States such as Maharashtra, West Bengal, Bihar and Assam may face the danger of their Central funds being diverted to other better performing states under the Modernisation of State Police Forces (MPF) scheme. These states have been categorised as the worst performing states by the Union home ministry under the crucial

Should the dismissal of an appeal by the Supreme Court against a judgement of the high court in “limine” be construed as confirmation or approval of the verdict, is an important question of law answered by the apex court in “negative”.

After several cases of alleged corruption the government is toying with the idea of changing the existing appointment system for judges to the higher judiciary.
Union law and justice minister M. Veerappa Moily stated that the government is “thinking” of making changes in the appointment procedure.

The IPL controversy is unlikely to affect the political constituency of the NCP supremo Sharad Pawar in Maharashtra, view the state Congress officials. “He is a political leader and people in Maharashtra know that he is resourceful. They have accepted him,” they said.

A father of three, earning less than Rs 2,500 a month, has moved the Delhi high court to get fees exemption under the BPL category for his three children studying in the Kendriya Vidyalaya School here. Vinay Kumar, 45, a roadside vendor, who underwent a heart surgery in May last year, has filed a writ petition in the high court urging it to restrain the KVS from striking off the names of his three children studying in KVS in Naraina area because he is unable to pay their fees.

To garner public support and mobilise political will, as many as 200 civil society and women’s organisations from all across the country have joined the campaign Reservation Express in support of the Women’s Reservation Bill that is to be passed in its present form in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies.

The Delhi government will have to carry out fresh drafting exercise for its Property Titling Bill, as the Central government has asked all state governments to model their respective legislative proposals on the Model Land Titling Bill, 2010.

Buying property in the capital is going to get costlier as the Delhi government is gearing up to hike circle rates. The circle rate is the base rate at which the government arrives at the valuation of properties in the city.

Two labourers, including a woman, were run over by a speeding truck in Fatehpur Beri area of south Delhi early on Sunday.
Police officials said the incident took place at around 4.30 am on the Mehrauli-Gurgaon (MG) Road in Arjungarh area. The deceased, identified as Sita, 30, hailing from R

An elderly man and his grandson were run over by a speeding Honda City car in Alipur area of outer Delhi, the police said on Sunday.
The deceased have been identified as Bhagwan Das, 60, and his grandson Rajat, 5, both residents of Kamaspur in Haryana’s Sonepat district. The police said two o