Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today expanded his eight-day-old ministry inducting 29 more ministers, including 19 of Cabinet rank, taking its strength to 40 with the Congress bringing in six new faces. Congress` ally
Government today stuck to its opposition to setting up of JPC to probe 2G spectrum allocation, saying the matter could be looked into by the Public Accounts Committee which is "almost a permanent JPC". Finance Minister Pra
The state government has decided to enlarge the scope of the judicial probe into denotification of lands from 10 to 16 years, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said here today. The inquiry would now include denotification of lands by K
Rahul Gandhi today came out in strong support of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the wake of the Supreme Court observations in the 2G spectrum scam. "I don`t think he is in an embarrassing position at all," Gandhi told re
The nation is drowning in scams, each one bigger, dirtier and more sinister than the earlier. As every scam takes our collective sense of national pride a notch lower, we have been thankful to the media for constantly highlighting corruption at hi
With Madhya Pradesh witnessing an increase of over 10 lakh visitors in 2009, as compared to the previous year, the Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (MPTDC) has drawn up major plans to improve and develop tourism infrastructure in the s
Government on Friday replaced solicitor general Gopal Subramanium with attorney general G E Vahanvati to represent prime minister Manmohan Singh in the supreme court in the 2G spectrum case in the wake of stinging observations from the bench. Vaha
The supreme court on Friday rejected a CBI plea for transfer a case involving fraudulent withdrawal of provident fund of Ghaziabad court staff from Uttar Pradesh to a Delhi court. Names of some judicial officers and sitting judges of Allahabad high c
Now power utilities which are not able to meet their obligation of procuring a part of their electricity requirement from green energy will be able to buy renewable energy certificates (REC) to compensate for it. Power minister Sushilkumar Shind
Lane driving`s back in the city after a short recall following the Commonwealth Games. Traffic is expected to congeal on the 10 dedicated corridors for laning - Tilak Marg to Delhi gate, Lodi road, Prithviraj road, Sardar Patel Marg, Naraina to As
Telecom regulatory authority of India (Trai) has recommended cancellation of 34 telecom licences of companies, including Etisalat, Uninor, Loop and Siestema, due to non-compliance of roll-out obligations. The telecom regulator has a
The spectrum scam is not just about A Raja. To believe that he could have single-handedly caused a loss of Rs1.76 lakh crores is to overstate his capacity and calculating abilities. Nor is this a system failure: On the contrary the system that inc
In a swift action against new telecom players who were given licences in 2008, telecom regulator TRAI today asked government to cancel 62 licences given to five companies including Etisalat (Swan), Uninor and Videocon. The recommendation for this
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), which conducts the civil services examination (CSE), will now have to disclose the raw score and cut-off marks of candidates across all categories, sitting for the exam. UPSC on Thursday asked th
Neither man nor machine may turn its back on UID - the railways latest move could just be a testament to this. India`s largest employer - the railways - is giving a new, numerical identity to the trains in its service. All four-digit numb
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the government to file by Saturday an affidavit before it in the 2G spectrum case. A bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly granted time to the Centre to file the affidavit after Solicitor
The Congress may be preparing to consider the opposition demand for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) into the 2G spectrum scam Party sources said the issue may be considered at the meeting of the Congress core group in the evening whi
Food inflation fell sharply by 2 percentage points to 10.3 per cent for the week ended November 6 from 12.3 per cent in the previous week, raising hopes that overall inflation may decline to around 6 per cent by the end of the year, as predicted b
Mired in charges of corruption and nepotism, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today dismissed suggestions that BJP chief Nitin Gadkari and RSS were "unhappy" with him and ruled out leadership change in the state. &
The Lok Satta Party is planning to approach the supreme court to get the corruption-tainted 2G spectrum licences cancelled and licences issued afresh on competitive bidding. This was stated in a press statement issued by the party on Thursday morn
