The Congress is likely to take final call on its minister Ashwani Kumar and Pawan Kumar Bansal by tomorrow evening. The core group, which was slated to meet today, will be meeting tomorrow for a discussion on the fate of the two Cabinet ministers.
There are indications that in the wake of the scathing observations by the Supreme Court over the Law Ministry's interference into the coal block allocation scam, the government is attempting to do the damage control. The government reportedly is planning to s...
Sources from the Ministry of External Affairs have revealed that India has rejected Pakistan's demand for an international probe on its prisoner Sanaullah's death. The Principal Secretary (Home) is conducting an inquiry into the scuffle, which broke out in the...
Newshour | Has the Supreme Court's observations on the Coalgate cover-up taken the sheen off Karnataka victory for the Congress? The Supreme Court came down heavily on the law minister, CBI, Attorney General GE Vahanvati, and former Additional Solicitor Genera...
Even after the Supreme Court came down heavily on the law minister, CBI, Attorney General GE Vahanvati, and former Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval, over their role in Coalgate cover-up case, Congress is not seeking the ouster of the law minister. The ...
After the indictment of the law minister and the government by the Supreme Court today, the Opposition is demanding Prime Minister's resignation. They say that the law minister was just a human shield for the PM. Even after the Supreme Court came down heavily ...
The Supreme Court came down heavily on the law minister, CBI, Attorney General GE Vahanvati, and former Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval. The Court asked the CBI director to give undertaking that probe report will not be shared. The government has been...
The Supreme Court comes down heavily on the CBI, Attorney General GE Vahanvati, and former Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval. The Court asks the CBI director to give undertaking that probe report will not be shared. The government has been asked to file...
Even after the Supreme Court came down heavily on the law minister, CBI, Attorney General GE Vahanvati, and former Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval, over their role in Coalgate cover-up case, Congress is not seeking the ouster of the law minister. The ...
The Supreme Court came out with scathing indictment of the law minister and the CBI, saying the heart of the Coalgate report was changed because of the suggestions of government officials. The court has said that the CBI repeats the orders from the government ...
The Supreme Court came out with scathing indictment of the law minister and the CBI, saying the heart of the Coalgate report was changed because of the suggestions of government officials. The law minister continues even after being hauled up by the SC.
The Supreme Court comes down heavily on the CBI, Attorney General GE Vahanvati, and former Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval. SC has also called CBI a caged parrot speaking its master's voice. SC asks the CBI if it is a collaborator or investigator. The...
The continuance of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar in the ministry could be linked to the shape of things expected to unfold during the hearing in the Supreme Court on the Coalgate issue today. The Supreme Court has come out with scathing indictment of the law mini...
The government is not ready to let railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal resign, as they feel that there is no direct proof to prove his involvement in the railgate scam, but CBI's explosive revelation has the UPA running for cover. The phone number of a senior ...
At a meeting to review India's sovereign ratings, the global ratings agency Moody's raised concerns about the food security bill, derailing the government's subsidy math. However, the finance ministry asserts that the red lines will not be crossed.
Just weeks before the Empowered Group of Ministers needs to take a final call on a hike in domestic gas prices, the oil ministry is now batting for a lower hike in the prices. According to sources, in the wake of recent decline in global gas prices, the oil mi...
Newshour | Now that it is proven that the PMO and the coal ministry officials changed the CBI report on the coal block allocation scam, what are the implications? Does the CBI director's affidavit put the government in a tough spot? Can the government retain t...
Advocate Prashant Bhushan says he will move the courts to ask the joint secretaries of the PMO and coal ministry to file their affidavits to disclose at whose instance did they meet the CBI and make the changes in the Coalgate status report.
China has clarified and said that in view of the best interests between India and China, the stand-off in Ladakh has been called off. The Ministry of External Affairs has been avoiding the questions posed by the BJP and Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah. Earl...
CBI has filed a fresh affidavit in the Supreme Court, explaining how changes were made in the report into the coal block allocation scam at the behest of Law Ministry and Prime Minister's Office. In the wake of this affidavit, Law Minister Ashwani Kumar is hol...
