With the model code of conduct coming into force for the April 13 Tamil Nadu assembly polls, the election commission today ordered stoppage of distribution of free colour TV sets, the ruling DMK`s flagship scheme. Chief electoral officer P
A woman and her son were beaten up by their neighbours after an MLA visited their house in Manipur`s Thoubal district, official reports said today. Ibemcha (47) and her son Md Arif (23) allowed their MLA K Meghachandra with some local supp
The Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) has ordered sealing of a mine in South Goa village after local tribals staged protests and laid siege to various government offices here, fearing mining on a sacred mountain in the area. GSPCB,
Chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and is understood to have briefed her on the order of the Delhi Lokayukta recommending removal of city PWD minister Raj Kumar Chauhan in connection with a tax evasion c
A total of 1,045 Indians returned home in three batches from strife-torn Libya today by Air India special flights. The first special flight (AI-160), carrying 259 passengers, landed here at the Indira Gandhi International Airport(IGIA) at
The ruling Congress built pressure on the Bharatiya Janata Party to pull out its former ministers in the NDA government from the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on 2G scam since they were part of the decisions it will be probing. Just
The union government on Wednesday said it was making all efforts to seek the release of six Indian hostages on board an Egyptian cargo ship which was hijacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden. Maintaining that the shipping ministry is
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court issued a notice to AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday on a petition alleging that a girl and her parents have been detained by him since 2007. Justice Shri Narayan Shukla passed th
The Supreme Court today pulled up West Bengal government for opposing a CBI probe into the killing of nine people at Netai village near Maoist-hit Lalgarh allegedly by CPI-M members and sought the communication exchanged between Home Minister P Ch
The government today said a decision to free diesel prices from government control will depend on the inflation situation. "We had announced last year that the decision would be taken at an appropriate time to deregulate diesel, the g
After the budget 2011-12, falling sick has become an even costlier proposition. For example, centrally air-conditioned hospitals with over 25 beds will now charge a five percent service tax from the patients on all services provided. This
Lack of transparency at the gram panchayat level is the biggest undoing of the MGNREGA. With the sarpanch being the all-powerful entity in the implementation of the scheme, it suits him/her to withhold information such as the number of works sanct
Sixty-three persons, including promoters and CEOs of 10 telecom firms have come under its scanner in the 2G spectrum case, the CBI on Tuesday told the supreme court which expressed satisfaction over the ongoing probe. The central governmen
The DMK government in poll-bound Tamil Nadu today announced a three per cent cut in sales tax on petrol that would make it cheaper by Rs 1.38 a litre. Chief Minister M Karunanidhi made the announcement a day after the presentation of the U
The evacuation of Indians from strife-torn Libya is going smoothly and over 3,500 people would have returned home by tomorrow, external affairs minister S M Krishna said here today. "The evacuation of Indians who are wanting to come b
The supreme court on Tuesday set aside a Calcutta high court order for registration of murder case against prominent industrialist Ashok Kumar Todi and some police officers in the mysterious death of computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rahman.
The DMK government in poll-bound Tamil Nadu today announced a three per cent cut in sales tax on petrol that would make it cheaper by Rs 1.38 a litre. Chief Minister M Karunanidhi made the announcement a day after the presentation of the U
Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi has recused himself from the JPC into the 2G Spectrum scam taking the plea that he had appeared for cellular operators in the court as a senior advocate. "I had appeared as a senior advocate in the cou
The government on Monday earmarked a substantial amount to the urban development ministry for spending on extension of Metro networks in Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai in the Budget 2011-12. While the equity to Delhi Metro is Rs 452 c
After a grueling month of negotiations and agitations to ensure remittances of salary and parity of pay with Air India pilots, the pilots of the erstwhile Indian Airlines are finding themselves faced by the same grievances that they thought had be
