The CBI may ask oil ministry to appoint an expert to assist it in understanding transactions surrounding Reliance Industries` crown jewel KG-D6 fields, where the company has shown a phenomenal increase in cost of producing gas. The central
For many like Monika Sinha from Chhattishgarh, cut-offs are not the only barrier to admission into a Delhi university college. Sinha, who is visually impaired, had to give up a seat at Lady Sri Ram (LSR) college despite making it to the BA (prog)
The Delhi high court on Monday ordered the union home ministry to pay Rs 15 lakh each to the families of Pradeep Goyal and Jagjit Singh who were killed in a fake encounter at Connaught Place (CP) in 1997. The ministry has been directed to
National spokesperson for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Nirmala Sitharaman is being considered for a Rajya Sabha nomination from Gujarat. The BJP parliamentary party is meeting on July 12 to finalise a list of candidates. Sitharaman`s p
Favouring that linkages be built between MNREGA and HIV/AIDS programmes, prime minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said ministries should make "HIV sensitive" policies and programmes to provide employment and succour to victims. &q
The Tamil Nadu government today handed over to its top investigative agency CB-CID, the probe into the killing of a 13-year-old boy who died of gunshot injuries after he trespassed into an army area at Island Grounds here. "The case h
The government is making an effort to pass the Lokpal bill at the earliest and it may be presented in the coming monsoon session of Parliament, provided parliamentary procedures are followed, home minister P Chidambaram said here on Monday.
Mounting pressure on the centre for an early decision on separate Telangana, 10 Congress MPs and 39 of its MLAs, including 11 ministers, and 34 TDP MLAs from the region today resigned from Parliament and Andhra Pradesh Assembly. The minist
Pulling up the government for the "laggardly pace" in investigations into the issue of black money stashed abroad, the Supreme Court today appointed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by former apex court judge B P Jeevan Reddy to
The pro-Telangana campaign today assumed new dimensions with 37 ruling Congress MLAs, including four ministers, and 28 TDP MLAs from the region resigning their membership of the Andhra Pradesh assembly. In Delhi, seven Congress MPs,
The Delhi government has to contend with embarassment as 101 applications for benefits under the Laadli scheme have gone missing from the office of the department of women and child welfare (DWCD). The forms had been submitted by parents of girls
Three union sports ministers, who held charge since 2004, had repeatedly warned prime minister Manmohan Singh against the structure and working of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee and its chief Suresh Kalmadi, letters accessed by an RTI act
The supreme court today gave its nod for criminal prosecution of Indian National Lok Dal leaders Ajay and Abhay Chautala in a disproportionate assets case. A division bench of V S Sirpurkar and T S Thakur dismissed their plea of qua
On Saturday, July 2, the national capital`s queers gathered at Jantar Mantar to celebrate the third anniversary of the Delhi high court ruling that decriminalised homosexuality. The spirit of diversity was celebrated by the gay and straight people
To ensure transparency in administration, a 24-hour live webcasting facility from the official chamber of Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at the state secretariat, was inaugurated today. Chandy also inaugurated a toll-free number that
Principals of many Delhi university colleges have voiced their apprehension about increasing the cut-off relaxation granted to other backwartd castes (OBC) candidates seeking admission - a move that the central government has been pushing for.
After work for construction of the boundary walls and rehabilitation colonies for the Posco project was stalled for the last six days, the Orissa government today accepted the demands of the agitators paving the way for resumption of work.
Delhi public works department (PWD) minister Rajkumar Chauhan was not the only one who tried to influence Jalaj Shrivastava, former commissioner (Trade &Taxes) under whose supervision the department of trade and taxes conducted raids at Tivoli
Prime minister Manmohan Singh asked union commerce minister Anand Sharma to edit a 20-page transcript of his interaction with five editors which took place on Wednesd
The Bhagavad Gita will be taught in government schools of Madhya Pradesh from this academic session despite protests from members of other religious communities. "The study material on teachings from the Gita is ready and would be dis