For 18 days, Chinese troops have been squatting on Indian soil as the government has continued to downplay the incursion. Now while the fear of India losing access to a strategically crucial area looms large, the Opposition has demanded cancellation of Khurshi...
The government has finally spoken up on the coal allocation scam mess, albeit through the Solicitor General of India. In an exclusive interview, Mohan Parasaran says the Prime Minister was unaware of the controversial meeting between the CBI director and the l...
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson says that the government of India has been taking up the issue of Sarabjit Singh at different levels with Pakistan. MEA says that everything possible is done to ensure that Sarabjit Singh's mortal remains are brought b...
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson confirms that a special aircraft has left for Pakistan to bring back the mortal remains of Sarabjit Singh who was murdered in Pakistan prison.
External affairs minister Salman Khurshid expresses grief over Sarabjit Singh's death and says that it is an emotional and political setback. He says the entire country had hoped that the Indian national on death row in Pakistan would return home some day. Khu...
The Ministry of External Affairs has said that the Pakistan authorities have decided that the body of Indian national and Pakistani prisoner Sarabjit Singh will be returned to his family in India. But the question remains as to whether the country will investi...
Airfares could become cheaper as the aviation ministry has allowed airlines to unbundle services, which means that the airlines can charge extra for everything, including check-in luggage.
The CBI has agreed that changes were made to the report on the coal scandal. According to sources Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) made changes that accounted for around 15 to 20 percent in the document.
According to sources, the report on the coal scandal was tampered with before it was released. Changes were allegedly made at two levels. First the Law Minister, Ashwani Kumar, made changes after which the PMO and the Coal Ministry also made changes.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has come to the rescue of Union law minister Ashwani Kumar, who has been named by the CBI in its affidavit on coal allocation scam report. According to the PM, there is no question of Kumar resigning and it will not be prudent to ...
Serious Fraud Investigation Office enquiry was ordered on Saradha Group chit fund scam after an emergency corporate affairs meeting, that took place this morning. The meeting was convened by corporate affairs minister Sachin Pilot. After SEBI, SFIO is the seco...
Multiple warnings by SEBI were ignored by Mamata Banerjee government in the chit fund crisis and investigations also reveal that five more ponzi schemes are under scanner. Corporate affairs ministry is likely to order a probe into Saradha Group.
BJP is all set to take on the government in both Houses of the Parliament. BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj and Murli Manohar Joshi said that they would protest in the well of the House. BJP has accused the UPA government of tampering with the 2G report as well as th...
The Sports Ministry announced that Olympic medallist Vijender Singh's samples tested negative for drugs. Sports minister Jitendra Singh has said that Vijender has a clean chit and is cleared only from the sports point of view. He also said that others are free...
Law Ministry has proposed a few changes in the manner in which judges are appointed in courts. One of the major proposals is the setting up of a Judicial Appointments Commission for the appointment of judges. Law Ministry suggests that the appointment of judge...
The National Anti Doping Agency has informed that the drug test conducted on the samples collected from Olympian boxer Vijender Singh has tested negative for heroin. However, sources say that his hair sample was not tested. He had submitted his blood and urine...
Bihar's Deputy CM Sushil Modi calls JDU's attack on Gujarat CM Narendra Modi as 'unfortunate'. He said so because earlier today, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar said that he has already explained his stand in the Parliament after the riots. He also added that railway's ...
A day after BJP reminded Bihar CM Nitish Kumar that he was a part of the Centre as railways minister in 2002, he says that he has already explained his stand in the Parliament after the riots. He also added that railways is only concerned about rail safety and...
A day after BJP reminded Bihar CM Nitish Kumar that he was a part of the Centre as railways minister in 2002, he says that he has already explained his stand in the Parliament after the riots. He also added that railways is only concerned about rail safety and...
KC Singh, former Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, says that it is too early to speculate as to who could be behind the Boston Marathon attacks. He said that it could be an international group or it could also be a group within America. He added t...
Newshour | Government has been attempting to defend itself and Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar saying that the meeting between top CBI officials and Law Minister was only customary. However, no reasons have been cited for the transfer of a senior CBI official...
