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NEW DELHI: Law minister Veerappa Moily is not the only member of the Lokpal drafting panel who had different views inside the meeting and outside it. During his tour of Kolkata earlier this month, finance minister and joint drafting panel chairman Pranab Mukherjee had gamely announced that audio recordings of the Lokpal meetings would be [...]

NEW DELHI: For long inflation has been known to be a tax on poor. A new study shows just how much of a tax it has been in the last three years — Rs 5.8 lakh crore. That’s the additional amount Indian consumers have had to spend between 2008-09 and 2010-11 just because of the [...]

J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The US-based Cornell Law School has signed an agreement of cooperation and a memorandum of understanding with Jindal Global Law School of O. P. Jindal Global University to promote international perspectives on legal education and research in the world’s two largest democracies. Range of initiatives Cornell and Jindal have committed to [...]

After first 10 days, 61% of India’s geographical area has received normal or excess rain Peninsular region has benefited the most NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department [IMD] on Friday forecast that the monsoon was likely to remain active at least for the next two weeks. It could cover the entire peninsular region, as also [...]

New Delhi: Denied bail by the Delhi High Court, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Kanimozhi and promoter and director of Kalaignar TV Sharad Kumar, both accused in the 2G spectrum case, on Friday moved the Supreme Court, seeking bail. Both were remanded in judicial custody by the CBI special court on May 20 and since then [...]

NEW DELHI: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday accused Shiv Sena of “politicising” the Jaitapur nuclear power plant issue and frequently changing its stand on him on environmental issues. “Shiv Sena has a long track record of politicising all issues. This is the same Shiv Sena, which had vowed to throw the Enron project into [...]

NEW DELHI: A quickfire half-century by Sunny Sohal and an equally useful knock of 49 from captain Kumar Sangakkara helped Deccan Chargers register a 16-run victory over Delhi Daredevils in their Indian Premier League match here on Tuesday. Scorecard | Match in Pics Opting to bat, Sohal (62, 41b, 8X4, 1X6) and Sangakkara (49, 35b, [...]

New Delhi, Sep 28 (ANI): The first batch of New Zealand athletes to check into the Delhi Commonwealth Games Village has given the thumbs-up to the facilities provided by the Organising Committee. Coach Dave Edwards said the players had no complaints after their first night in the village. “Obviously, there”s been a bit of work [...]

Darjeeling, Sep 28 (ANI): Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee emphasised that she would urge Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to visit the hills in West Bengal and offer special economic package to the people of the region Banerjee, who flagged off a tourist special toy train on World Tourism Day in Darjeeling, said: [...]

New Delhi, Sep.28 (ANI): Even as the Supreme Court Bench is considering a plea that parties in the Babri-Ram Janmabhoomi title suit should resolve the matter in an out of court settlement, Hindu and Muslim groups called upon the apex court and the Government that the matter should not be allowed to linger on further. [...]

New Delhi, Sep 28(ANI): Australia’s gymnastics team for the Delhi Commonwealth Games was reportedly denied a chance to speak to the media after touching down at the Indira Gandhi airport late on Monday. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, local and Australian media person were told by police shortly before the arrival of the team [...]

New Delhi, Sep 28 (ANI): After the visit to Jammu and Kashmir by the All Party Delegation, the Government of India has announced an eight-point package to provide a healing touch to the people of the violence-hit state. The package is expected to make a beginning towards sorting out the internal dimensions of the Kashmir [...]

New Delhi, Sep 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court will hear today the plea for deferment of judgement in the Ayodhya title suit case. A three-judge bench, comprising of Chief Justice of India S. H. Kapadia, Justice Aftab Alam and Justice K. S. Radhakrishnan, has been formed for today”s hearing. The Attorney General of India has [...]

New Delhi, Sep 27 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday appealed to the people of Jammu and Kashmir to cooperate with the State Government and ensure that all schools and colleges function normally. In a statement issued here, Chidambaram expressed happiness over the fact that most schools and colleges have reopened, disregarding a [...]

New Delhi, Sep. 27 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said the CEO of the Commonwealth Games Federation Mike Hooper”s remarks on Delhi”s population are “very unkind”. In an interview with a New Zealand TV channel, Hooper said that India”s considerable population was to blame for traffic problems in Delhi for the CWG, an NDTV [...]

New Delhi, Sept.27 (ANI): Around 550 athletes and officials are expected to arrive in Delhi today to participate in the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi. The largest contingent is from South Africa with 113 athletes and officials followed by Scotland with 77 athletes and officials those who arrive today. Among the other large contingents arriving [...]

New Delhi, Sep 27 (ANI): Scotland athletes, who moved into the Commonwealth Games village in Delhi on Sunday, described the village as a “pleasant surprise” in stark contrast to the dirty beds, flooded rooms and unusable toilets that made the team consider pulling out About 80 members of the Scottish team are now at the [...]

New Delhi, Sept.27 (ANI): New Zealand support staff”s move into the Commonwealth Games village is being seen as a sign that progress is being made in getting the athletes” accommodation ready before the event that takes off on October 3 and lasts till October 14. A 13-strong New Zealand operations team moved in on Sunday. [...]

New Delhi, Sept 27 (ANI): Australia”s first Commonwealth Games athletes, who arrived in Delhi this morning, have said that they have come with an open mind despite security concerns, and added that they were “looking forward” to compete in the event and clarify all doubts regarding the gloomy accommodation reports themselves. The Sydney Morning Herald [...]

New Delhi, Sept.27 (ANI): Even as the pundits were debating whether the visit of the 39-member All Party Delegation (APD) to Jammu and Kashmir broke the ice or was an exercise in futility, the government has moved swiftly to announce an eight-point ‘package’. While the contents of the package can and will be debated, the [...]