The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday accused the Congress of not taking enough interest to protect the mineral wealth of the country. The allegation was made in the context of the debate that took place in the Lok Sabha on the issue of illegal mining when no Congress MP or Union minister from Karnataka was present in the House, leave alone participate in the debate.

Mexico is working overtime to save the upcoming UN Climate Change Summit in Cancun from collapse. Patricia Espinosa, minister of foreign affairs of Mexico and the chairperson of the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in her recent visit to India has been working hard to

The government is considering a proposal to upgrade its current Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft fleet at a cost of over Rs 10,000 crore. This follows another proposal, reported earlier, for acquisition of 42 more Sukhoi aircraft at a cost of over Rs 20,000 crore.

Three Indian soldiers were killed in Congo on Wednesday when a company operating base where they were stationed — as part of the United Nations peace-keeping mission — was attacked by rebels belonging to the “Mayi Mayi” group.

An allegedly drunk young woman who fled after the Honda Accord she was driving knocked down and killed a six-year-old boy and his older cousin Tuesday night has been arrested.

Top CPI(Maoist) leader Kishenji’s offer for peace talks is being viewed as a ploy to create “divisions” within the government at a time when UPA ally, railway minister and Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, is sending peace signals to the Maoists. Government sources said that the Maoist peace offer, made during the ongoing Parliament session, is a deliberate attempt to create “confusion” in the government and give the impression that there are divisions on the issue.

The controversial Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill roiled the political firmament once again with both Houses of Parliament facing repeated adjournments on Wednesday and the Left parties, along with the RJD and SP, accusing the Congress of striking a “deal” with the BJP. The parliamentary standing committee’s report on the bill was tabled among considerable din in both Houses on Wednesday.

In a step that could open fresh communal acrimonies in Bihar’s politics, the RJD on Wednesday vowed not to allow the RSS to organise conferences in Bihar when then party comes to power in the state after the Assembly polls in November.

The agencies in the capital just do not seem to be able to reach a situation where removal of construction debris can be taken up in the right earnest. With rains disrupting street-scaping work on the roads and some of the important projects still being finished, construction debris continue to lie around. So far, out of 23 Games sites, where construction debris still remains, the Delhi government and the civic agencies have so far cleaned up only 12 sites.

It seems all is still not well between home minister P. Chidambaram and senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh, as the latter on Wednesday knocked the door of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to complain about the home ministry’s bid to amend the Arms Act alleging the move undermines the citizen’s right to keep legal weapons.