There is fresh controversy in the coal block allocation scam as a media report has brought fresh embarrassment for the UPA government. A media report shows that the law ministry, under the UPA government, vetted the coal scam probe status report before its sub...
The UPA government is facing major embarrassment over the allegations that the law minister and officials in the Prime Minister's Office had reviewed and altered the probe status report submitted by the CBI to the Supreme Court, about the coal block allocation...
The law ministry is now in a huddle after reports came out how law minister Ashwani Kumar forced the CBI director Ranjit Sinha to water down the coal scam probe report. Attorney General GE Vahanvati meets with the law minister, who refuses to respond to any me...
Ministry of Defence audit reveals deficiencies. About 900 T72 tanks, the backbone of India's tank regiment, are non-operational or unreliable because their overhaul is overdue.
Prisoner abuse and military misconduct reports during the war in Iraq has always put US troops in the dock, but recent revelations by soldiers who served at a secret facility in Baghdad have made allegations of torture against British army, too. However, UK's ...
Following a stern warning from the Sports Ministry, boxer Vijender Singh has submitted his blood and urine samples for testing. The police have already arrested Vijender's friend and fellow boxer Ram Singh in connection with the drug use case. Meanwhile, famil...
According to a newspaper, the National Anti-Doping Agency refuses to conduct doping test on boxer Vijender Singh. The NADA says it will not violate the rules set by the World Anti-Doping Agency as Singh was not taking taking part in any tournament when his nam...
The Sports Ministry has told the national anti-doping agency to conduct a dope test on Olympic medallist boxer Vijender Singh and his partner Ram Singh. According to the probe conducted by the Punjab police, Vijender and his partner Ram Singh had consumed hero...
The Sports Ministry has intervened in the drug haul case concerning Olympic medallist boxer Vijender Singh and his partner Ram Singh. The ministry has asked NADA to conduct a dope test on Vijender. According to the probe conducted by the Punjab police, Vijende...
The Sports Ministry has intervened in the drug haul case concerning Olympic medallist boxer Vijender Singh and his partner Ram Singh. The ministry has asked NADA to conduct a dope test on Vijender. According to the probe conducted by the Punjab police, Vijende...
The Ministry of Home affairs has handed over the case of the killing of Indian fishermen allegedly by Italian marines to the National Investigation Agency.
Sources in the Indian foreign ministry say that Indian government raises the issue of Chamel Singh torture with the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi. According to the sources, Indian government now demands the report of the autopsy conducted on Chamel Sin...
Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi resigned from his post in protest over the return of two Italian marines to India to face a murder trial. He said that he resigned in contention with the decision to send the marines back to India as he did not want that t...
NIA, which has been asked to probe into the circumstances leading to the arrest of Syed Liyaqat Shah by the Home Ministry, is likely to seek his custody. The arrest of Liyaqat Shah has been the bone of contention between the Delhi police and the police departm...
Minister of New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah says that the Jammu and Kashmir government has taken up the matter of Hizbul member and suspected terrorist Liyaqat Ali Shah's arrest with the Centre and that the Union Minister has ordered an investigation....
Home Ministry has given its nod for setting up special courts to expedite trial in cases related to terrorism. Minority Affairs Minister K Rahman Khan has revealed that Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde has fully backed the proposal to set up special courts.
In a strongly worded statement, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warns Italy, over its refusal to hand over two marines accused of killing two Kerala fishermen, of dire diplomatic consequences. Meanwhile, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) asks Ministry of External A...
Ministry of External Affairs seeks details of the Italian marines case from the Home Ministry to take up the issue with Italy and take it to the next level.
A reply given to an MP in the Parliament today on the all-party meeting of December 28 on the issue of Telangana says there was no consensus during the meeting. The reply was given by Union Home Secretary RP Singh to a Rajya Sabha MP Prabhat Jha, he said that ...
The state of Maharashtra is suffering from its most extreme drought condition in the last 40 years. The Empowered Group of Ministries in its meeting has sanctioned Rs 1207 crore relief package to the state.
