The Centre is working on amendments to the US resolution on alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka and is also pushing for a resolution to be passed by the Lok Sabha. The all-party meeting called by Speaker Meira Kumar, however, failed to reach any consensus. ...
09:49 PM, Mar 20, 2013
After DMK Chief Karunanidhi once again threatened to pull out of the UPA government over the Sri lankan Tamils issue, the Centre tried to assure him saying no decision will be taken before consulting him. However, everything points to India not taking a stand against Sri Lanka's sovereign rights. ...
08:20 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Monday said the government was taking forward its plans to set up anti-terror agency National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) and a note is being sent to the cabinet on the issue. ...
04:35 AM, Mar 12, 2013
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the government on a public interest litigation (PIL) over killing of two Indian soldiers at the LoC by Pakistan army. The PIL raised questions over what steps the government was taking to prevent such incidents in future. ...
11:47 AM, Mar 04, 2013
Sports Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday said the government has decided to formulate a new sports policy and identify talent from rural areas and train them in order to promote sports in the country. ...
10:36 PM, Mar 03, 2013
Terming as "outlandish and bizarre" the statement of Chuck Hagel, the new US Defence Secretary, that India has financed problems for Pakistan in Afghanistan, BJP today asked the government to exert diplomatic pressure on Washington for unconditional withdrawal of his statement. ...
12:33 PM, Feb 27, 2013
The Centre on Tuesday gave into state governments' demands and said the proposed anti-terrorism agency NCTC cannot make arrests without states' permission. Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka and state Home Minister R Ashoka said, "This subject has to be discussed once again with other CMs. I will discuss with my CM also and then only we will take a call because this is long term issue". ...
08:55 PM, Feb 26, 2013
The Centre on Tuesday gave into the demands of state governments opposing the ambitious setting up of National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) and said the proposed intelligence agency will not have the right to make arrests without the states' permission, sources said. NCTC will also be placed outside the purview of the Intelligence Bureau, sources added. ...
05:38 PM, Feb 26, 2013
BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Monday said his party was not opposed to the setting up of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) but it was against giving police powers to the proposed anti-terror hub. ...
12:58 AM, Feb 26, 2013
How valid is the resistance to NCTC and how can states that are objecting be won over? ...
09:52 PM, Feb 25, 2013
There is no end to the controversy surrounding the Centre's proposed move to push for the creation of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) following the Hyderabad blasts. The Bharatiya Janata Party has charged the Congress with politicising the issue of terrorism. ...
11:52 AM, Feb 25, 2013
All is set for the launch of Indo-French satellite 'SARAL', aimed at oceanographic studies, and six foreign mini and micro satellites onboard ISRO's workhorse rocket PSLV from the spaceport of Sriharikota in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh on Monday. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C20 is slated for blast-off at 5.56 pm local time from the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, 110 kms from here. President Pranab Mukherjee is...
10:42 AM, Feb 25, 2013
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Sunday said the twin blasts in Hyderabad could be a "reaction" to the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and Mumbai attack convict Ajmal Kasab. Shinde said the government was apprehending some sort of reaction from terror groups following execution of the lone surviving Pakistani gunman in the 2008 Mumbai attack and Afzal and it had been issuing alerts in this regard....
07:25 AM, Feb 25, 2013
The big question after the Hyderabad blasts is whether the time has come for political parties to bury their differences and set up the National Counter Terrorism Centre. ...
02:00 PM, Feb 22, 2013
The deadline for the Centre to notify the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal Award ends on Wednesday. After the notification, the future sharing of water among all Cauvery basin states, which are Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, will be based on the final award. Currently, water sharing is based on the interim award of the Tribunal. ...
09:37 AM, Feb 20, 2013
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said in keeping with the promise made in the Samajwadi Party election manifesto, his government had sent a proposal to the Centre to include 17 backward castes in the Schedule Caste category. ...
03:40 AM, Feb 17, 2013
Slamming the hike in fuel prices, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday said the move amounted to betraying the middle and lower classes and made a fresh demand for changing the fuel pricing policy. "Even before the ink had dried up after signing the hike in prices of diesel recently, the Centre is increasing the price of petrol by Rs 1.50 and diesel by 45 paise...it amounts to...
12:21 AM, Feb 16, 2013
Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday again raised the issue of expenditure the state is incurring on the security of Tibetan spiritual leaders, the Dalai Lama and the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje and asked the central government to bear the expense. ...
05:23 AM, Feb 13, 2013
In a shocking case, most of the 100 women in a semi-conscious state who underwent ligation procedure at a sterilisation camp at a rural health centre in Malda district were abandoned in an open field adjacent to the facility. ...
07:05 PM, Feb 10, 2013
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from Central Bureau of Investigation on a plea of former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi seeking quashing of FIR and subsequent proceedings against him on the ground that Centre's sanction was not obtained by the agency to prosecute him. Issuing notice to the CBI, Justice Kailash Gambhir directed the agency to file its reply within three weeks and posted...
08:47 PM, Feb 06, 2013
