Noted social activist Anna Hazare today called off his five-day-old indefinite hunger strike after being assured by Maharashtra government that his demands, including action on corruption in cooperative credit societies, would be looked into.
In a major goof-up, an advertisement inserted in newspapers by the Eastern Railway showed Delhi in Pakistan and Kolkata in the Bay of Bengal. The advertisement was to announces inauguration of luxury tourist train `Maharaja`s Expres
Deploring the practice of filing special leave petitions on frivolous grounds, the Supreme Court has warned that it would "collapse" under the burden if the rot is not stemmed and referred the issue to a Constitution Bench to fix paramet
The Unique Identification Number likely to be rolled out in 2011, will help the poor to access the benefits of various government schemes with greater ease, Unique Identification Authority of India Chairman, Nandan Nilekani has said.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has not so far responded to the summons issued by the Special Investigation team to appear before it tomorrow (Sunday) in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra riots even as his office remained tight-lipped over
Firebrand VHP leader Praveen Togadia was Friday night arrested alongwith his supporters by the Orissa Police as they tried to enter riot-hit Kandhamal district, defying a ban on their visit. Togadia, who arrived at Charichowk in Bou
Commerce and Industries Minister Anand Sharma does not know when and from where he would get elected to the Rajya Sabha. And the reason is a bit of communication gap between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, accord
The cabinet on Friday approved three major education bills - the Prohibition of Unfair Practices in Technical, Medical Educational Institutions and Universities Bill, the National Education Tribunals Bill and the National Authority for Regulation
Terror suspect David Headley has pleaded guilty before a US court for his role in the 26/11 terrorist attack. Is that a setback for India? The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday came down heavily on Home
The president has nominated the following to the Rajya Sabha on the advice of union cabinet: Mani Shankar Aiyar Javed Akhtar B Jayashree Bhalchandra Mungekar Dr Ram Dayal Munda
As a part of promoting medical tourism in the Gujarat, the state government has undertaken a Rs 100 crore project involving construction of an Ayurveda college and a 300-bed Ayurveda hospital in the state, health minister Jaynarayan Vyas has said.
The government today said it plans to build four expressways in the country, besides five ring roads in Uttar Pradesh. The ministry plans to construct four expressways, including Delhi-Dasna-Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, besides Dhanbad-Kolkata
In a major step towards managing industrial pollution, the government today approved a project, which aims at remediation and rehabilitation of polluted sites. The project on `Capacity Building for Industrial Pollution Management` to be as
Prices are rising but at least the central government staff and pensioners will have some cushion against it. The union cabinet on Friday revised dearness allowance and relief by eight percent with retrospective effect from January 1.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has given nod for a separate department dedicated to wildlife and forests, distinct from the one for environment, in the ministry of environment and forests.A report in The Indian Expres
The government may tomorrow give nod to Oil and Natural Gas Corp and partners to invest about USD 2.2 billion in developing a giant oil field in Venezuela. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) may tomorrow consider giving ONGC
Government today decided to make the anti-hijacking law more stringent by approving amendments to include death sentence as a punishment and powers to shoot down a hijacked plane intended to be used as a missile to hit vital installations.
Seeking to cash in on the growing worldwide demand for pesticide and fertiliser free farm products, country`s apex agro marketing co-operative Nafed has drawn a plan to back organic farming in a big way. The scheme envisaged extension of i
Despite assurances to provide police with modern equipments and machinery post 26/11 terror attack, Pune police had to cancel the order of two bomb suits citing lack of funds and permission from the Maharashtra government. After floating t
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister K Anbazhagan today presented a Rs 3,396.45 crore deficit budget and refrained from imposing fresh taxes. Reduction in taxes on a variety of articles used by the common man was announced by the minister, who pres