The Empowered Group of Ministries (EGoM) decides to sanction Rs 1,207 crore to Maharastra to deal with the extreme drought situation faced by the state. 34 districts in state have been reeling under extreme drought conditions.
India, in no uncertain terms, has condemned Italy's breach of trust. The Ministry of External Affairs has termed the act of Italy 'completely unacceptable'. Nonetheless, the breach of trust by Italy raises several questions over the treaty signed between the t...
Newshour | Why did India sign a treaty which would let the Italian prisoners go home the moment they were convicted? LS member PC Chacko, BJP leader Rajeev Rudy and National Secretary of the CPI Atul Anjaan debate on whether India has been willingly conned by ...
After a meeting with the Italian officials, the External Affairs Ministry has made it clear that they do not agree with the stand taken by Italy. The Italians earlier refused to return the two marines to India, who were charged for killing of two Indian fisher...
The External Affairs Ministry has summoned the Italian envoy. The Italian ambassador to India, Daniele Mancini, has reached the south block to meet the MEA officials. This is in the backdrop of Italy's refusal to return the two marines accused of killing two f...
Tourism related infrastructure in Andhra Pradesh have won seven awards in the annual award announced by the Tourism Ministry headed by K Chiranjeevi. Andhra Pradesh state has won the award in the best state comprehensive development of tourism category. Hydera...
Sources say that the Ministry of External Affairs has approached the law ministry to discuss options and bring the Italian marines back to India. As the marines, who face trial in Kerala for shooting and killing fishermen off the Indian coast, were granted a r...
Leaders from the opposition parties clashed at the well of the Jammu and Kashmir Vidhan Sabha over the Afzal Guru issue. The Opposition was angry with the announcement made by the Home Ministry as they said that they wouldn't hand over the body of Afzal Guru. ...
The ministries have yet to reach a consensus over the anti-rape bill. The Home and the Law Ministry met to discuss their difference of opinions over the usage of the word rape and the lowering of the age of consensual sex to 16 years. With the delay over the b...
The meeting between the Home and Law Ministry has once again hit a road block as the two ministries still haven’t come to any consensus over the use of the word 'rape' and the age of consensual sex. The Home Ministry has recommended that the age be lowered t...
The Home Ministry and Law Ministry has met to discuss difference of opinions regarding the anti-rape bill. The ministries had differences of opinions regarding the usage of the word 'rape' and the lowering of the age of consensual sex from 18 to 16 years. Acco...
There is widespread anger among fisherfolk in Kerala after Italy refused to hand over two Italian marines, accused of killing two Kerala fishermen. Meanwhile, the Ministry of External Affairs has demanded more time to study the explanation offered by Italy for...
Delhi gangrape prime accused Ram Singh committed suicide in his cell and the jail authorities only came to know about the incident at 5 AM. The body has been sent for post mortem and the crime team is currently at Tihar jail to collect evidence and recreate th...
Over four lakhs students attend the SSLC exams which begin today. The exams, which will take place in 2,800 centres, will end on March 23. Ministry of Education has informed that all the procedures to conduct the exams have been completed in time.
Ram Singh, one of the accused in the infamous Delhi gangrape, has committed suicide by hanging himself inside Tihar Jail, where was lodged. A magisterial probe has been ordered into the suicide. Ministry of Home Affairs has demanded a report into the suicide o...
Ministry of Home Affairs demands a report from the DG of Tihar into the suicide of Delhi gangrape prime accused Ram Singh. A magisterial probe has been ordered into the suicide. Meanwhile social activists are demanding immediate response from the jail authorit...
The prime accused in the Delhi gangrape case, Ram Singh, commits suicide in his cell at Tihar jail today morning. Questions regarding the suicide have begun to do the rounds. Ram Singh's lawyer said that his client was not in a frame of mind that would push hi...
The Home Ministry demands a detailed report into the suicide of the Delhi gangrape prime accused, Ram Singh. The Home Ministry has asked for the report to be submitted with 24 hours with all the details. The Ministry also wants to know as to how, despite instr...
