Addressing a press conference here, the Tehrik-e-Insaf chief said the electorate had voted for the winning parties because they promised to restore the pre-emergency judiciary and to check the spiralling prices of food items. Khan said the reinstatement of deposed
As Musharraf faced renewed pressure from Sharif to step down and an influential US senator almost setting deadlines, Zardari said "the ground reality is that we do not have two-thirds majority in both Houses of Parliament" that is required for
There is no time frame for completion of the operation as there are still 400 hardcore militants hiding in Swat valley," Major General Nasser Janjua, the regional commanding officer, told reporters. "It will take time to wind up the operation"
A division bench comprising Justice P D Dinakaran and Justice R Regupathy, who closed the HCP filed by the convict, Ganesan, said the allegation was found to be untrue and baseless from the reports submitted by Inspector General of Prisons
Sambalpur Superintendent of Police Sanjay Kumar told PTI that DNA tests of the accused would be conducted if necessary. As the girl was yet to regain consciousness in the ICU at VSS Medical College "it is difficult to say anything
Gill, who is the 527th mayor of the city, hogged the limelight during his meeting with the Chandigarh Mayor here with his 527-year-old necklace proving to be the perfect thing for the shutterbugs. The "chain of office", as it is
State's Health Minister Kartar Devi said that the backlog of the reserved seats in government services meant for Scheduled Caste candidates would also soon be filled up. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had introduced a new scheme namely Dalit
IAEA Director General Mohammad ElBaradei has asked Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government, to join the Commission of Eminent Persons which will make recommendations to the IAEA Board of Governors on its priorities and issues related the agency's funding.
Rana had alleged that the trial judge had adopted "coercive measures" in recording statement of witnesses. Judge-in-charge, Patiala House Courts, Mamta Sehgal remanded the matter to the court of Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) V K Bansal, who was conducting the
The Court had earlier stayed the operation of the aforesaid order which has now been vacated with a direction to the state to close down all such shops, numbering 53, by March end. A Bench comprising Justices A K Mathur
The Business Advisory Committees of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha decided to take up the matter for discussion on February 27, Parliamentary Affairs Minister P R Dasmunsi told reporters here. During the discussion, the CPI(M), supporting the UPA government
There is an urgent need for streamlining of various yoga courses and a single accreditation programme for all yoga schools in the country, Secretary, AYUSH, Anita Das said at a function here. "Yoga teaching is completely unregulated. Majority of these
I believe that BJP may opt for early assembly polls in May this year as compared to November due to the power crisis which would be at its peak due to harvesting season," the Congressman told reporters in the state
While Prasad refused to say anything as he posed for photographers on the eve of the presentation of his fifth budget, Railway Ministry sources have been maintaining that the exercise today would carry the Lalu stamp. Prasad would present the
The News Broadcasters Association, representing eight prominent channels, have represented to the authorities that the Lok Sabha TV being a public service broadcaster should not charge them. The Lok Sabha TV, which is providing a free feed to Doordarshan, another
In a brazen late afternoon attack, armed men ambushed a passing Iraqi army patrol in the town of Bohruz, in the restive Diyala province northeast of Baghdad, said army Brigadier General Ragib al-Omairi, the regional commander. Seven soldiers and an
Addressing the 'National Conclave of North Eastern States on Access to Justice to Women of the region' here, Venkatapathy said that legislatures at the national and state level have contributed by creating a plethora of laws in the realm of
Party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi said this when asked to comment on the purported remarks by party leader Arun Kumar on Ambedkar, which had raised a controversy. The anti-Ambedkar remarks were alleged to have been made by Kumar while participating in
A Bench of Justices P P Naolekar and L S Panta directed the state government to file its response on the petition filed by a real estate developer challenging its power to withdraw the revised regional plan with prospective or
In a memorandum submitted to the Prime Minister, the organisation demanded that the "ban" on recruitment be lifted and all existing vacancies be filled up. The youth federation also demanded that the government fulfil promises made in the CMP, including