Minutes after the news about Suresh Kalmadi’s arrest came and the Bharatiya Janata Party reacted to it saying that it was a delayed action, Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said: “UPA has let the law take its own course (in corrup
Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against the backdrop of growing concern over the opposition by locals to the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power project. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh w
Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has bagged the prestigious Srishti Good Green Governance Award for 2010. The award was conferred on RSP in recognition of its eco-friendly efforts to reduce pollutants and green house gas emissions and effluent d
The Supreme Court today quashed levying of Airport Development Fee (ADF) by private airport developers in Delhi and Mumbai on international and domestic passengers. A bench of justices Cyriac Joseph and A K Patnaik set aside the policy of
A high power committee comprising heads of various probe agencies and specialised departments has been constituted to monitor the investigation and steps taken to bring back black money stashed in foreign banks, government told the supreme court o
The Delhi government has decided to set up a separate agency to maintain street furniture, new pavements and green stretch developed in the run up to last year`s Commonwealth Games amid complaints about their inefficient upkeep. The agency
Women panchayat leaders gathered in New Delhi to raise their voice against the government’s inaction on the fast-depleting groundwater resources in the country. In most parts of the country, underground water is either not drinkable or can&r
A group of civil society activists here today staged a dharna demanding removal of Shanti Bhushan and Prashant Bhushan from the joint drafting committee on Lokpal Bill. Demanding an independent inquiry into the allegations of corrup
Sports minister Ajay Maken on Monday said the Indian Olympic Association would be asked to elect a new president in case incumbent Suresh Kalmadi is arrested by the CBI and threatened intervention by the Ministry if the IOA fails to act.
The diktat by a local panchayat in Uttarakhand`s Haridwar district prohibiting women from taking up jobs has been withdrawn. "Women in Godawali and Sarai villages of Haridwar district have started going to work in factories in
Goa government on Monday said that Lokayukta Bill, introduced in the state legislative assembly in 2003, would be withdrawn as it was suffering from "legal infirmity" and various union ministries had raised objections. State law
Suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma has alleged that during the 2002 riots he received a call from Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi`s office asking him to tell his brother, IPS officer Kuldeep Sharma, to not take action against rioters.
The comptroller and auditor general (CAG) has pulled up the Uttarakhand government for wasteful, avoidable and unauthorised expenditure to the tune of Rs 223 crore in the Maha Kumbh Mela. Based on the CAG report, a criminal complaint has b
Managing inflationary pressures -- particularly in food grain prices -- was the biggest challenge before the policy-makers, said C Rangarajan, chairman of the prime minister`s economic advisory council, in Vadodara. Rangarajan, a former go
The defence ministry is examining the controversy over Army chief Gen V K Singh`s age on which the government would take a final decision, defence minister A K Antony said on Monday. "Why set a deadline (for resolving the issue).. Bef
The supreme court on Monday ordered a magisterial probe into allegations that victims of Mirchpur Dalit violence were being targeted by those accused of killing an elderly Dalit and his daughter in the village. A bench of justices G S Sing
In the tribal village of Cauvrem in South Goa, now people meet more often to decide their strategy against mining trucks, which are operating illegally in the locality resulting in destruction of paddy and chilly cultivation. Protests have
Stepping up pressure on the Centre for a nationwide ban on endosulfan pesticide, Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan on Monday began a day-long fast here along with peoples` representatives, political leaders and civil rights activists to pres
Former Commonwealth Games organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi has been sacked by the Indian Olympic Association, hours after he was remanded to police custody for eight days. The CBI had sought 14 days` police custody of Kalmadi who was a
