In a relief to ruling BJP, a one-man judicial commission has given a clean chit to the B S Yeddyurappa government and Sangh Parivar groups in the series of attacks on churches in Karnataka in 2008. The commission in its report submitted to
Maulana Gulam Mohammad Vastanvi, who stirred a controversy with his remarks on Gujarat, today said he has not resigned as vice chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband and a final decision on him will be taken by the governing council of the Islamic semi
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Thursday favoured direct elections in the Youth Congress and National Students Union of India (NSUI), saying the president of Youth Congress will not be nominated from now on. Addressing an `Adiwa
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday said that with the government holding a high cash balance, it could form a part of the government spending plan next fiscal. "From our (RBI) viewpoint, if the high cash balances get carried
R Gopalan has been appointed as economic affairs secretary in addition to his present charges as financial services secretary. The prime minister on Thursday approved the proposal by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee.This is the first time
Delhi is looking to up its guard with electronic eyes keeping a strict vigil. Under a project of Delhi`s IT department, the city will get 50 mega cameras, fitted on the roof tops of multi-storeyed building across the national capital territory.
The government on Thursday claimed before the supreme court (SC) that the high-powered committee which selected the controversial chief vigilance commissioner (CVC) PJ Thomas, was unaware of his being chargesheeted in the palmolein oil export case
India`s planning commission is not in favour of allowing telecom operators to float banking companies as it could lead to financial problems. "We actually have a different view...we are not in favour of (telecom compan
Small sugar prices weakened at the Vashi Wholesale market here today due to lack of demand from stockists coupled with lower retail offtake. Meanwhile, medium sugar variety ended stable in the absence of worthwhile buying.
With food inflation ruling at uncomfortable level, petroleum minister S Jaipal Reddy today ruled out freeing of diesel prices from government control, saying the move was not politically and practically feasible. "It is not pos
Expressing concern that the black money stashed in banks abroad might have originated from arms deals, drug trafficking and smuggling, the Supreme Court today asked the government as to what action it had taken against individuals and firms having
As the country is facing energy deficiency, the ministry of power has planned cost-effectiveness mechanism focusing on the eight designated industrial sectors, with an investment requirement of Rs. 30,000 crore over three years under an energy eff
“What we say a man ‘knows’, should, in strict psychological language be what he ‘discovers’ or `unveils’; what a man learns is really what he discovers, by taking the covers off his own soul, which is a mine o
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today indicated major changes in the organisational set up of the Youth Congress and party`s frontal students` wing NSUI saying office-bearers would hence forth be elected directly by members of these organi
In view of the bitter experience with a private partner on the Airport Express Metro Line, which has been delayed significantly, the DMRC has shot down the planning commission`s proposal to develop metro projects in 50 cities under a Public-Privat
Faced with a financial crisis, Railways have put on hold all PPP projects including proposed plants at Kanchrapara in West Bengal and Madhepura and Marhora in Bihar. Railways have to commit approximately Rs 8,000 crore per annum for
Over 80,000 gazetted officers in Maharashtra today went on a cease work to protest the killing of additional district collector Yashwant Sonawane by the oil mafia. "We have not announced the protest as a strike but we are shunning wor
At 0655 Dubai time on Wednesday January 26, I switched on the television. There was the pomp and the ceremony, the garlands and the splendour in the grass. India`s narcissistic annual salute to itself set to music once again but
In a brazen act, an additional district collector was today burnt alive in broad daylight at a roadside eatout at Manmad in Maharashtra`s Nashik district by the local mafia during raids to uncover illegal hoarding of kerosene and petrol.
