Kolkata-based businessman Kashinath Tapuria, an "advisor" to stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan, was on Thursday remanded in the Enforcement Directorate`s custody till March 30 after he was arrested on money laundering charges. Tapur
The Delhi Police has been asked to speed up its inquiry into the alleged cash-for-vote scam in 2008 and may question senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley and former party activist Sudheendra Kulkarni in this connection. Sources said the Delhi Po
In a breather for embattled Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, a local court on Thursday postponed proceedings relating to his prosecution and referred to Lokayukta the allegations made in one of the complaints against him over illegal deno
The government has invited social activist Anna Hazare on Monday to discuss the draft of the Lokpall bill prepared by the civil society. V. Narayanaswamy, minister of state for Parliamentary Affairs has written to Hazare in this regard.
The ministry of earth sciences will provide weather related information to farmers at the block level now. Currently, the information is available only till the district level. “The agro-meteorological prediction has to go to a smaller scale
Five states in India have taken the initiative to send a strong message to the public about the harmful effects of tobacco by increasing VAT on cigarettes, bidi and gutka in this year’s budget. In the 2011-12 state budgets, VAT on to
Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Wednesday launched his party`s election campaign from his birth place Thiruvaroor but it remained a lacklustre show. When the veteran leader announced free laptops for students and free bus
A Delhi court today allowed the CBI`s plea for extradition of former Union Carbide Corporation chairman Warren M Anderson, an accused in the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy case, from the United States, saying that "sentiments of the disaster-hit peo
Rejecting as "wild" the charges that bribe was paid during the 2008 confidence motion, prime minister Manmohan Singh took on the opposition for creating hue and cry over diplomatic communications, saying it was a "dangerous" th
The Delhi Assembly on Wednesday approved the Delhi Geo-spatial Data Infrastructure (Management, Control, Administration, Security and Safety) Bill, 2011. The project is one of the flagship projects of the state government, launched to frame and im
Through this year’s union budget, Pranab Da has introduced a remodeling of vintage qualities that kept surfacing during his budget speech. Stark fetishism started with an unknown nexus among godly characters of Indra, Laxmi and that finally
On world Tuberculosis day on Wednesday, the health ministry has announced that it would revise the National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTCP) with an objective to provide universal access to quality care to all TB patients. The aim is
Social activist Anna Hazare said he would sit on a fast on April 5 in Delhi for introduction of Lokpal Bill to check corruption. Hazare, while addressing a public meeting at Kalidas auditorium last evening, appealed people to participate i
Petrol pumps across Uttar Pradesh will observe a token strike for 12 hours tomorrow, in line with the call given by the UP Petroleum Traders Association (UPPTA). "All the petrol pumps, excluding company-operated ones, will remain clos
The CBI carried out searches at the corporate office of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation and the residential premises of four NLC officials here in connection with alleged irregularities in award of contracts. A top company official said to
A local court on Wednesday rejected the bail application of MLA Dilip Wagh and his personal assistant Mahesh Mali arrested for allegedly raping a girl last month. The bail application of both Wagh and Mali, currently in judicial custody, w
The estate department of the Uttar Pradesh government is among the top 10 house tax defaulters in the state capital with dues of over Rs 18 crores. As per the list of the Lucknow municipal corporation, the estate department of the state go
Andhra Pradesh government will file a special leave petition (SLP) in the supreme court challenging the Krishna water disputes tribunal`s award on sharing of Krishna river water between riparian states Maharashtra, Karnataka and AP. Simult
On the lines of right to education, Delhi government on Tuesday announced the Chacha Nehru Sehat Yojna, through which universal and free health care will be provided to all the children of the state upto the age of 14 years. With this, almos
Ravjot Singh was all of 12 years old when he was diagnosed with multiple neurocysticercosis – a parasitic disease of the nervous system which causes recurrent epileptic seizures. That was a decade ago. Since then, his treatment has been the
