CBI officer of Coalgate probe held for bribe
The CBI on Friday arrested one of its own superintendents of police, who was probing the Coalgate scam, and an inspector for allegedly accepting a bribe of `7 lakh from a businessman outside the agenc
PM ‘power centre’ in govt: Diggy
Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Friday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is the “power centre in governance” and “for political matters it is, of course, Mrs Sonia Gandhi”.
CM to push for Cabinet reshuffle?
The fate of about half a dozen Congress ministers in Maharashtra hangs in balance with the chief minister Prithviraj Chavan planning to replace them ahead of the general elections with a calculation t
20-25 will be inducted Saturday
About 20 to 25 members would be inducted into Mr Siddharamiah’s ministry in Karnataka on Saturday, They would take an oath of office and secrecy. This was indicated by the Congress here on Thursday.
Maha reshuffle on cards: 5 mantris’ fate in balance
The fate of five Congress ministers in Maharashtra hangs in balance with the chief minister Prithviraj Chavan planning to replace them ahead of the general elections with a calculation that this exerc
BJP opposes Joseph as NHRC member
The government is likely to appoint former Supreme Court judge Cyriac Joseph as member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) despite dissent notes by both the leaders of Opposition in Parliam
No arrest without senior cop’s nod
No one can be arrested for posting allegedly offensive comments on social networking websites unless permission is obtained from a senior police officer, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.
PM wants draft bill on dispute resolution
Considering that dispute resolution in large public contracts is an area of growing concern, which has marred many of the mega-road projects in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday i
UPA mulls 2nd phase of project
After the success of the 15-day-long first-phase of Bharat Nirman: Glimpses of India story campaign, costing about `16 crore, the UPA government is considering to give a go-ahead for the second phase
Deo urges governor to use powers to stop states
In the wake of the Supreme Court judgment in the Vedanta mining case, Union tribal affairs minister V.