SC finds police probe standards 'disappointing' across the country

Dismayed over "disappointing" standards of police probe across the country, the Supreme Court has said it was high time a “consistent and dependable code of investigation” was devised......

Maratha quota activist Jarange ends hunger strike on 17th day after meeting Shinde

Manoj Jarange, who was on a hunger strike to demand reservation for the Maratha community, on Thursday ended his fast on the 17th day of his protest after Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde......

Parliamentary panel suggests reducing age to contest elections

A parliamentary committee on Friday batted for reducing the minimum age to contest Lok Sabha and assembly elections, saying it would give the youth equal opportunities to engage in democracy.......

'Make caste discrimination in schools and colleges a crime'

'The government should immediately enact an Act to make caste discrimination a criminal offence and lay down a procedure similar to that of the Anti-Ragging Act.' 'Ragging has nearly been......

Confused about the Budget proposals? Please read this

Extends fiscal deficit reduction roadmap by one year to 2017-18 Raises services tax, to implement GST by April 2016 and cut corporation tax from 2016-17 to 25% by 2020 The Government has presented......

100 days of Modi Govt: No major decisions yet, but on right path

  Modi's promise to usher in "achche din" has impressed India Inc. Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters  Most top industrialists rate Modi’s first 100 days in office as 'good',......

100 days of Modi Govt: No major decisions yet, but on right path

  Modi's promise to usher in "achche din" has impressed India Inc. Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters  Most top industrialists rate Modi’s first 100 days in office as 'good',......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

Sports Ministry, BCCI, SAI served notice from human rights body

IMAGE: The notices come at a time when several wrestlers are protesting at Jantar Mantar here demanding the sacking and arrest of WFI president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over charges of......

Infighting in IOA over decision-making

Don't run IOA office as one-man show, IOA secretary Rajeev Mehta tells chief Narinder Batra in a stinging letter.   IMAGE: The Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra (left) and......

Sports Shorts: Murray still feeling hip pain ahead of Brisbane return

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday IMAGE: Andy Murray of Great Britain sits during a practice session. Photograph: Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images for LTA Andy Murray is......

BCCI finally brought under RTI

The CIC, the top appellate body in RTI matters, went through the law, orders of the Supreme Court, the Law Commission of India report, submissions of the Central Public Information Officer in the......

Will BCCI look into issues raised by Guha?

The transparency panel said it expects the cricket controlling body to get fully transparent in all its functions Batting for larger transparency, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has urged......