New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani and Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily are expected to meet Friday evening to finalise who India's new ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The cabinet meeting Thursday did not discuss the government's sugarcane pricing policy, which has come under attack from opposition parties and farmers. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The government Thursday discussed the issue of allocation of third generation (3G) spectrum as well vacation of airwaves by the defence ministry for commercial use, but ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Thursday angrily refused to answer a question from the media about the outcome of a meeting of the Group of Ministers on ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): The winter session of the parliament was adjourned for the day on Thursday due to opposition protests over sugarcane prices. Earlier today, farmers from all parts of ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Faced with a protest by farmers and almost all opposition parties over sugarcane pricing, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday held an emergency meeting on the issue ...

Chennai, Nov 18 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's major opposition party AIADMK plans to put the central ministers belonging to the ruling DMK on the mat by mainly raising issues handled by them ...

New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) The Congress may have done well in this month's by-elections but the government is bracing to face an opposition onslaught on a range of issues when ...

By M.R. Madhavan The month-long winter session of parliament begins this Thursday, presenting the government with an opportunity to further its reform agenda. There has been much talk of reforms in higher ...

New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Friday called for effective monitoring of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, as a government report revealed that Uttar Pradesh ...

New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Friday called for monitoring of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, for its effective implementation. "The enactment of the Protection of Women ...

Bangalore, Nov 9 (ANI): Chaos broke out inside the Karnataka High Court today as some 14,000 lawyers demanding the ouster of tainted judge Dinakaran, refused to let the litigants come before the ...

Lahore, Nov.5 (ANI): Criticising Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah for tabling a legislation in the State Assembly, which legalises dances, the Jamaat-e-Islami deputy Secretary General Dr Farid Ahmed Piracha has said ...

New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) The central government is yet to decide on a new chief information commissioner of India (CIC), almost two weeks after Wajahat Habibullah quit the post to ...

New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Bollywood actor Aamir Khan and social activist Anna Hazare are among several people who have urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to appoint the country's first woman ...

New Delhi, Nov. 1 (ANI): BJP's central leadership has reportedly extended firm support to Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, assuring him that no change will be done in the state leadership ...

New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan Sunday denied that Karnataka High Court's Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran's name has been dropped from the list of judges being considered ...

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The central government Sunday declared a war against huge backlog of over 31 million court cases, finalising an ambitious scheme to appoint 15,000 trial court judges ...

New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) Showing a serious effort to remove its tag of being India's largest litigant, the central government Saturday said it was all set to adopt a national litigation ...

Sankrail (West Bengal), Oct 21 (IANS) Amid scattered furniture and blood stains, an uneasy calm prevailed at the Sankrail police station area Wednesday - a day after Maoists carried out a ...

West Midnapore, Oct 21 (ANI): West Bengal Law Minister Rabilal Maitra visited West Bengal's West Midnapore district on Wednesday. The visit was held a day after armed Maoists stormed a police station at ...

Islamabad, Oct.21 (ANI): All schools and colleges across Pakistan have been shut down following the deadly terror attack on the International Islamic University (IIUI) in Islamabad (IIUI) in which six people, including ...

New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) The government has formed a ministerial group to find new customers for Reliance Industries so that the Mukesh Ambani-led firm could increase production of gas from ...

New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Law Minister M.Veerappa Moily Monday termed the death of Ashutosh Asthana, the prime accused and witness in a corruption case involving judges of the higher judiciary, in ...

Lahore, Oct 15 (IANS) An explosion took place at the Elite Force headquarters in Pakistan's the provincial capital of Lahore. According to Geo News, a loud blast was reported at the Elite Force ...

Lahore, Oct 15 (IANS) Terrorists wearing uniforms attacked the Manawan police training centre on the outskirts of this Pakistani city Thursday. Gunshots were heard at the Manawan police training centre in Lahore, Geo ...

Bangalore, Oct 6 (IANS) The India International Coffee Festival (ICCF 2009) that kicks off here Wednesday will focus on the domestic opportunities for international players and global trends in the plantation commodity. "The ...

Bangalore, Oct 5 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said Monday he would prevail upon Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi to grant more relief to ...

New Delhi, Oct 2(ANI): The Minister of State for Railways K.H.Muniyappa on Friday sought immediate intervention of the Prime Minister, Union Home Ministry and Union Defence Ministry in rescue and relief ...

Bangalore, Oct 2 (ANI): Torrential rains continue to wreak havoc in North Karnataka with 35 more deathsbeing reported from the region since Thursday night. The rain-related death toll in the state has ...