The Delhi government on Friday granted exemption from payment of 10 per cent luxury tax to hotels providing accommodation to delegates and technical experts during the Commonwealth Games, which will be held in October this year.

Putting an end to the ongoing debate in the party and the government over the correct approach to deal with Naxalism, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has maintained that unless the “root causes” are dealt with properly, it can not be defeated decisively.

The Supreme Court on Friday decided to look into the plea of former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala whether the Punjab and Haryana high court had exceeded its limit in passing severe strictures

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the bail petition of former Bihar MP Anand Mohan, sentenced to life imprisonment for lynching of district collector G. Krishnaiya from Andhra Pradesh in 1994.

India has a poor record of radiation safety. Quoting from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) annual reports, Greenpeace has listed 16 cases of loss, theft and misplacement of radioactive sources since 2000. From these, in 11 cases, the source remains untraced to this day.

Citing threats from LTTE cadres who are possibly regrouping in Tamil Nadu, the Centre on Friday extended the ban on LTTE by another two years. According to a notification issued by the home ministry, there are reports that

A day after Union Cabinet approved in principle the dissolution of Medical Council of India (MCI), Union health minister Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad met Prime Minister on Friday.

In order to improve transparency in its flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the rural development ministry is all set to involve eminent citizens in monitoring the job scheme.

It’s a significant milestone in India’s attempts to counter the growing Chinese infrastructure near our country’s borders. With China going full steam ahead with road and rail construction in the Tibet Autonomous Region

The Union information and broadcasting ministry has decided to initiate the process of digitisation of archives of All India Radio and Doordarshan. I&B minister Ambika Soni is understood to have instructed the ministry