The Congress party Friday hoped Rahul Gandhi will become the prime minister after the general elections this year, amid growing speculation that the party will soon declare him its prime ministerial candidate. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said at his press conference Friday that he will not seek the third term and will hand over the […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here Friday night on a three day visit. He was received at the airport by Kerala Governor Nikhil Kumar, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, cabinet ministers and others. Manmohan Singh will spend the night at the Kerala Raj Bhavan and Saturday morning will unveil the plaque of the Central University’s campus […]
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday issued notices to the ministry of rural development and chief secretaries of seven states over reports of non-payment of wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The NHRC took suo moto cognisance of a media report that seven families across Maharashtra and Jharkhand killed […]
Social activist Anna Hazare has written a letter to BJP chief Rajnath Singh, complaining that a leader of his party from Haryana was creating hurdles in the installation of his statue in Gurgaon. Hazare has urged Singh to help. Rajnath Singh Friday met Anna Hazare’s Gurgaon-based activists at his Delhi residence following the letter he […]
There has been a 43.6 percent increase in Delhi’s crime graph in 2013 over 2012, and crime against women rose a whopping 412 percent in the past year, Delhi Police said Friday. A staggering 73,958 cases were registered under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in 2013, up from 51,479 in the previous year. The police […]
Petrol and diesel prices will go up by 75 paise and 50 paise a litre, excluding taxes, from midnight Friday, state-run oil marketing company Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) said. “Indian Oil Corporation has decided to effect increase in the retail selling price of petrol by Rs. 0.75 per litre excluding state levies (and) increase in […]
The Delhi High Court Friday reserved its verdict on confirming the death sentence and appeals of four accused in Dec 16 gang-rape. A division bench of Justice Reva Khetrapal, and Justice Pratibha Rani reserved the order after prosecution and defence counsels concluded their arguments. The court also asked defence counsels to file their written submissions […]
A day after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal proved his majority in the Delhi assembly, AAP’s M.S. Dhir was Friday elected speaker of the house. A chief warden in the civil defence, Dhir defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Jagdish Mukhi 37-32 in the 70-member legislature – the same margin by which the Aam Aadmi Party government […]
Andhra Pradesh assembly was Friday adjourned for the day without debate on the bill for the formation of a Telangana state as legislators from Seemandhra stalled the proceedings to protest state’s bifurcation. Speaker N. Manohar adjourned the house twice and the third time for the day amid ruckus and slogans and counter-slogans by legislators from […]
BJP Friday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s attack on their party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was “laughable”. He also said that Manmohan Singh ruling out a third term showed he has conceded defeat in the Lok Sabha polls. Manmohan Singh said at a press conference here that it will be “disastrous for the country […]