Launching a scathing attack on minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh, Dr R.K. Pachauri, director-general of Teri, minced no words at the non-serious manner in which the government was tackling the Himalayan glacier melt.

A day-long strike of work by Bihar’s government doctors in protest against the brutal murder of a jail doctor by inmates largely paralysed medical services across the state on Tuesday and forced chief minister Nitish Kumar to order the transfer of two top officials for negligence.

In an apparent attempt to galvanise the demoralised supporters, the Left Front on Tuesday hit the streets for the first time after losing power in the state, with a pledge to fight back.

In two important directions given to the Union ministries, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the external affairs ministry to make public the communication between the ministry of external affairs and the CBI

German Chance-llor Angela Merkel’s visit to India made headlines even before her aircraft landed in New Delhi Tuesday morning. Iran first refused permission to the Airbus A-340 “Konrad Adenauer”, Germany’s equivalent of the United States’ Air Force One, to fly in its airspace but later relented, delaying her arrival in New Delhi by two hours.

The Centre on Tuesday fully backed the order of impeachment inquiry committee framing 14 charges of alleged corruption and misconduct against Sikkim high court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran in the Supreme Court hearing his plea for quashing the same on the ground that it violated the provisions of the Judges Inquiry Act. At the same

Having got the wrong end of the stick from civil society members in the Lokpal Bill joint drafting committee, the government has now decided to widen the discussion on the controversial legislation. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, the committee’s chairman, on Tuesday shot off letters to state chief ministers and the leaders of all

Four armed assailants held the owner of a jewellery shop hostage at gunpoint in Palam area and decamped with 1.5 kg gold on Tuesday afternoon,

A city court has ordered framing of charges against a BJP councillor and his elder brother in a molestation case, paving the way for their trial.

With a debate raging over the inclusion of the Prime Minister and members of Parliament under the ambit of the Lokpal Bill, Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N. Santosh Hegde said that civil society members do not want to compromise on this and said even the judiciary should be brought under its ambit.