Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today called on President Pratibha Patil against the backdrop of a cabinet reshuffle which is imminent. Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson confined herself to saying that the meeting between the two leaders laste
The Delhi high court on Friday came to the rescue of a student who qualified the joint entrance examination (JEE) of IIT but was denied admission due to a technical error while applying online for the counselling. Justice M L Mehta has iss
Anna Hazare will be meeting Congress President Sonia Gandhi tomorrow to explain the stand of the civil society on the issue of the Lokpal Bill ahead of an all-party meeting on it on Sunday. Hazare has been given appointment at 1600 hrs tom
The justice Dharmadhikari committee, set up to resolve the issue of integration of staff of the erstwhile Indian airlines and Air India into Air India Ltd, has invited the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) to attend its meeting on July 5
While the government is mulling an equity infusion of Rs 1,200 crore into the ailing Air India, it is yet to pay dues to the tune of nearly Rs 800 crore it owes the national carrier for VVIP flights. Out of a billed amount of Rs 1,173 cror
Visalandhra Mahasabha, a pro-united Andhra Pradesh organisation, is conducting a workshop on July 5 in New Delhi. The workshop will have eminent speakers from the academia and polity and some with public service background. Th
Himachal High court Chief Justice Kurian Joseph today launched a programme for reducing pendency of cases in the High Court and subordinate courts and set targets for disposal of cases relating to undertrials, senior Citizens, minors, disabled and
The enforcement directorate on Thursday issued a showcause notice for attachment of properties valued at Rs 50 crore of Pune stud farm owner and alleged tax defaulter Hassan Ali Khan and his Kolkata-based associate Kashinath Tapuriah in a money la
More than 10 months after USD 9.6 billion-deal was first struck, the Indian government Thursday gave its approval to Cairn Energy for selling its Indian unit to Vedanta Resources, subject to the new owner agreeing to share royalty and pay oil cess
Expressing concern over deaths of 12 babies in a state-run hospital, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today regretted that government hospitals badly lacked proper infrastructure and had turned into "dens of vested interests".
Two proposed subsidiaries of Air India (AI)are set to take off by the end of the year. A cabinet note on operationalising the subsidiaries for ground handling and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) has already been forwarded to the cabinet sec
Aiming to provide a legal right on subsidised foodgrains to the poor, Food Minister K V Thomas today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and said the draft of the proposed National Food Security Act has been finalised and it will be sent to the pane
Amid security concerns, India has decided to conduct testing and certification of software and hardware of all foreign telecom companies and has initiated the process with Huawei of China. Indian telecom minister Kapil Sibal said th
DMK chief M Karunanidhi today said he was in favour of including the Prime Minister under the purview of the Lokpal bill as it would help the office prove it was not guilty of anything. In a statement, he said the inclusion would cl
Doing away with the provision in the Indian Penal Code which penalises adultery would undermine the sanctity and institution of marriage in the Indian society, the Bombay High Court today observed. The division bench of Justices B H
With rubble and construction wastes clogging drains in many areas, chief minister Sheila Dikshit today directed civic agencies to take urgent steps to remove them so that there is no water-logging during monsoon. Chairing a meeting
Unlike general category students, SC/ST (scheduled castes/scheduled tribes) applicants do not have counsellors to guide them through the admissions process at Delhi University. The university is to blame for this because it is responsible for assi
Kim Davy cannot be extradited to India to face trial for the sensational dropping of arms in Purulia in 1995, in which he is the main accused, with the Danish high court rejecting a plea by the government there. The plea by the Dani
Himanshu Thakkar of South Asia Network on Rivers, Dams and People (SANDRP) has been writing to environment minister Jairam Ramesh on the issue of the environmental impact assessment exemption for some dam and river projects. Thakkar counters the c
The United States today said it "strongly and vehemently" supports the NSG clean waiver for India and hoped that the civil nuclear deal between the two countries will continue to move in a positive direction. "I want
