High aviation oil prices, rise in wages and competition from other airlines are causing state- run Air India to incur Rs 600 crore monthly loss, civil aviation minister Vayalar Ravi said today. "There are several factors which are cau
With passenger cars consuming about 15 per cent of the diesel, the government today indicated that it might do away with the subsidy enjoyed by such vehicle owners. "...we can accept your (Opposition) suggestion and try to work
Amidst allegations and counter-allegations, the debate on price rise in parliament culminated on Thursday with the UPA winning the vote by 320 to 51. On Wednesday, congress had agreed for a voting on price rise after the opposition BJP dem
The much-debated Lokpal bill finally made its debut in parliament, even as angry members of Team Anna burnt copies of the government version which ignored the more stringent version prepared by civil society representatives. Anna Hazare burnt the
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has undergone a surgery in the US. She was not well, and was absent in parliament, but now sources say she has been in the US and has been operated upon. She is expected to return only in mid-September.
Yoga Guru Ramdev`s aide Balkrishna did not turn up before the CBI today for questioning, saying he had to collect his passport and submit it to the Uttarakhand High Court. Balkrishna, who appeared before the CBI here yesterday, sent
D V Sadananda Gowda is all set to assume charge as new Karnataka Chief Minister today even as there was disquiet in the rival camp which lost out in the bitterly fought secret ballot. Ousted Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa`s candidat
The government will introduce the controversial lokpal bill in the lok sabha on Thursday for establishing the institution of lokpal (ombudsman) to inquire into allegations of corruption against the public functionaries in high places. The
Aiming to avoid yet another scam in the aviation sector the government has accepted the report of the expert committee, which was set up to examine the current system of examination of pilots, engineers etc. The committee was const
A small group of children in frayed navy blue shorts and sky blue shirts - their school uniform- sat huddled amid slogan-shouting adults at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Wednesday. From Maharashtra`s Nandurbar district, these children were in the
The slut walk was originally started by a group of women in Toronto in reaction to a Toronto Police-constable`s statement: "Women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimised."
The government version of the Lokpal bill will be tabled in parliament on Thursday, August 4. Attached is a copy of the bill that will be presented before the MPs for discussion.
D Sadananda Gowda will replace B S Yeddyurappa as Karnataka chief minister, the BJP announced on Wednesday. However, tainted Yeddyurappa may still have had the last hurrah in the episode. Handpicked by BSY, as his successor, Gowda fa
In a major setback to national investigation agency (NIA), the Bombay high court on Wednesday granted bail to two accused in the September 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case, after observing that there was no material to connect the duo to the blast.
Concerned over price rise, the opposition on Wednesday warned that it will be forced to tell the government `Go, for God`s sake, Go` if it failed to check the spiral, which has hit the common man hard, at the earliest. Leading the charge,
The BJP on Wednesday created ruckus in rajya sabha over land allotment in Haryana to the Rajiv Gandhi Trust forcing two adjournments and accused the Congress of following a different standard in party-ruled state on land acquisition issue.
City-based Indian national centre of ocean information services (INCOIS) is working towards covering the entire fishing community of India in the next couple of years under the the potential fishing zone (PFZ) advisory services, that delivers accu
BJP legislature party meeting began here this afternoon to find a successor to Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa amid indications that a consensus for the leadership issue is elusive. Arrangements have also been made for a secret ba
The centre will in the next few days decide if it will seek a review of the recent supreme court ruling on disbanding Salwa Judum and disarming tribals deployed as special police officers (SPOs) in operations against Maoists, home minister P Chida
Troubles continued for former CJI K G Balakrishnan, who is now NHRC chairman, with the survey department concluding that his son-in-law and advocate P V Sreenijan had allegedly encroached government land. Following a complaint by president
