Broadening the net, the Supreme Court today asked the CBI to bring under its scanner corporate houses which were beneficiaries of the 2G spectrum scam without being influenced by their status be it millionaires or whether they are on the Forbes li
The country`s nine per cent growth story today came in for questioning from Environment minister Jairam Ramesh who contended that if the impact on ecology had been taken into consideration, the growth would have been only around six per cent.
The Chhattisgarh high court on Thursday rejected the bail application of rights activist Binayak Sen, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a sessions court on charges of sedition and links with Naxalites. While turning down 61-ye
Many problems related to agriculture can be solved but top agriculture scientist and member of parliament, M.S. Swaminathan said there is governance deficit in linking agriculture, nutrition and health in the country. “If we can brin
Now Maharashtra has been added to the list of states that will introduce a market based system for air pollution in India. The environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will work with
Government has appointed a high-powered committee to review various aspects of the controversial deal Isro`s commercial arm Antrix had struck with a private company for lease of scarce S-band spectrum. The two-member committee, headed by B
The centre on Thursay assured the supreme court that it would reveal the names of persons, who have stashed black money in foreign banks after registering a formal case against them. Solicitor general Gopal Subramanium, appearing before a
The government on Thursday said periodic revision of minimum wages and timely redress of grievances by states will help in maintaining a harmonious relationship between workers and employers in industrial establishment. Maintaining industr
Hit by a massive sell-off in stocks of various group companies, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group today said it is a victim of a bear cartel that has caused a market value loss of over Rs 3 lakh crore across the infrastructure sector in the pas
The supreme court on Thursday awarded one year rigorous imprisonment to former Kerala power minister and Congress leader R Balakrishnan Pillai and two others in the Idamalayar dam corruption case. A bench of justices P Sathasivam and B S C
1. Devas does not own either the spectrum, the two satellites or the user-terminal technology. It is only an agent for foreign multinationals. It paid Rs. 1,000 Crores, for two custom-built satellites but not a dime for the spectrum. Most
Swan Telecom and Unitech Telecom companies had together caused a loss of over Rs 7,000 crore to government exchequer as both had offloaded their shares for hefty sums after getting the 2G spectrum, alleges CBI. With the arrest of Shahid Us
With the government under fire over the S-band irregularities, the Congress on Wednesday made attempts at damage control seeking to divest the issue of its association with scams. Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari said the matter has ass
The government does not seem to be taking the matter of children’s health needs seriously, held the Delhi high court on Wednesday, as the authorities failed to submit a reply on banning junk food in school canteens. A public interest
The Arushi Talwar murder case took a curious turn on Wednesday when a special CBI court hearing on the agency`s closure report rejected the same and ordered filing of chargesheets against her parents Rajesh Talwar and Nupur Talwar for
CBI was on Wednesday allowed two days transit remand of Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa by a Mumbai court to take him to Delhi and confront him with former Telecom Minister A Raja, who is also in the agency`s custody in connection with th
Defence minister A K Antony on Wednesday said "violent disturbances" in India`s neighbourhood pose a security challenge to the country and the government was committed to rapidly modernising the armed forces to meet the challenge.
Former Samajwadi party leader Amar Singh on Wednesday faced intense grilling from the supreme court as he sought to drop his allegations against Congress and its chief Sonia Gandhi in connection with the tapping of his phone in 2006. Singh
Journalists from print and electronic media today decided to boycott the post-cabinet press briefing scheduled to be addressed by chief minister Prithviraj Chavan and his deputy Ajit Pawar this afternoon, to protest the latter`s recent remarks aga
The Allahabad high court on Wednesday extended till May 31 the status quo on the implementation on its September 30 order on the Ayodhya title suits. While extending the status quo, a special Lucknow full bench of the court comprising just
