As the differences among the member ministers continued, the GoM, headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, on caste census, which met here on Thursday failed to arrive at a decision. Since the ministers felt that more discussion is required before deciding to include caste as an enumeration in the ongoing Census process, it

The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) on Thursday stated that the private power distribution companies (discoms) are overcharging consumers to the extent of Rs 300 crores per month due to the Delhi government’s direction which put on hold the new power tariff from coming into force. The DERC has confirmed widely-

The tussle to control legal education in the country continues. At a meeting of the legal round table, convened by the Union human resource development ministry, decided to establish a separate university for legal education. The proposed university will be part of 14 world class innovation universities and will promote research and higher studies in legal affairs.

Amid high levels of humidity, the peak power demand in the capital reached its highest this season so far on Thursday and was recorded at 4,720 MW. The mercury came below the 40 degree Celsius-mark and several areas experienced light showers towards the evening.

The National Advisory Council headed by Sonia Gandhi hotly debated the universalisation of entitlement with some of the members opposing the proposal on Thursday.
While the majority were in favour of the idea, some of the members cited arranging adequate supply of foodgrains and managing huge finances as implementation b

Bike-borne robbers struck in an east Delhi locality on Thursday afternoon by targeting a 66-year-old advocate, who was assaulted and robbed of cash worth lakhs of rupees.

Dubbing the move of the Uttar Pradesh government to create a new district carved out of Mr Rahul Gandhi’s constituency “unacceptable”, the Congress on Thursday said Amethi will always remain intrinsically connected to the Nehru-Gandhi family.

Two months after charges were framed against senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, a Delhi court on Thursday decided to frame charges against him in another anti-Sikh riots case.

The Maharashtra Congress on Thursday urged the Centre to make wheat available to the aam aadmi at an uniform price across the country while demanding changes in the wheat supply policy.

With the first quarter of FY11 just over, markets have now started looking ahead to Q1 results. Technology major Infosys will be the first major player off the mark as usual, on July 13. There are some positive expectations from the Indian IT biggies this time, as results of US firms indicate that tech spending is recovering. The negative impact of the Eurozone crisis is expected to be limited.