CAG audit must in few cases, says V-P
Vice-president Hamid Ansari on Tuesday said any organisation that comes under the definition of “public authority” in the Right to Information Act, 2005, as interpreted by our courts and information c
Joshi, Singh get House award
BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi and Socialist leader Mohan Singh have been chosen for the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for last two years.
Mamata: Why Delhi? Kolkata Chalo!
While her ministry was busy tying itself in knots on Tuesday over the stampede at the New Delhi railway station on Sunday that has so far claimed three lives, Union railway minister Mamata Banerjee wa
Montek writes to Maya on UP dalits
Quoting an independent report, deputy chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia lamented the UP government for letting the dalits of Bundelkhand to die of National Rural Employment Guaran
RLD sends feelers to Congress
With the UP Assembly elections slated for 2012, political realignments have begun in the state. The Ajit Singh-led RLD has sent feelers to the Congress in its bid to join the UPA.
Steel Min told to divest RINL in 2 yrs
Taking forward the drive to sell stake in state-owned firms, the finance ministry has asked the ministry of steel to divest about 10 per cent of its stake in RINL within next two years and list the fi
Irda for uniform fee on Ulip exit
Further streamlining the system governing the Ulips, insurance regulator Irda on Tuesday proposed to do away with wide variance in charges imposed by insurers for surrendering these securities-linked
Maletin wins, gold for Laxman
Indian Grandmaster R.R. Laxman walked away with the gold medal while Russia’s Pavel Maletin won the overall title in the Parsvnath Commonwealth chess championship that concluded here on Tuesday.
IOA, ministry stand-off continues
The Indian Olympic Association maintained their defiant stand against the sports ministry on Tuesday, rejecting its tenure limitation guidelines for the office-bearers of the National Sports Federatio
After the brawl, the hangover
The crackdown has begun, and the cricket board’s unprecedented move to issue showcause notices to the erring Indian players, as it turns out, is only the first step.