Iron ore miner NMDC has suffered Rs 745.94 crore revenue loss during 2007-10 for not revising the domestic prices of the steel-making raw material in line with prevailing market rates, government auditor CAG said. ...
01:05 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Only one person has been convicted for rape in the Indian capital in 2012, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. Minister of State for Home M Ramachandran told the Rajya Sabha that 635 rapes were reported this year and 754 people were arrested for the crime. ...
09:42 PM, Dec 19, 2012
The government has decided to set up five special fast track courts in Delhi to deal with cases of sexual assault on women. Amid massive outrage over the brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old girl, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday decided to set up the special courts as suggested by the city government to deal with cases of sexual assault on women. ...
08:15 PM, Dec 19, 2012
Actor-turned MP Jaya Bachchan told CNN-IBN that she is afraid of going out in Delhi. This after a 23-year-old was mercilessly gangraped and who is now battling for her life in a government hospital. ...
06:13 PM, Dec 19, 2012
A bill seeking to expand the definition of "terrorist act" to include offences that threaten the country's economic security was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. ...
04:56 PM, Dec 19, 2012
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea challenging the nomination of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar to the Rajya Sabha. A division bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw dismissed the petition, filed by Ram Gopal Singh Sisodia, a former Delhi legislator, claiming that Tendulkar did not possess "special knowledge and practical experience," a criterion prescribed under Article 80 of the Constitution for such nomination. ...
11:53 AM, Dec 19, 2012
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed the PIL challenging Sachin Tendulkar's nomination to Rajya Sabha. ...
11:08 AM, Dec 19, 2012
As many as 10,081 children have died in the Kalawati Saran Children Hospital (KSCH) in Delhi during the last five years, while 5,960 children died in Safdarjung Hospital and another 1,034 children died in RML Hospital during the period. ...
04:01 AM, Dec 19, 2012
Parliament on Tuesday expressed shock and outrage over the barbaric gangrape of a girl inside a moving bus in South Delhi with strong demands being made for capital punishment to perpetrators of such heinous crimes. ...
06:11 PM, Dec 18, 2012
A very agitated and angry Jaya Bachchan broke down in the Rajya Sabha and threatened to continue standing as a protest till stricter laws are put in place for the safety of women while on the merciless gangrape of a 23-year-old para-medical student who is now battling for her life in a government hospital. ...
01:44 PM, Dec 18, 2012
The brutal assault and gangrape of a 23-year-old paramedical student from Dehra Dun in the national capital on Sunday night rocked Parliament on Tuesday with MPs cutting across party lines demanding the strictest possible action against the culprits. ...
01:00 PM, Dec 18, 2012
Slamming the Delhi government as well as the Centre for failing to bring down the crime graph in the national capital, Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday raised the issue of the brutal gang-rape of a girl in the national capital in Parliament. There was chaos in the Upper House with Opposition members demanding a statement from the Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on the horrific incident. ...
11:49 AM, Dec 18, 2012
Strongly opposed to quota for government job promotions, the Samajwadi Party on Monday asked the government to rethink on the bill, warning that it could have a very serious fallout and may be challenged in court. Participating in a debate on the bill in Rajya Sabha, Ram Gopal Yadav (SP) said government was pushing the constitutional amendment bill just "for some people", an apparent reference to the Bahujan Samaj Party...
06:49 PM, Dec 17, 2012
Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed may be the key conspirator of the Mumbai terror attacks, but Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde referred to him in Parliament using honorifics like 'Mr' and 'Shri'. ...
06:43 PM, Dec 17, 2012
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Monday made a statement in the Rajya Sabha on Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik's visit to India after Opposition MPs demanded. Shinde in his statement said that he made it clear to Malik that Pakistan was yet to act against the 26/11 accused and that Hafiz Saeed was one the main perpetrators. ...
01:29 PM, Dec 17, 2012
The BJP has issued a whip to its MPs to vote for the SC/ST quota bill. Meanwhile, SP MPs continued to protests against the bill in both the Lok sabha and the Rajya Sabha. ...
12:40 PM, Dec 17, 2012
Parliament continued to be deadlocked over the promotions quota bill. The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 11:30 am after a ruckus erupted in the House with protests against quota in promotions for SC/STs in government jobs. The Samajwadi Party MPs sought quota for Muslims as per the Sachar committee. ...
11:22 AM, Dec 17, 2012
The Bharatiya Janata Party has issued whips to its MPs to to vote in favour of the quota in promotions bill amid voices of dissent that are coming not just from the principle opposition party but also the Congress. The Samajwadi Party is accusing the government of using the CBI against it, ahead of the crucial vote. ...
07:40 AM, Dec 17, 2012
The Indian parliament should reject proposed amendments to its counterterrorism act that could lead to further misuse of the draconian law, Human Rights Watch has said. Parliament should call on the government to withdraw the amendments to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967 (UAPA), which is scheduled for a vote in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. ...
12:31 PM, Dec 16, 2012
Terming the proposed legislation on SC/ST quota in promotion as anti-national, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday said his party would review its stand on supporting the UPA government from outside, if the bill is passed. ...
05:52 PM, Dec 15, 2012
