The Congress on Wednesday further distanced itself from former CWG OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi, claiming that he did not hold post of OC chief on account of his being the party member.

A recent reply to an Right to Information (RTI) query has now revealed that the organising committee of the CWG could rake in barely `400 crores of the total expenditure through merchandise sale and other modes of revenues.

The government is open to amending a law related to the regulation and abolition of contract labour. Labour minister Mallikarjun Kharge said during Question Hour that the government will hold a meeting of the tripartite group, which has been asked to give a report on how to regulate the wages and service conditions of contract labour. “Based on that report, if an amendment (in the Contract Labour Regulation and Amendment Act) is necessary, it will be done,” he said.

Speaking to reporters after the fourth day of talks with state government officials, interlocutor G. Hargopal appealed to the Maoists to keep their word and release Malkangiri collector R. Vineel Krishna, and not insist that that fresh conditions be met.

India scrambled Wednesday to coordinate the logistics of evacuating its nationals from strife-torn Libya, where anti-government protests are reported to have claimed hundreds of lives.

While Bihar’s economic growth rate for 2010-11 was on Wednesday projected to be at an impressive high of 10.05 per cent quite like the previous fiscal, the agriculture sector’s contribution to the state’s galloping GDP fell behind, sowing the seeds for fresh concerns and debates.

The wife of an incumbent Cabinet minister belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party as well as his legislator son have been booked for allegedly murdering a close relative.

The Rashtriya Lok Dal and Peace Party have joined hands with half-a-dozen other small parties to form a new political front in Uttar Pradesh.
Announcing that here on Wednesday, RLD president Choudhury Ajit Singh and Peace Party president Dr Ayub said that the new front will provide a viable political

The Rashtriya Lok Dal and Peace Party have joined hands with half-a-dozen other small parties to form a new political front in Uttar Pradesh.
Announcing that here on Wednesday, RLD president Choudhury Ajit Singh and Peace Party president Dr Ayub said that the new front will provide a viable political

The BJP is all set to elect its leader for the Assembly in presence of party’s two Central observers on February 26 in Jaipur. The rival factions in the saffron party geared up to formulate their strategy in view of the MLAs’ meeting.