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Action on Supreme Court Haj subsidy order after judgement: Krishna

New Delhi, May 22: Asserting that India sends one of the largest Haj contingents to Saudi Arabia, External Affairs Minister S.M.

Is DoB issue behind delay in Army Chief’s consent for farewell tea party?

New Delhi, May 22: Army Chief General V.K.

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President poll race hots up; Sangma meets Naveen Patnaik

New Delhi, May 22: While the race for India’s next President gathering pace, former Lok Sabha Speaker P.A.

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Lokpal row: Team Anna to fast from July 25 in Delhi

Jalgaon, May 21: With the government failing to pass the much-awaited Lokpal Bill on the second last day of the Budget Session in Parliament, Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced that they would go on a fast again from July 25 at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.

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Jaswant Singh takes on UPA, says White Paper on black money is like ‘bikini’

New Delhi, May 21: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh on Monday poked fun at the White Paper on black money tabled by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha, saying it is like a ‘bikini’ as it hides the essentials and exposes only the non-essentials.

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Arms cache recovered from Maoists in Jharkhand

Khunti (Jharkhand), May 21: Jharkhand Police recovered a cache of arms, including two guns, 32 bullets, four cell phones and 14 sim cards of various networks from Maoist insurgents after a shootout on Monday.

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Govt. not serious on Lokpal, alleges Sisodia

Shimla/New Delhi, May 21: Team Anna member Manish Sisodia on Monday lashed out at the Congress-led UPA Government for dramatizing the whole issue surrounding the passage of an effective Lokpal Bill.

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Beni Prasad Verma terms steel industry’s performance "unsatisfactory"

New Delhi, May 21: Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma on Monday has termed the performance of the country’s steel industry as “unsatisfactory”, while releasing a report that serves as a roadmap to attract investment to the sector.

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Maharashtra deputy transport minister arrested on graft charges

Jalgaon (Maharashtra), May 21(ANI): Maharashtra’s Minister of State for Transport and senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) member Gulabrao Deokar was arrested on Monday, for his alleged involvement in a Rs.46-crore housing scam.

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