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

The brutal murder of a jail doctor on duty by convicted prisoners inside a jail in Bihar has prompted the state’s shocked government doctors to call a day-long strike in protest on Tuesday and renewed demands for stringent measures to protect doctors across the state.

There was no relief for Rajya Sabha DMK MP Kanimozhi, arrested and chargesheeted by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the 2G spectrum scam, with the Delhi high court on Monday reserving its order on her bail plea.

A Cabinet reshuffle could take place either before June 15 or else be deferred to July, but ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, highly placed sources here indicated on Monday night.

Delhi was once again hit by a security scare on Monday when a bag filled with explosive material was found lying near Delhi University’s Gargi College in south Delhi.