Delhi Gang rape victim a 23 year old girl has got dead in Singapore

Delhi Gang rape victim a 23 year old girl has got dead in Mount Elizabeth Hospital here in Singapore early this morning. The victim was brutally gang raped and assaulted in Delhi. The girl, who was admitted to the well-known multi-organ transplant facility in Mount Elizabeth Hospital on Thursday morning in an extremely critical condition, breathed her last  [ Read More ]

Inquiry Commission set up into rape case

Government set up a Commission of Inquiry to identify lapses and fix responsibility in the gang rape of 23-year-old girl in New Delhi, an issue that was discussed by the Union Cabinet with ministers expressing concern over the incident. The one-person Commission, to be headed by former Delhi High Court judge Justice Usha Mehra, will  [ Read More ]

Delhi gurdwara clash: Badal urges PM to intervene

The intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been sought by the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to stop the Delhi government from going ahead with its move to amend the procedure of Gurdwara elections in Delhi. The Punjab chief minister said the move was “dangerous”, and the Delhi government was needlessly attempting to “interfere  [ Read More ]

SC order gives sound basis for government actions: Khurshid

Law Minister Salman Khurshid Thursday welcomed as “very important” the Supreme Court order on a presidential reference and said it gave a “sound basis” for the government’s policies on allocation of resources. Responding to a presidential reference following the verdict on the 2G spectrum allocation, the Supreme Court Thursday said the auction route was not  [ Read More ]

PM for building climate that attract investments

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday favoured building a climate that attracts investments and establishes fair and effective regulatory institutions and legal processes. Addressing a Conference on Economic Growth in Asia and Changes of Corporate Environment, he said the government is bracing to meet international standards in corporate laws and will soon bring before Parliament  [ Read More ]

Six Delhi Metro stations to remain shut on Sunday

Six Metro stations in central Delhi will be closed for most part of the day on Sunday, an apparent precautionary step following a call by erstwhile Team Anna to gherao residences of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and BJP chief Nitin Gadkari over the coal block allocation issue. Central Secretariat, Udyog Bhawan, Patel Chowk, Race Course,  [ Read More ]

PM to attend Bombay High Court function

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will address a gathering of legal luminaries here this week to mark the closing ceremony of the 150th anniversary celebrations of the Bombay High Court, an official said here Monday. The year-long sesquicentennial celebrations of the court shall end Aug 18. Besides the prime minister, the function shall be attended by  [ Read More ]

Sushil Kumar Shinde as a new Home Minister

Sushil Kumar Shinde will be India’s new Home Minister. On Wednesday he took charge of the Home Ministry.  Shinde, being the new Home Minister, said that the Home Ministry is a big responsibility. “This is the second time that a dalit is being given the Home Ministry. I will work for the country. I understand  [ Read More ]

JPC questions CBI for showing leniency to PM and Chidambaram

The leniency shown by the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Attorney-General Goolam Vahanvati, Home Minister P. Chidambaram and the former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, and its clear reluctance to investigate their roles in the 2G scam, on Tuesday prompted members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee(JPC) to call for the immediate arrest  [ Read More ]

PM sets up committee to frame guidelines on GAAR

Within a fortnight of the Finance Ministry issuing draft guidelines on GAAR, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday set up a committee to prepare fresh norms on the controversial tax provision to bring “greater clarity” and prepare a roadmap by September 30 for its implementation.  The four-member committee, to be headed by ICRIER chief and  [ Read More ]