Surveys send out alarm signals to UPA

While the I&B Ministry has launched a media blitzkrieg highlighting the UPA government’s achievements during the last nine years, the ministries Wednesday avoided the temptation to advertise their ach......read more

Pratibha Patil gets keys to new bungalow

For former President Pratibha Patil, the long wait for a retirement home is finally over. On May 20, she got the keys to her new bungalow on Pashan Road here. The Central Public Works Department, in-......read more

His remark kicks up row, UP shifts out top official

Uttar Pradesh secretary (Home) R N Upadhyay was removed from his post Wednesday after his remark on the death of three children and their father in Sonbhadra kicked up a storm. He had dismissed a que......read more

Bamboo trail on Yamuna riverfront

THE Golden Jubilee Park coming up on Yamuna riverfront has been witnessing hectic activity since the past three months. Stacked across a portion of the park are what appear to be building blocks carve......read more

Govt to punish wrongdoers in spectrum, coal scam: PM

Amidst allegations of corruption in allocation of telecom spectrum and coal mines, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today promised to punish wrongdoers and said future allotment of scarce natural resourc......read more

Court extends CBI custody of SP Vivek Dutt, 3 others

A Delhi court today extended by five more days the CBI custody of SP Vivek Dutt, a key member of the coalgate probe, and three others arrested for their alleged roles in a graft case. Special CBI judg......read more

New CAG could have conflict of interest: BJP

BJP today expressed reservations over appointment of Shashi Kant Sharma as CAG, saying there could be a "conflict of interest" as he will be auditing defence deals in which he had a role as Defence ......read more

Court will record evidence in Irom Sharmila's case on August 30

A Delhi court today fixed August 30 for recording of prosecution evidence in a case against rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu for allegedly attempting suicide during her fast-unto-death here in 2006......read more

Two cops on CM duty attack each other with lathis, to lose job now

Two jawans of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) clashed in full public view outside the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan soon after Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav left the venue after attending a business c......read more

No job can't be an excuse for not maintaining wife, child: HC

Refusing to grant relief to an unemployed man, the Bombay High Court has ruled that a husband has to work and earn in order to maintain his wife and child and cannot escape from it on the ground that ......read more

Delhi High Court seeks suggestions from Facebook, Google to protect Indian children

"Worried" that children can be exploited through social networking sites, Delhi High Court today asked Facebook and Google to submit within four weeks suggestions on safety measures for online usage......read more

YSR Congress will be routed in 2014 polls: Andhra Cong chief

The Congress will have the last laugh in 2014 elections and the "threat" from Jaganmohan Reddy's YSR Congress Party will fade out gradually, Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyan......read more

US, India pledge to collaborate on combating terrorism

The US has pledged to collaborate with India on developing global approach to combat increasing terror threats and asked international community to take effective steps to eliminate sanctuaries and in......read more

CM Badal's ancestral village lands knockout punch on SAD man in rural polls

On a day the Shiromani Akali Dal registered a landslide victory in the rural polls, in an upset of sorts, the ancestral village of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Ghudda preferred to vote a......read more