The government today indicated it may lower the Rs 40,000 crore disinvestment target for the current fiscal in view of the recent bloodbath in the stock markets on account of global uncertainty. "It is difficult to say, if the
Khushi takes a leap, swings in the air lands on her feet with a flourish. She performs multiple somersaults with a ease that makes one wonder if her limbs are the most tensile thing on the planet. After every act she comes to her coach who has a s
Ruling out any cause of concern over the oil spill from a sunk cargo vessel off the Mumbai coast, Union Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan today asked the pollution authority to lift samples of the slick. "I reviewed the m
In fresh trouble for former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, the special Lokayukta court today issued summons to him and 14 others to appear before it on August 27 in connection with a private complaint against them alleging denotification of lands
Air India is in a total mess and the BJP has directly blamed prime minister Manmohan Singh for it. Moreover, the main opposition has alleged that "proper procedure" was not followed by a team comprising the PM’s principal secretary
The NDA on Monday gave separate privilege notices in the lok sabha and rajya sabha against sports minister Ajay Maken`s statement on the Commonwealth Games. Maken, in a suo motu statement on the CWG, had put the blame on the BJP-led opposi
With the opposition demanding the resignation of Sheila Dikshit after the CAG report on irregularities in CWG projects, government on Monday said it will respond only after the public accounts committee takes a view on the issue. Law minis
You can’t grab protest realty. That is UPA’s holier-than-thou rejoinder to Team Hazare’s request for permission for a month-long protest in support of the Jan Lokpal bill at Jantar Mantar. Delhi Police, in its letter to the prote
In a setback to Suresh Kalmadi, the Delhi High Court today refused permission to the Congress MP, lodged in Tihar Jail in connection with CWG scam, to attend the ongoing Parliament session and imposed a cost of Rs one lakh on him. "
Severely rapped by the Comptroller and Auditor General for irregularities in Commonwealth Games projects, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today evaded a direct reply to the charges saying her government will put its view before Public Accounts
Severely rapped by the Comptroller and Auditor General for irregularities in Commonwealth Games projects, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today evaded a direct reply to the charges saying her government will put its view before Public Accounts
The Supreme Court today allowed state enterprise NMDC to operate its two mines for production of iron ore in Karnataka`s Bellary district. "We are of the view that under the extraordinary circumstances, NMDC be allowed to operate thes
Dragging the PMO in the CWG mess, CAG today said Suresh Kalmadi had been appointed Organising Committee chief at its behest in 2004 despite "serious objections" and highlighted how wasteful expenditure worth several hundred crore rupees
Expressing concerns over the financial position of Railways, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has recommended rationalising of freight and passenger tariffs to improve its finances. The premier auditing body also pressed for makin
The Indian Government Thursday approved a fresh equity infusion of Rs 1,200 crore for ailing Air India in a bid to help ease cash flow into the state-owned airline. The decision to pump in more funds was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet C
Congress President Sonia Gandhi was today recovering in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a US hospital where she underwent successful surgery for an undisclosed ailment. The party today issued a brief statement that 64-year-old Gandhi unde
The Supreme Court today slammed Delhi Police for its "half-hearted" probe into the cash-for-vote scam and asked it to take the investigations to its logical conclusion and submit a final report within three weeks. A bench of just
The central information commission (CIC) has directed the Supreme Court (SC) to make public the list of all such cases where the arguments were over, but judgments were reserved. Currently, the apex court does not maintain case details in this for
Ahead of the release of the standing committee report on genetically modified (GM) foods, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on agriculture, Basudeb Acharya said GM crops are not the panacea for India’s agriculture problem. &ld
A local court today rejected the bail pleas of prime accused in the multi-crore accounting "fraud" in Satyam Computers and former company chairman B Ramalinga Raju and seven others. As the trial in the Satyam scam was not complet
