Railway minister Mamata Banerjee needs to take out time from her preoccupation with West Bengal, “sabotage” and “conspiracy” theories and ensure that her ministry takes a hard look at the signalling aspect of Indian Railways, which is crucial for the safe running of trains.

Union law and justice minister M. Veerappa Moily on Monday stated that it was planning to file a petition seeking transfer of the case relating to entry of foreign law firms in the country, pending before the Madras high court, to the Supreme Court.

Union human resources development minister Kapil Sibal on Monday stated that regional-level vocations will be introduced as subjects in CBSE for Class 11 and 12. He stated that new subjects would offer more choices to students and promote democracy in the classrooms.

The Supreme Court under the new regime of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia on Monday gave enough indication about reversing the much perceived notion about “judicial activism” making it clear that it will not use its powers under Article 32 of the Constitution to “interfere unnecessarily” in the policy decisions of the government.

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Centre to take over the Bhopal Memorial Hospital Trust established on the direction of the top court 12 years ago for treating the gas victims and accepted the resignation of former Chief Justice of India A.M. Ahamadi from the chairmanship of the trust.

Calcutta high court judge, Soumitra Sen, facing impeachment for alleged misappropriation of case proceeds before his appointment as a judge, on Monday refuted the charge of corruption, but admitted before a probe panel through his lawyer that there was some “mix-up” of the funds by him in his personal bank account. Justice Sen’s

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Monday vehemently attacked the Congress of not doing anything to resolve the crisis following the arrest of its chief Chandrababu Naidu. Talking to reporters here, the party’s Rajya Sabha MP Mysura Reddy, questioned why the congress was unable to do anything when both the states as also the Centre was being governed by the them. He ridiculed the Andhra Pradesh chief minister Rosaiah for not taking any initiative to get Mr Naidu freed.

Having rejected the government approved Communal Violence (Prevention, Control & Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill 2005, Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council will keep both, the home and the law ministries, in the loop while redrafting the legislation in order to avoid any “differences of opinion”.

With a week to go for the Monsoon session of Parliament to begin, the Centre’s move for a caste-based census hangs in uncertainty. The government is still awaiting the response of political parties on whether caste should be included in the ongoing census. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, who heads the GoM on the politically-

The role of Pakistan “state actors” in 26/11 has been confirmed after Pakistani-Amercian LeT terrorist David Headley told Indian interrogators that Pakistani Navy frogmen gave underwater training and directions to the 10 Pakistani terrorists who used the sea-route to travel from Karachi to Mumbai and unleashed terror claiming 168 lives. A frogman is someone who is trained to dive, swim or combat in a military capacity which is an important feature of naval special operations.