The special court hearing the 2G scam case has rejected former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura’s bail plea. Behura joins the long list of bail applicants who have had to return empty handed from the various courts in the 2G scam case. Behura had defended himself pointing out that he was merely an official and could […]
Kapil Sibal, cabinet minister and chief interlocutor for the Government in the Baba Ramdev case, accused the Baba of going back on his word after promising to withdraw his agitation by 6 June. “By 2 pm he was supposed to announce that he would end the fast on 6 June (Monday). He did not keep […]
Ashok Chawla, the former finance secretary and a “reformer”, will be the new chairman of India’s fledgling Competition Commission (CCI). He will replace Dhanendra Kumar, who retires on June 5. Chawla was chosen over Anurag Goel, a CCI member and Vijay Sharma, former secretary in the environment and forests ministry. The CCI chairman’s position is […]
The Government has denied permission to Anna Hazare and his followers to hold a fast and demonstration in Jantar Mantar tomorrow. The permission was denied on the basis of the Section 144 — which is imposed in case of threat to public order or the country’s sovereignty or integrity. The Anna Hazare group is currently […]
Veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare has termed the crushing of Baba Ramdev’s agitation on Saturday a “crime against humanity” and compared it to the Jalianwalah Bagh massacre, “but for the shooting.” He alleged that the Government has been putting up obstacles in the process of framing the Lokpal bill. “If this keeps on happening, I state, […]
Former Haryana Chief Minister of Haryana,Bhajan Lal died of cardiac arrest today. He served as the CM of the North Indian state twice.His first term lasted from from June 28, 1979 to July 5, 1985, and his second term from July 23, 1991 to May 11, 1996. At the centre he served as a cabinet […]
Gujarat Chief minister Narendra Modi has attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the use of force against Baba Ramdev. “This is the fault of the Prime Minister, not of Sheila Dixit. This is your doing. Do not say that you did not know about this, you were not aware of this, you were not asked […]
The Government has given its preliminary nod for the setting up of India’s biggest security and monitoring network — the National Grid or NATGRID. The network, a brainchild of home minister P Chidambaram, will link most of India’s separate data stores with different agencies such as the banking regulator, national crime bureau etc.. The network […]
Justice Santosh Hegde, one of the five members from Civil Society on the Lokpal drafting panel and the Lokayukta of Karnataka, has warned that the Government seems to be turning blind to issues of justice and injustice. “People in power do not want anything being said against them. They want to make their seat permanent… […]
Two weeks after Chinese competitor Lenovo became the first mainstream brand in India to move most of its models to the second generation Intel Core i processors, Dell followed suit today. Second generation Core i processors are upto 40% faster than the Core i processors found in most computer models today and were initially supposed […]
The government on Friday tried to win the battle for public support with Baba Ramdev by bringing out a detailed statement about what it plans to do to address the issue of illicit or ‘black’ money. Unfortunately, most of the half a dozen ‘steps’ promised by the government smacks of the exact characteristics that anti-corruption […]
Veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare has condemned the police action against Baba Ramdev. “This is like strangulating democracy. The entire country must oppose this, irrespective of political affiliation.. There will be another big campaign against this kind of action that will teach a lesson to the Government,” he said. Hazare pointed out that the government did […]
The highest demand in the job market during May was for Banking and Marketing professionals, according to patterns calculated by India’s largest employment exchange – Naukri.com. The demand for these two segments rose 18% and 11% (respectively) in just one month, followed by a 4% rise in Software, Accounts and BPO jobs. Sales and Business […]
Anna Hazare and his Janlokpal movement have shifted the venue of tomorrow’s fast to Raj Ghat Under the current Section 144 order, only New Delhi district — about a fifth of Delhi’s size — has been prohibited for holding assembly or dharna. “Our intention is not to force a confrontation with the Police.. So we […]
Anna Hazare warned his followers at the Raj Ghat not to respond in kind if the Government uses violence today. “There is a possibility that the Government may do something, but I want my followers to remain peaceful.. We have another four hours to go. Do not respond to violence through violence,” Anna said. The […]
Anna Hazare, the veteran Gandhian agitator who recently led a successful campaign to get a central corruption ombudsman, has turned his guns on India’s ‘most advanced’ state — Gujarat. The mass leader, who had praised Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi when he was agitating for the ombudsman (Lokpal), said he was surprised to discover the […]
India’s defence minister AK Antony has complained that Pakistan is using some of the weapons it gets from the US for fighting terror against India. Speaking at a function in Kannur in Kerala, Antony said the matter has been repeatedly brought to the notice of the US Government. “They get a lot of weapons from […]
India oil bill — the money it pays to overseas countries to import crude oil — crossed the $10 billion mark for the first time in April this year, numbers released by the government a few minutes ago have revealed. In April, India imported crude oil worth $10.2 billion, up from $6.9 billion just four […]
Wipro has beaten others like Cognizant, Infosys and HCL to emerge as the World’s second best Salesforce.com deployment partner, according to a study conducted by Forrester Research. In a study of the World’s top 11 salesforce.com partners, Wipro was beaten to the first place only by its much bigger global competitor Accenture. Along with the […]
In one of the most daring attacks the Taliban has killed the police commander for northern Afghanistan Gen Mohammad Daud Daud. The suicide attack took place in the compound of the Takhar province governor when a provincial council meeting was taking place. The incident took place late in the afternoon around 1600 hrs local time […]
