A committee of experts will grade the sample toilet made by each of the 28 applicants eyeing the contract to construct 216 public toilet-cum-commercial complexes for the municipal corporation of Delhi (MCD). Applicants whose samples toilet
Vice-President Hamid Ansari arrived here today on a three-day visit to Czech Republic during which three agreements on economic cooperation, social security and bilateral investment promotion will be signed.
Bhartiya Janata Party veteran Lal Krishna Advani credits"Reds themselves" for the collapse of the Marxist citadel in Kolkata while stressing that Trinamul Congress chief and Railway Minister Mamata Bannerji served only as an instr
The CPI(M) state unit today urged the government of India to `use its clout` to ensure among other things, equality and autonomy to the Sri Lankan Tamils in that country. The party executive urged the Centre to take up the matter wi
"Conduct proper elections if you want us to pay house tax" - that is the message to the Haryana government from those who own properties in municipal corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) areas In a meeting held on Saturday, resident repr
The procedure of Collegium appointing judges to higher courts may undergo transformation with the government toying with the idea of changing the system in the wake of allegations of lack of transparency and delays. Union law minister M Ve
A long-delayed controversial bill on accountability of judges will be taken up by the Union Cabinet at its next meeting amid the government`s assertion that the proposed law was aimed at ensuring that no fingers are pointed at the judiciary.
A section of employees of auto-maker, Hyundai Motor India went on a flash strike at the company`s production unit at nearby Sriperumbudur today, While trade union leaders could not be reached, police, however, confirmed that a section of e
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here today on a two-day visit during which he is expected to make a fresh call to separatists for talks and announce a financial package for Saffron growers in the valley. The Prime Minister was receiv
26 years after the world`s worst industrial disaster that had left over 15,000 people dead, a local court today convicted all the eight accused including former Union Carbide chairman Keshub Mahindra in the Bhopal Gas tragedy case. Chief j
India will try to persuade Australia to supply uranium to it during a bilateral meeting on energy here tomorrow, seeking flexibility on Canberra`s longstanding position that it would not export the nuclear raw material to countries who are not sig
A day after talks with officials failed, anti-Posco agitators on Sunday demanded direct discussions with Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik on their opposition to the site identified for the Rs 52,000 crore mega steel project near Paradip.
Political pressure mounted on Sharad Pawar over the Pune IPL bid row with BJP and Shiv Sena today demanding his resignation and the CPI-M seeking a joint parliamentary probe into the issue. The twists and turns in the Pune bid row c
Maintaining that Army is performing a commendable job in stamping out militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not to give any assurance to separatists over repealing of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA)
How fast can you run from a stereotype? Well, if you still think of the red-shirt wearing, swearing, shoving and heaving coolie quoting an outrageous charge for his services as doing exactly that - swearing at the man in front and shoving the one
India today dismissed concerns about threats to its nuclear assets by Left-wing extremists and said that it is an internal issue of the country which will be dealt with law and order. "I can assure you that you don`t need to wo
Union minister of State for railways E Ahmed has said works related to railway development in Kerala would be completed in a time bound manner. Talking to reporters at Erumeli yesterday, has said the main problem faced by the railways was
India has been given access to David Coleman Headley, Pakistani-American LeT operative who has confessed to his role in the Mumbai attacks, US National Security Adviser James Jones said today. "Yes access (to Headley) has been given.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has said that there would be no rise in water cuts in the city till mid July but it might decrease after monsoon. "Our agenda is to come out of the water crisis situation. We are continuously mon
Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s visit to Kashmir, J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah has raised a question mark over recent "encounter killings" by security forces in the state and made a strong pitch for changes in the Armed
