Marking the fulfillment of a decades-long goal of the Democratic party, the US House of Representatives today passed the sweeping health care reform package, giving a political victory to President Barack Obama who had staked his presidency on the
US today assured India that it can interrogate terror accused David Headley following which Home Minister P Chidambaram directed National Investigating Agency (NIA) to prepare the questions for him. Chidambaram also said that Headle
Former Supreme Court judge PV Reddy has been appointed chairman of the Law Commission. His name was cleared by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet eight months after Justice AR Lakshmanan retired as the head of the law panel which provides legal
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
I and my fellow students from the Delhi College of Engineering (DCE) have been protesting since March 4 against its conversion into Delhi Technological University (DTU). We demand that if DCE could not be brought under the control of Delhi Univers
