After days of haggling, ruling DMK and its key ally Congress today finalised on the 63 constituencies to be contested by the national party for the April 13 assembly elections, amid indications by the Congress about possible power-sharing in case
A special MCOCA court here today rejected the bail plea of nine persons accused in the 2006 Malegaon blasts. The nine accused had moved the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court last month seeking bail on the bas
The sleuths of Jharkhand Vigilance Bureau today launched raids in the offices of National Games Organising Committee (NGOC) in Ranchi and Dhanabd, according to vigilance department sources here. The raids began this morning at the NGOC`s m
Karnataka Lokayukta has unearthed a major scam in purchase of drugs in government hospitals, causing huge losses to the state exchequer. Lokayukta Santosh Hegde said they have already submitted a report to the government in this regard.
The Congress-led UPA government at the centre seems to be jealous of the success of Vibrant Gujarat, as the income tax department has sought details of the memorandums of understanding (MoU) signed at the January event. The move, however, can boom
With public accounts committee (PAC) of Parliament being on a spree of questioning people from various sections in 2G case, it has not gone down well with JPC chairman P C Chacko who feels that PAC has gone beyond its mandate and wants a "con
Suspended Commonwealth Games organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi was today questioned by the CBI for the second time in connection with alleged scams related to the conduct of the sporting extravaganza. Kalmadi was earlier questio
Hundreds of BJP activists on Tuesday blocked traffic on the national highway here protesting lathicharge on party legislators, who were on their way to meet the governor of Uttar Pradesh. The BJP members, led by former state minister Naren
As the Bangladeshi supreme court on Tuesday adjourned for two weeks its hearing on Nobel laureate and microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus` plea against a high court order upholding his removal from the Grameen Bank, Indian microfinance institution
The six-member panel of eminent doctors, which replaced a tainted Medical Council of India last year, has "total freedom" to regulate medical education in the country, Rajya Sabha was informed today. "Board of Governors (of
Government on Tuesday said it can look at putting in place additional environmental safeguards to ensure safety of the proposed nuclear reactors in Jaitapur in the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan that has endangered the atomic power plants there
The government on Monday said it can look at putting in place additional environmental safeguards to ensure safety of the proposed nuclear reactors in Jaitapur in the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan that has endangered the atomic power plants th
In response to a direction by the ministry of environment and forests (MOEF) to halt work on its cement plant at Bhavnagar district in Gujarat, Nirma Ltd has said that the orders had no binding on the company and termed it as completely "ille
The Madras high court has allowed a CBI petition seeking to condone the delay of 118 days in filing an appeal against a lower court judgement acquitting 17 people, including a DSP, in the 2007 Dinakaran newspaper office attack case. A divi
The CBI today carried out searches at the premises of senior IAS officer and former BMC commissioner Jairaj Phatak in three different cities in connection with the Adarsh Housing scam. The CBI teams swooped on his premises in the national
Senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee called up Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday night and they are likely to hold final round of talks on Tuesday to resolve differences over seat sharing between the two parties for the Assembly polls i
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi launched a Facebook page last year and created a forum for better interaction with citizens. No one could have predicted it till recently but now more and more government departments and organisations are opening
Even with its Telangana trouble, Andhra Pradesh has been one of the most conducive states to economic freedom. While Tamil Nadu topped the list and Gujarat came second in the rankings published in the `Economic Freedom of States of India 2
Inflation rose marginally to 8.31 per cent for the month ended February, driven by high food and fuel prices, which may prompt the RBI to hike interest rates when it reviews the monetary policy later this week. However, Finance Mini
The agitating pilots of Air India today received a boost with the unionised section of their colleagues supporting them, holding the Air India management responsible for passively promoting disparity and mismanagement. The Indian Pilots Gu
