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 ..
Ending year-long battle, UK-based Vodafone has agreed to pay USD 400 million more to its Indian partner Essar for buying its 33 percent stake in the joint venture Vodafone-Essar. With this, Essar closed the deal to sell its 33 percent stake at U ..
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 ..
Kannada actress Maria Susairaj was awarded a maximum three years' imprisonment while her boyfriend and former Navy officer Emile Jerome got a 10-year jail term in the brutal killing of Neeraj Grover, a day after they were absolved of murder ch ..
A sessions court on Friday rejected the bail plea of Pune stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan and his associate Kashinath Tapuriah, arrested in March by Enforcement Dir which alleged that they had laundered USD 93 mn in foreign banks and indulged in co ..
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 ..
PM says he is not averse to bringing his office under Lokpal Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that he had no objection in bringing Prime Minister's office under the purview of Lokpal but said that views of cabinet and other po ..
Shri Vinay Mittal has taken over as the new Chairman, Railway Board and ex-officio Principal Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Railways, today (30th June 2011). He replaces Shri Vivek Sahai who superannuated today from this post. P ..