Gujarat energy minister Saurabh Patel today alleged that the Centre was not giving the state the required quantity of gas for power generation and instead was providing it to private companies. Taking part in a conference of the sta
Expressing reservation over bringing the Prime Minister under the purview of the Lokpal, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said the head of government should not come under the ambit of the ombudsman. "I think after he quits o
The Jammu and Kashmir government has distributed domestic solar lights among 2,055 families in frontier Gurez region of north Kashmir`s Bandipora district, an official spokesman said. The solar lights were distributed among the bene
The Supreme Court today reserved its interim orders on the question of permitting inventory, videography and providing fool proof security to the estimated over Rs 1.50 lac crore wealth unearthed from chambers of the famed Sree Padmanabhaswamy Tem
"At this age of mine and unblemished public record for approximately 70 years to this nation I rely on Supreme Court judgments and feel protected against any compulsion for the DNA test," 87-year-old Tiwari said in his affidavit.
Wind back to the two train accidents of last Sunday in UP and Assam, which left more than 100 dead and many more injured. There was chaos all around. Nobody seemed to be in charge. The UP accident happened in the morning but one of the three minis
Admitting that there was no credible intelligence input on the Mumbai attack, home minister P Chidambaram on Thursday did not rule out any angle, including the possibility of an attempt to derail Indo-Pak talks, behind the blasts. Expressi
The Delhi high court on Thursday refused to grant urgent hearing on the plea of former central vigilance commissioner P J Thomas that his appeal, pending with the president against his sacking, be decided first before his successor Pradeep Kumar a
Three blasts were reported in Mumbai on Wednesday evening in the crowded Dadar, Opera House and Zaveri Bazar areas. The police has not confirmed the nature and the intensity of the blasts. But news channels reported a police person saying
The much-awaited Dreamliner Boeing 787 aircraft landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Wednesday on its maiden voyage to India. The test flight of the Dreamliner after a delay of three years has given hope to the Air India management
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The Delhi high court on Wednesday dismissed a petition by a city-based journalist M Furquan who had sought a direction to the CBI to make industrialists Ratan Tata and Anil Ambani and corporate lobbyist Nira Radia co-accused in the 2G spectrum sca
A new social audit belies the government`s claims of working towards social inclusion. A study by Delhi-based Social Equity Watch calims that dalits, tribal people and minorities are denied key infrastructure facilities at the village level itself
Arun Jaitley, the leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha, has raised a red flag against the supreme court order quashing the appointment of citizens as the special police officers (SPOs) in Chhattisgarh to protect the community as unconstitutiona
Former central vigilance commissioner (CVC) P J Thomas has moved the Delhi high court for a stay on the appointment of the new CVC. Thomas`s lawyer Will Matthews filed a writ petition in the high court on Tuesday seeking the stay on the grounds th
Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has decided to simplify the procedure for providing power connections to farmers in the state. An announcement in this regard was made by UPPCL Chairman Navneet Sehgal while meeting a group o
A trial court has convicted six persons while acquitting four others in a post-Godhra riot case from Viramgam taluka of Ahmedabad district. Three persons of the minority community had been killed in the incident, nine years ago. Ad
The Congress was left with a sour aftertaste of Tuesday`s cabinet reshuffle after senior leader Gurudas Kamat resigned from the union council of ministers hours after the announcement of his new appointment was made. Miffed over being passed over
In a novel initiative that will help the blind students, the Hyderabad-based `Devnar Foundation for the Blind` is planning to start an exclusive engineering college for the visually-challenged. Despite being visually-impaired, many student
Intensifying their agitation, several Congress MPs and MLAs, who quit their posts recently, today began a 48-hour hunger strike to highlight their demand for a separate Telangana state. The fast began at the Indira Park here, with seven MP
