Civil aviation minister Praful Patel, who was at the receiving end in the tapped conversations of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia, today wondered how she came to prominence and what was her claim to fame. Refusing to join issue with
Amid the demand from civil aviation ministry for induction of Rs 1,200 crore as fresh equity into Air India, prime minister Manmohan Singh today said the government is actively considering helping the national carrier. Along with th
The $ 50 billion BPO industry shuddered on Monday when Congress president Sonia Gandhi is said to have expressed her strong opposition to outsourcing. The industry, which was just about recovering from US president Barack Obama’s str
Around a decade ago, LK Advani gave a sagacious advice to the Ambani brothers. “Let politicians do their politics and run the country; you concentrate on your business,” Advani is believed to have told the Ambanis when they called on h
The central bureau of investigation (CBI) on Wednesday conducted raids at the residence of a senior Tamil journalist as part of its probe into 2G spectrum scam. A team of CBI officials from Delhi swooped down at the residence of Kamaraj, a
Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy today filed a petition in a Delhi court seeking his inclusion as a public prosecutor in the 2G spectrum case. In his petition filed before special CBI judge Pradeep Chaddah, Swamy pleaded that the
The CBI today carried out searches at the premises of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and former TRAI chairman Pradeep Baijal in connection with the alleged Rs 22,000 crore 2G spectrum scam, a week after conducting raids at the residences of former
Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) on Wednesday hiked petrol prices by about Rs 2.95 a litre effective midnight, and other state-owned oil companies IOC and HPCL will follow suit tomorrow. The oil ministry today gave the three companies a go-ahe
The opposition against government`s proposed amendments to the Right to information act has gathered steam with the National Advisory Council joining the fray of those opposed to these changes. The NAC working group on transparency, accoun
The Delhi government has extended the deadline for completing the phase-out of "killer" Blueline buses from December 14 to January 31, 2011. As many as 823 of 2,052 such buses went off roads on Tuesday evening. "Following th
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is likely to come up with a final draft of its reply to the Bombay high court over the Lavasa issue by Wednesday. Speaking at the sidelines of a conference here, a senior ministry offi
The chief justice of India (CJI) S H Kapadia has called for fast-track trials of corruption cases, in a new initiative to streamline the conduct of the business at courts in India. In a letter to the chief justices of all the high courts,
Information commissioner Satyananda Mishra will be the new chief of the central information commission, replacing CIC A N Tiwari. Mishra, a former IAS officer of 1973 batch, Madhya Pradesh cadre, is likely to take charge as chief in
The enforcement directorate will soon issue Letters Rogatory to ten countries as part of its probe in the multi-crore 2G spectrum scam. Official sources said the directorate, which has already contacted its counterparts in 10 countr
In an embarrassment to former CJI K G Balakrishnan, supreme court judge H L Gokhale today contradicted his claim that he was not aware that it was former union telecom minister A Raja, who had tried to influence a Madras high court judge in a crim
Terming as "unprecedented" the washout of Parliament`s winter session, BJP on Tuesday blamed the Congress for the stalemate over JPC demand to probe the 2G spectrum scam but said the opposition protest was not aimed at overthrowing the g
The medical council of India (MCI) has been given a go-ahead by the supreme court for introducing common entrance exams for undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses in the country. The bench comprising justices R V Raveendran and A K
The Nitish Kumar government has given emphasis on closely monitoring the credit disbursal activities of the commercial banks to achieve the RBI-suggested CDR target of 35 per cent, as against the national average of 70 per cent, during the current
The supreme court today imposed a staggering Rs 10 lakh fine on Maharashtra government on a complaint that the then chief minister Vilasrao Deskmukh influenced police against registering an FIR against his brother. A bench of justices G S
Encouraged by the decline in prices during November, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today said inflation is expected to decline to 6 per cent by March 2011. "I am hoping it to be around 6 per cent by March," Mukherjee told rep
