New Delhi (TIP): The Central Information Commission (CIC) and State Information Commissions will now be headed by judges, courtesy a Supreme Court controversial judgment on Thursday that ended the tradition of retired bureaucrats gracing the […]
New Delhi (TIP): The flight path taken by two American MH-47 Chinook helicopters to Abbottabad in Pakistan to kill Osama bin Laden in May last year has triggered a controversy with questions being raised as […]
New Delhi (TIP): Declining to put on hold for now the loading of fuel rods in one of the two reactors of Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court Thursday said it […]
By B.Raman In a report to the US Congress on September 7,2012, Mrs. Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, intimated it of her decision to designate the Haqqani Network, an affiliate of the Afghan Taliban […]
New Delhi (TIP): Even as the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) held its first meeting on September 6 to listen to 10 of the companies that have been issued show-cause notice, investigation into Coalgate is pointing to […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): State-run Coal India Limited’s pleas for coal blocks may have fallen on deaf ears but the government did not hesitate in asking the Maharatna company to go as far overseas as Mozambique […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Of the five companies raided on September 4, three belong to one family – the Nagpur-based Jayaswals. Split in two businesses, they are among the largest beneficiaries in the coal block allocations, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The probe into the mega-billion ‘Coalgate’ scam moved into a higher gear with the Central Bureau of Investigation registering five FIRs into irregularities against five companies and several individuals, including a leading […]
Beijing (TIP): Terming Chinese Defence Minister Gen Liang Guanglie’s visit to India a success, China on Thursday said the two countries had agreed to push forwards relations and step up military to military exchanges. Gen […]
New Delhi (TIP): The Government’s target of doubling exports to $500 billion by 2015 is achievable, said S.R. Rao, Commerce Secretary. Speaking on the sidelines of a Confederation of Indian Industry Export summit here, he […]
Bordered by China, Nepal and Bhutan, Sikkim has long been regarded as one of the last Himalayan Shangri-las. Because of its remoteness and the fact that permits are required, Sikkim isn’t the most accessible area […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): China “illegally” refers to Arunachal Pradesh as south Tibet and claims around 90,000 sq km of Indian territory there, Rajya Sabha was informed on August 30. “China disputes the international boundary between […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Indian penchant for gold and absence of any measures to protect consumers from unscrupulous jewellers has prompted the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) to ask the government to enforce compulsory hallmarking […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Even as the BJP stalled Parliament for the seventh consecutive day on Aug 30, the ruling UPA managed to get passed two important Bills in the Lok Sabha amid pandemonium. This was […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Raising questions over the CAG’s mandate to examine the profits of companies who have been allocated coal blocks, the Congress Thursday said the country’s chief auditor cannot eschew public debate started by […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Ahead of Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie’s visit, New Delhi Thursday reiterated that Arunachal Pradesh was an integral part of India and backed freedom of navigation in South China Sea, a territory […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): China’s defense minister is due to visit India next week to seek deeper military ties, in a rare trip seen as a sign Beijing wants to stabilize its heavily fortified Himalayan border […]
New Delhi (TIP): The Supreme Court on Aug 31 ordered the Sahara conglomerate to refund Rs. 17,400 crore it had raised from millions of small investors, reaffirming an order from market regulator Securities and Exchange […]
New Delhi (TIP): A Delhi court August 30 issued summons to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray for humiliating people of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar by calling Chhath Puja a “drama.” Additional Chief Metropolitan […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The country’s principal anti-terror law – the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) – will now have more teeth. It will now include several unscrupulous acts and illegal economic activities under the definition […]
New Delhi (TIP): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on August 23 told party MPs not to be defensive on the CAG report on coal block allocation as the government had not done anything wrong, and to […]
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