As the differences among the member ministers continued, the GoM, headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, on caste census, which met here on Thursday failed to arrive at a decision. Since the ministers felt that more discussion is required before deciding to include caste as an enumeration in the ongoing Census process, it

Amid high levels of humidity, the peak power demand in the capital reached its highest this season so far on Thursday and was recorded at 4,720 MW. The mercury came below the 40 degree Celsius-mark and several areas experienced light showers towards the evening.

The tussle to control legal education in the country continues. At a meeting of the legal round table, convened by the Union human resource development ministry, decided to establish a separate university for legal education. The proposed university will be part of 14 world class innovation universities and will promote research and higher studies in legal affairs.

Bike-borne robbers struck in an east Delhi locality on Thursday afternoon by targeting a 66-year-old advocate, who was assaulted and robbed of cash worth lakhs of rupees.

The National Advisory Council headed by Sonia Gandhi hotly debated the universalisation of entitlement with some of the members opposing the proposal on Thursday.
While the majority were in favour of the idea, some of the members cited arranging adequate supply of foodgrains and managing huge finances as implementation b

Two months after charges were framed against senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, a Delhi court on Thursday decided to frame charges against him in another anti-Sikh riots case.

Dubbing the move of the Uttar Pradesh government to create a new district carved out of Mr Rahul Gandhi’s constituency “unacceptable”, the Congress on Thursday said Amethi will always remain intrinsically connected to the Nehru-Gandhi family.

Vedanta Aluminium is bracing itself for a fresh round of trouble. Their plans to mine bauxite from the Niyamgiri hills in the Kalahandi district of Orissa have reached a fresh set back with the ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) having set up a four member committee headed by National Adivsory Council member C. Saxena to look

Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard’s bid to become International Cricket Council vice-president has fallen through, with India joining other Asian and African countries to veto it.

S. Ravi Shankar-trained Miss Ruby justified favouritism with an effortless pillar to post victory under B. Sreekanth in the S.V. Subramanian Memorial Gold Cup, the feature event of the races on Wednesday.