Raise Brahmaputra diversion issue with China: BJP
Amid reports of Beijing considering plans to divert the Brahmaputra river from its upper reaches, the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said there was need to raise the issue with China.
Consumer forum fines BSES `25k
A Delhi district consumer forum has slapped a fine of `25,000 on the city’s power distribution firm, BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd, for raising an inflated electricity bill of `1.17 lakh against an user and
Govt yet to decide on Pillai successor
With less than a month left for Union home secretary G.K. Pillai to retire, no successor has been appointed as yet.
Why shouldn’t Lokpal cover PM, asks Kejriwal
Civil society activist Arvind Kejriwal on Monday sought to know why government leaders were so opposed to bringing the Prime Minister under the Lokpal’s purview.
SC worried over HC, lower court vacancies
The slow process of appointing the judges of high judiciary has badly affected the functioning of several high courts with the vacancy level in some of them going up to 45 per cent and country’s bigge
Attacks on activists threaten conservation efforts
Activists are increasingly coming under attack as they campaign to protect the environment.
I will go with party view on PM under Lokpal purview: Digvijay
Senior Congress leader on Monday made a U-turn on his statement that Prime Minister should come within the ambit of Lokpal saying he will go with the view of the party and the Joint Drafting Committee on it.
JD-U demands Maran ouster
The Janata Dal (United) on Saturday demanded immediate removal of Union textile minister Dayanidhi Maran from the government in the wake of allegations of a “quid pro quo” in awarding spectrum licence
Sathe: Baba red carpet ridiculous
The controversy over handling of the Ramdev issue refuses to die down despite attempts by the Congress and the government to project a united face.
India to take up with Pak ISI’s nexus with 26/11 perpetrators
India will raise the issue of nexus between Pakistan’s ISI and the perpetrators of 26/11 attacks during the forthcoming talks between the foreign secretaries of the two countries.