The prime accused in the Damini gangrape case, Ram Singh commits suicide in his cell at Tihar jail. It is been alleged that Ram Singh was going through depression. Reports of ill-treatment at the hands of fellow inmates were also reported. When the five accuse...
The anti-rape law bill is expected to be presented before the Union Cabinet today. The Home Ministry had moved a note, proposing changes in rape laws. The fresh bill that will be presented in the Cabinet is set to replace the ordinance on crimes against women.
A six-member Danish team is set to hold talks with Home Ministry over the extradition of Kim Davy, prime accused in the Purulia arms drop case. The diplomatic ties between India and Denmark had suffered a setback over the extradition of Davy. Sources have reve...
Saudi Arabia's Labour Ministry has informed that strict action will be initiated against companies which are in the 'Red' category and there will be further incentives for companies in the 'Green' category. 'Red' category companies are those that do not have m...
A team of ministers led by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is set to meet Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. The team is expected to take up the neglect that the state faced in the recently presented Railway Budget. There are also several projects which await t...
In this part of Finance Minister P Chidambaram's Budget 2013 speech, he speaks on the budgetary allocations for the textile sector and those engaged in the rural textile sector and for artisans.
In the fourth part of Finance Minister P Chidambaram's Budget 2013 speech, he speaks on funds allocation for child welfare, allocation for Ministry of Rural Development, ICDS, Nalanda University, needs for children and mid-day meals, early childhood care, mate...
This is the second part of Finance Minister P Chidambaram's Budget 2013 speech. Here, he talks about the allocation for the SCs, STs, minorities, and for women and child welfare.
The Union Civil and Aviation Ministry has scrapped the international flying rights and domestic slots of the grounded Kingfisher Airlines Limited, which could make its planned, phased restart even more difficult. The move is likely to make available 25,000 add...
The Sports Ministry has directed the Sports Authority of India to make an exception and fund the Indian hockey team, so that they can play in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament. Earlier the players refused to play because the Sports Authority of India refused to...
The CBI team, probing the AgustaWestland kickback scam, names former IAF chief SP Tyagi and ten others in its preliminary investigation. Four companies, including the parent company Finmeccanica, is accused of paying kickbacks to middlemen to influence the dea...
Sources say that a pressure cooker could have been used in the Hyderabad twin blasts on Thursday as the investigators find pieces of aluminium and remains of 3 V batteries, with made in China and made in Japan tags. Forensic reports say that a pressure cooker ...
AgustaWestland has responded to the show cause notice that was issued by the Indian Ministry of Defence. It has expressed its inability to provide effective response, denied any breach of integrity pact and has said that the allegations made by the MoD are 'ge...
Headlines Today lists out the three options before India to access Italy's documents on the AgustaWestland chopper deal. The options have been suggested by the judge in whose court the initial trial of Finmeccanica's kickback case has been going on.
Crucial CCTV footage emerges that could provide vital information about the twin blasts in Hyderabad. A CCTV camera from inside a shop shows visuals of the Dilsukhnagar area, moments before the twin blasts on Thursday. Even the blast were caught on camera, tha...
Footage from a CCTV camera from inside a shop shows visuals of the Dilsukhnagar area, moments before the twin blasts on Thursday. The blasts were caught on camera, that was mounted outside a private establishment by the shop owner. Sources say that the blast, ...
There is more embarrassment in store for Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, as Mumbai Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh rejects the minister's claims about intelligence inputs provided. According to Singh, no specific alerts were provided by the Centre....
It has been two years since Kerala Assembly passed a bill to set up a Plachimada compensation claims tribunal. However, the bill has been stopped due to bureaucratic and political red tape. When it was sent to home ministry for consideration, the ministry sent...
Allegations that the Hyderabad police neglected central intelligence inputs about a possible terror attack in the city gain momentum. Sources in the home ministry say that the ministry provided vital information relayed by central security agencies about a ter...
After observing a minute of silence in mourning of departed souls, both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha erupts over the twin blasts in Hyderabad last night. While BJP demands a suspension of the Question Hour to discuss the blast in Lok Sabha, in Rajya Sabha after m...