The Wikileaks` expose on the cash-for-votes issue paralysed proceedings in Parliament on Tuesday with opposition demanding immediate discussion on prime minister Manmohan Singh`s statement on the matter. The Rajya Sabha witnessed three adj
Finance Minister Pranab Mukhejree has announced withdrawal of service tax on healthcare, a PTI report states. The finance minister had imposed a five percent service tax on diagnostic tests as well as on private clinics with more than 25 b
In a bid to provide relief from high inflation, the government today increased dearness allowance (DA) by 6 per cent to 51 per cent, benefiting over 50 lakh central government employees and 38 lakh pensioners. "The decision to hike
Cult head Asaram Bapu and his son Narayan Sai, were today summoned by the inquiry commission, probing the mysterious deaths of two students of their ashram in 2008. Justice D K Trivedi, who heads the commission, asked the father-son duo, w
The Maharashtra government would conduct an audit of accounts of cooperative housing societies having administrators considering fraud complaints against them. "We will conduct an audit of cooperative housing societies` accounts where
The Madras high court on Monday ordered notice to the election commission and state home secretary on a petition seeking a direction to restrain authorities in charge of elections in Tamil Nadu from conducting `illegal and arbitrary searches` and
The Madras high court on Monday directed Tamil Nadu public health director to consider the resignation of Dr V Dekal who had conducted the post mortem on the body of former telecom minister A Raja`s aide Sadiq Batcha. Justice N Paul Vasant
Jindal Steel and Power Ltd`s (JSPL) integrated steel plant at Angul in Orissa has once again hit a green hurdle with union environment ministry directing the state government on Monday to take action against it for allegedly violating the forest r
The All India Passport Employees Association and Chennai unit of All India Passport Officers Association will go on a two day strike from Wednesday in support of their charter of demands like filling up promotional posts, upgradation of pay scales
Former civil aviation secretary M Madhavan Nambiar is the forerunner for the post of CEO of Prasar Bharti. He was additional secretary at the department of information technology under A Raja. Nambiar is considered to be close to the DMK top leade
To promote transparency and accountability, a new web-based application for the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) was launched on Monday by the HRD minister Kapil Sibal. This application will provide the information and dat
With more than 7,500 appeals by various traders still pending with Delhi government, the state assembly on Monday passed the Delhi aalue added tax (amendment) Act, 2011. The amendment was required to extend the time frame till March 31, 20
I first heard of “scientific rigging” early in 1998, soon after Mamata Banerjee founded the Trinamool Congress and embarked on her angry one-woman crusade to end the Left rule in West Bengal, which is now in its fourth decade. And that
Ending days of suspense, Congress and Trinamool Congress reached seat-sharing agreement with the former settling for 65 seats, against its original demand of 90, in the 294-member West Bengal Assembly. The deal was announced within hours o
Aviation regulator DGCA plans to bring under the scanner over 10,000 commercial pilot license (CPL) holders and conduct third-party audit of all flying schools in the country in the wake of cases of forgery behind securing of licences coming to li
Jammu and Kashmir government said on Sunday as many as 4,624 migrant Kashmiri Pandit families have applied for return to the valley. "The situation is improving in the valley and about 4,624 migrant families have applied for re
The Congress could do little as Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee announced her party candidates unilaterally on Friday, leaving just 64 seats for the bigger party, and making their alliance in West Bengal a fait accompli. Con
A week after finance minister Pranab Mukherjee hiked the MPLADS fund from Rs 2 crore to Rs 5 crore for each MP, the comptroller and auditor general of India (CAG) tore into the way the scheme is being implemented. Releasing its thi
The next Supreme Court hearing related to the much-delayed Kashmir rail link project is on March 28. This will be the eighth hearing. But neither the railways nor the government is ready to take a call on reviewing the project.
Pesky calls from telemarketers may continue to nag customers for some more time as the telecom regulator TRAI is likely to extend its March 21 deadline again. "We have not received the landline number series yet from the Department of
