Following is the Opening Statement by Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri P. Chidambaram, at the GoM briefing on the outcome of the All-Party Meeting on the Lokpal Bill: As you are aware, there was an all-party meeting yesterday. It started a ..
Gunner of a circle officer was on Sunday arrested by the CB-CID team probing the death of a minor girl, who was found hanging inside Nighasan police station in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur district. "Gunner of Circle officer Atiq Ahamad h ..
The hearing in the 2G spectrum scam, which was held up due to the summer break in the district courts here, is all set to resume on Monday. The high-profile accused in the case, including former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi, Swan Te ..
The sister of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian on death row in Lahore following his conviction for alleged involvement in bomb attacks, has appealed the Pakistan government to send a special team to India to re-investigate his case. Dalbir Kaur, told a ..
All Party Resolution on Lokpal Bill The All Party Meeting agreed that Government should bring before the next session of Parliament a strong and effective Lokpal Bill following the established procedures. ..
Following is the text of the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's opening remarks at the all party meet on the Lokpal bill: “I welcome all of you to this All Party meeting on the Lokpal bill. I am grateful to you for having found the t ..
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to give any immediate direction on discrepancies in implementation of the reservation policy relating to OBC quota in central universities and posted the matter for hearing on 4th July. A vacation bench of ju ..
The CBI has registered a case against former chief of Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, V K Sibal and seven others for allegedly favouring a US-based firm in carrying out seismic exploration of oil and gas along Indian coasts. Besides Sibal, ..
Celebration of 150 Years of Calcutta High Court Following is the text of the speech of Dr. M. Veerappa Moily, Minister of Law & Justice on the occasion of the celebration of 150 years of Calcutta High Court: “The High Court at Cal ..
Following is the text of the speech of Dr. M. Veerappa Moily, Minister of Law & Justice IN Calcutta on the campaign mode approach to reduce pendency in couts: “Jawaharlal Nehru, on the afternoon of March 19, 1955, while addressing the ..