The Supreme Court today sought an explanation from Jammu and Kashmir government for allegedly making public names and addresses of rape victims in the state.
The Aadhaar scheme, which aims to provide each citizen with a 12-digit unique number, has been launched to ensure that the funds allocated by the Centre for various schemes directly reach the beneficiaries, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi said today.
Undertaking the first foreign visit after their marriage, Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck will arrive in India on Sunday.
Voicing concern over incidents of communal violence, Home Minister P Chidambaram has asked all Chief Ministers to maintain a tight vigil and deal with elements who provoke discord "suitably".
The proposed body may have senior officials from Enforcement Directorate, CBI, Income Tax department and Delhi Police among others as its members.
A team of agency officials today reached his residence for the "valuation" of his house and other properties, CBI sources said.
Admitting difficulties in arriving at "quick decisions" Telangana issue, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said it will take "some time" to evolve a solution that would be a "win-win" for all concerned.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the committee promised by him to convince stakeholders in the Kudankulam nuclear power project would be set up shortly.
The trial of the case, allegedly involving accumulation of assets to the tune of over Rs 66 crore by Jayalalithaa between 1991 and 1996, was shifted to Bangalore by the Supreme Court after DMK leader K Anbazhagan filed a petition pleading that the AIADMK government might otherwise influence the course of the trial.
The Prime Minister also condemned the physical attack on Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal in Lucknow yesterday, saying there are civilised ways to express "anger and frustration" by anybody.
Reddy said limiting supply of subsidised LPG cylinders would have helped cut down about Rs 25,000 crore of losses that state-owned oil firms incur now on selling the fuel at government controlled rates.
The government also approved that the second stage of consultation with Central Vigilance Commission in disciplinary matters may be dispensed with in an attempt to fast track all cases of public servants accused of corruption.
Authorities informed that from 2012, candidates must score "at least 10 percent in each subject and 35 percent in aggregate in order to be in the common rank list.
With the aim of mopping up additional income, railways is mulling to develop a revenue model to have duty-free shops and multiplex at stations.
The British court hearing India's plea for extradition of Ravi Shankaran, the main accused in the Naval War Room leak case, will deliver its judgement on 30 December or even earlier.
The National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) for all postgraduate medical seats across the country will now be held only in 2013.
Pawar said there is "nothing wrong" if rural population was getting better wages under the MGNREGA, but underlined that the farm sector would have to find some alternative to deal with the labour problem.
Opposition Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh today demanded a CBI probe into the "deal" between a real estate group, which is organising Formula 1 event in Greater Noida, and the Mayawati government.
The Uttar Pradesh government has spent over Rs 18 crore on nine advertisements given to various news channels since September 20 last year, according to reply to an RTI query.
Kumar said that Advani's yatra was planned with the winter session in mind.
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has sought power ministry's reply on the issue of allowing Reliance Power to divert excess coal from its 4,000 MW Sasan project in Madhya Pradesh to its other project in the state.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today backed the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in the context of reports on various scams, saying the government auditor has not exceeded his jurisdiction.
BJP accused Congress of orchestrating the slipper attack on Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal.
A petition seeking cancellation of bail granted to family members of former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, arrested in an alleged land scam case, was today moved in the High Court here.
L K Advani accused the UPA government of going back on its promise and dragging Telangana into misery and asked it to shun its "indecisiveness" to make the statehood dream a reality by New Year.
Anna Hazare hit out at his critics saying he ignores "incoherent" and "illogical" discussions about his movement.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, arrested in an alleged land scam case, was taken back to jail today after being discharged from the state-run Victoria Hospital.
BJP leader L K Advani demanded the release of the party MPs jailed in connection with the cash-for-vote scam saying they did the job of whistle-blowers.
Ban on iron ore export from Goa is one of the possibilities explored by the Shah Commission during its investigations into the illegal mining scam, a senior member of the panel said.