New Delhi,  The Central Information Commission (CIC) has issued show-cause notices to BJP President Amit Shah and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi along with the heads of four other political parties asking why an inquiry should not be instituted in the matter of non-compliance of its order to implement the RTIRead More

Hyderabad, Union Urban Development Minister, M. Venkaiah Naidu has asked leaders in power not to weaken the strength of Hyderabad as a place of happening and international destination. Laying the foundation stone for the Centre for Excellence of the Institute of the Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) at Uppal inRead More

New Delhi, The use of Hindi in internet and mobile services has increased manifold and this would be helpful in providing efficient administration, said President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday, speaking on the occasion of Hindi Divas at a function held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. The President alsoRead More

New Delhi, CBI Director Ranjit Sinha has urged the Supreme Court to dismiss allegations raised against him by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation unless it discloses the identity of the “whistleblower” who gave it information that he met and favoured those accused in the 2G scam. In an affidavitRead More

Srinagar,  Stepping up efforts to re-establish normalcy in the flood ravaged state, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said 60% power supply has been restored in Kashmir Valley so far. “60 per cent power supply in Kashmir division has been restored so far,” he said. On restoration ofRead More

New Delhi, As industrialist Vijay Mallya fights his wilful defaulter tag, former CAG Vinod Rai has said Kingfisher Airlines’ loan default is just a “trickle” and the overall problem of huge bad loans at public sector banks can be blamed on ‘cronies’ using connections to borrow money. Rai, who wasRead More

New Delhi, With peak energy demand projected to double in three years, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to expedite pooling of natural gas prices to make available affordable fuel to power plants. Naidu last week wrote to Modi supporting the plan toRead More

New Delhi – A day after the Union government cracked the whip by disconnecting power and water supplies to the official accommodation of former union minister Ajit Singh, the Rashtriya Lok Dal leader on Sunday said he will vacate the accommodation by 25th of this month. “I have lived here for 36Read More

Chandigarh,  The Punjab Congress President, Mr Partap Singh Bajwa, today flayed the decision of the Narendra Modi government fixing new norms about paddy procurement and milling  as yet another big set back to the state after the rejection of the demand of the  Akali Dal-BJP government  for special package as anti-Punjab,Read More

Chandigarh, Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday asked Irrigation department to upgrade drainage system to check water logging in south western districts of the state. Badal, who talked to affected people in the villages of Sri Muktsar Sahib district, emphasised the need for upgrading, widening and strengthening theRead More