in Punjab to burn, which has given rise to fears of a low crop yield at the maturing stage. "We have found cases where the cotton leaves have burnt in a
Amid demand for inclusion of caste in the ongoing census, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government would soon take a decision on the issue. "I made a statement in Parliament in which I said that we shall take into accou
