Kerala High court today directed the state government to maintain status quo in respect of transferers and postings of specialist cadre doctors. The direction was issued by Justice Antony Dominic while considering a batch of petitions by d
BJP today accused Union minister Sharad Pawar of misleading the nation by "misrepresenting facts" about an IPL bid and demanded that he immediately resign or Prime Minister Manmohan Singh take "stern action" against him.
The Punjab government has decided to set up 3037 e-gram Suvidha centres in the villages across the state for benefit of people, official sources said today. As a follow-up of the announcement made by deputy chief minister Sukhbir Si
The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal today demanded that Punjab be paid royalty on river waters being used by other states, like Rajasthan. Party`s Core Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) in a resolution said this was in conformity wit
The decision to introduce a direct flight for Haj pilgrims from Bhopal to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia has become a bone of contention between the ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh. While the ruling BJP claims that
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday decided to field two journalists in the Rajya Sabha elections – Pioneer editor Chandan Mitra, 56, from Madhya Pradesh and former RSS Hindi mouthpiece Panchjanya editor Tarun Vijay, 49, from Uttarakhand.
A month after being sentenced to death for the Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab has filed an appeal in the Bombay High Court challenging the verdict and sought a lawyer from the legal aid panel to argue his case.
An organisation based in the plain area of Darjeeling district and opposed to the idea of Gorkhaland, today gheraoed the sub-registry office here demanding that sale of land be stopped to Nepalis who, according to them, were foreigners.
Minister of State for defence M M Pallam Raju has said that all efforts are being taken to set up a mini fishing at Uppada village in the east Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. "The feasibility survey has been conducted for
Central governments flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (NREGS) is set for an overhaul with the rural development ministry deciding to channelise the workforce for much more focused and productive goals. The NREGS workers n
Four years after its opinion was sought by the Centre, the file pertaining to the mercy petition of Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru, who is in the death row, has been sent to the Union home ministry by the Delhi government. The f
The Indian government proposes to take a tough line on negotiations on the Doha round of the WTO talks. The additional secretary to the commerce ministry, D K Mittal, enunciated this line while discussing the prospects of the next round of WTO dis
Mayawati may be getting all the flaks for setting up memorials with her life-size statues in UP but similar exercises dedicated to the Nehru-Gandhi family have been going on for decades throughout the country and what’s worse, more are in th
Here is a shaming story from The Hindu. Ajaat, a bold social movement of the 1920s and 30s was founded and led by Ganpati Maharaj. It flourished with thousands of followers across Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and present-day Chattisgarh. Th
Not much seems to have changed at the New Delhi railway station in the aftermath of the recent stampede. In fact, weakly strategised crowd management efforts threaten to boomerang, promising accidents of a greater scale. The Railways had e
Union minister Sharad Pawar today dismissed reports of his family`s involvement in the City Corporation`s failed bid for the Pune IPL team, saying the construction company`s Managing Director made the attempt in his individual capacity.
In an apparent dig at ally Congress, NCP chief and Union minister Sharad Pawar today warned "secular" parties against taking minorities for granted in the belief that they have no alternative but to support them. "Minority w
Calling India a "rising global power", the US today said it was "definitely committed" to consider New Delhi for a permanent membership in an expanded UN Security Council and pitched for its greater role in meeting challenges i
Health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad launched India’s first indigenous influenza vaccine, called VaxiFlu-S, here on Thursday. The vaccine will be available in the market Friday onwards and would be sold over-the-counter only through prescription. Az
The Madhya Pradesh BJP election committee today discussed the names of 11 persons for nominations to the Rajya Sabha from the state. Giving this information, Madhya Pradesh BJP president Prabhat Jha told PTI that a final decision on who wo
