The Civil Society Hall of Fame, an initiative by Civil Society magazine, in association with Azim Premji Foundation, has recognised six initiatives led by fellow citizens who have chosen to live their lives in action and make a

A family was held hostage by four unidentified robbers at their residence in east Delhi, who robbed them of cash and jewellery worth lakhs on Monday night.
The police said the incident took place in New Ashok Nagar at the residence of Ravinder, 35, who works as a jeweller in the area. Police sources said four

Pakistan said Tuesday it would boycott a key international conference on Afghanistan in Bonn, Ger-many, next month, ramping up its protest over the Nato airstrikes that have plunged Pakistan-US ties into deep crisis.

A former Delhi police officer has been arrested for allegedly harassing and extorting money from a young couple in Nehru Park area of Chankyapuri, the police said. The accused is suspected of being involved in similar cases of extortion and is being presently questioned.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said that the government was committed to eradicating corruption and hoped that the Opposition would help in the passage of the Lokpal Bill and other important legislation in the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament.

The Delhi BJP, who always opposed the trifurcation of Municipal Corporation of Delhi, has now decided to move amendment in the Assembly sessions.
“Before taking a decision on trifurcation, the government should have taken

To facilitate passage of a bill to split the Municipal Corporation of Delhi into three smaller civic bodies, a special session of Delhi Assembly will begin today.
The government is confident of passage of the bill without any difficulty as Opposition BJP has already indicated that it would not oppose trifurcating MCD although the party had been critical of the move.

Much to the relief of DMK supremo M. Karunanidhi, his daughter, Rajya Sabha MP and 2G scam accused Kanimozhi, walked out of Tihar prison on bail on Tuesday after more than six months of incarceration.

The impasse in Parliament over FDI in multi-brand retail continued Tuesday as even an all-party meeting convened by Leader of the Lok Sabha Pranab Muk-erjee failed to break the ice. An unrelenting Opposition stuck to its demand for a “rollback” of the decision, while Mr Mukherjee prom-ised to get back after consulting the top leadership.

Corruption, poverty and democratisation of the organisation figured prominently in Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s speech at a two-day national convention of the elected office-bearers of the Indian Youth Congress.