New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee faces a tough decision on an ordinance to protect convicted MPs and MLAs from disqualification, pushed by the government in questionable haste despite protests not only from the opposition but within the ruling Congress. Sources say the government is under

New Delhi: Nearly three-fourths of Indian cities have particulate pollution (PM) levels exceeding permissible standards affecting the health of lakhs of people across the country, according to an analysis released on Thursday. The analysis is part of a book 'Good News Bad News: Clearing the a

NEW DELHI: A new development index has identified Gujarat as a less developed state, while ranking Odisha and Bihar along with eight others as "least developed" and Goa and Kerala among the seven "relatively developed" states. A panel headed by Raghuram Rajan, now the RBI governor, which subm

Bangalore: In an effort to curb increasing number of cyber crimes, the state government has passed an order to set up new cyber crime police stations in six cities. The cyber crime police stations will be established under the crime investigation department (CID) in cities like Gulbarga, Mang

BANGALORE: Mumtaz Ali Khan, who was a minister in the previous BJP government, joined Congress on Thursday, saying he was saddened by the outfit's decision to project Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate. Khan, who had held the departments of minority affairs, haj and waqf during

People generally take their constitutional right to vote for granted. They would love to blame the government for all the problems but when it comes to exercising their right to choose the government- they will stay away from the process and say my one vote will not make a difference. Ask Con

  The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that securing Aadhar cards, being issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), was optional and it has not made it mandatory for the citizens. The apex court, hearing a batch of pleas against decisions of some States to

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today questionned Gujarat Minister of State for Law Pradeepsinh Jadeja in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, sources in the Central agency said here. The CBI had also sent a notice to state Advocate General Kamal Trivedi, asking him to appear befor

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday expressed concern over the increasing incidents of communal violence and said government will ensure those guilty are punished. Speaking at the inauguration of the National Integration Council (NIC) meet in Delhi, the prime minister said the me

BJP MLA Sangeet Som, accused of allegedly circulating a hate video that allegedly led to the recent riots, being produced in a court in Muzaffarnagar. LUCKNOW: A day after the arrest of BJP MLA Suresh Rana, two more MLAs, Sangeet Singh Som of the BJP and Noor Salim Rana of the Bahujan Samaj

Chennai: The Makkah Masjid on Chennai's busy Anna Salai road is like any other mosque as you approach it. But enter and walk up the stairs and you find 40 young men listening to a lecture or thumbing through reference books. They are all preparing for the civil services examination. The mosque

What’s the most important need of Muslims right now? The mosque built on a disputed land for barely 200 Muslims? The promises made in Parliament or the rightful share in the resources and policies of the country? In order to help you move to the right pole we will expose you to some uncanny statisti

BANGALORE: Jnanpith awardee and acclaimed Kannada writer Dr UR Ananthamurthy has said he will not live in a country with Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister, triggering angry reactions from BJP which said he was free to leave India. As a controversy broke out over his strident anti-Modi remar

NEW DELHI: India on Sunday successfully test launched over 5,000-km Agni-V missile, which will be able to hit even the northernmost part of China, from the Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast. This is the second test launch of the long range missile. The first test was conducted on April 19,

NEW DELHI: Convicting the four accused for murder in the Nirbhaya case on Tuesday, the fasttrack court observed that the internal injuries caused by the accused were an "intended act don e with the sole intention of causing death." Hence they were clearly indicted for murder. "The accused person

DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday extended till September 17 the NIA custody of Yasin and his close associate Asadullah Akhtar after the agency claimed they were involved in a deep rooted conspiracy and had executed various blasts in India. Yasin (Ahmed) and Akhtar were produced before District jud

Shoot-at-sight orders were issued in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district, 450 km from here, as the toll in the communal violence that led to tension in three other districts rose to 19. Situation remained "very tense” as violence spread to rural areas in the riot-torn district despite the

As per the practice, EPFO is supposed to provide annual PF account slips for its subscribers by September 30. NEW DELHI: Retirement fund manager EPFO on Friday launched a facility to enable its over 5 crore subscribers view updated accounts online on real time basis without waiting for their