New Delhi, Nov 22 (ANI) : Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily has opined that the Election Commission of India should be given more powers to check electoral malpractices. Addressing a ...

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Former union law minister Ram Jethmalani Saturday kicked up a row at an international conference on terrorism, asking if Islam's jehadi doctrine does not virtually render ...

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Chief Justice of India (CJI) K.G. Balakrishnan Saturday endorsed a suggestion for joint international probes into acts of terrorism and trial of terrorists by a supranational ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (ANI): The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Union Law and Justice Minister Veerappa Moily and Opposition Party Leader L.K. Advani are meeting here on Friday to decide on ...

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 (ANI): The Union Government on Thursday announced the setting up of 193 Grama Nyayalayas (village courts) in various states in the current year. In a written statement to the ...

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 ...

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 (ANI): The Ministry of Women and Child Development today commenced a nationwide campaign to create mass awareness against domestic violence. Krishna Tirath, the Minister of Women and Child Development ...

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 ...

New Delhi, Nov 11 (ANI): The Centre plans to introduce a 'state-of-the-art' legislation during the winter session of Parliament to deal with complaints of corruption against judges and also to ensure accountability ...

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 (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 (ANI): Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily on Saturday proposed classification of court cases to avoid further delays. "One thing is the time management, then on the case management, then ...

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 ...

New Delhi, Oct 22 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily announced here that the government proposes to set up commercial courts to settle high value disputes. Talking to reporters here ...

By Azera Rahman New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) After much persuasion and a mass protest, Law and Justice Minister Veerappa Moily said he will discuss the latest draft of the HIV/AIDS bill with ...

By Shreeraj Gudi New Delhi, Oct.20 (ANI): The Government has plans to bring the Women Reservation Bill in the coming winter session of the Parliament, Union Minister for Law and Justice Veerappa Moily ...

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 ...

Raichur/Hyderabad, Oct 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday wound up his two-day aerial survey of flood devastation in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and granted interim relief of Rs.1,000 crore (Rs.10 ...

Raichur (Karnataka), Oct 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday undertook an aerial survey of the flood-hit areas in north Karnataka and announced an interim relief of Rs.1,000 crore (Rs.10 ...

Hyderabad, Oct 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday once again conducted an aerial survey of the flood-hit areas in Andhra Pradesh. The prime minister, who spent the night at ...

New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Thursday said the government will set up four new schools for law which will be centres of excellence with international standards. He ...

Bangalore, Oct 7 (IANS) The third edition of the India International Coffee Festival (IIC 2009) began here Wednesday evening on a subdued note in light of the flood havoc in north Karnataka ...