Garbage treatment a major scam area, alleges Manohar Parrikar"The garbage and sewerage treatment is a major scam area. 90% of the toilets built under Central government schemes goes into disuse after ...
30% green tax on diesel vehicles?The Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) has suggested that a green tax of 30% be imposed on diesel vehicles to check their numbe...
S&P cuts Volkswagen's credit rating after scandalS&P cut by one notch the long-term debt rating of German auto giant Volkswagen in the wake of the pollution-cheating scam involving its die...
BJP has secret understanding with BJD: CongressCongress today alleged that the secret understanding between BJP and BJD was exposed by the speech of BJP chief Amit Shah.
Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan defends move to hike excise duty on petrol, dieselTaking advantage of falling international crude oil prices, the government had twice raised the excise duty on petrol and diesel in last th...
Hike in excise duty on petrol, diesel to fund welfare schemes: GovernmentPetroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the BJP government inherited "empty coffers" besides revenue deficit of Rs 70,000 crore.
Congress attacks BJP on price rise; questions BJD's silence on the issueCongress today accused Odisha's ruling BJD of being silent on these issues due to the CBI probe into chit-fund and other scams.
'Only non-BJP, non-Congress front will come to power after LS poll'Veteran CPI leader A B Bardhan today said only a non-BJP, non-Congress front and not the Congress-led UPA would come to power at the Centre...
Diesel costlier by Re 1 per litre from SaturdayThe Re 1 hike accounts for two months as companies had skipped raising the fuel price by 50 paise previous month because of political consi...
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa condemns diesel price hike
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today described as unjust the latest hike in diesel prices as she slammed the Centre with having f...
- Fuel price hike: Jaya demands change of pricing policy
TN CM J Jayalalithaa today said the move amounted to betraying the middle and lower classes and made a fresh demand for changing the fuel p...
- BJP asks Congress to come clear on probe into scams
BJP sought to know whether Congress will deliberate on the scams in the UPA government in its on-going conclave
- Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray riles PM over address to the nation
Terming PM's address to the nation as most laughable, Bal Thackeray said Manmohan Singh has "shamelessly" defended FDI in retail.
FDI in retail: Raj Thackeray wants FDI in but migrants out of retailMNS chief Raj Thackeray has backed the UPA government's decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail.
- Coalgate: BJP targets Congress with cartoons
Protesting against the UPA govt over the coal scam, BJP exhibited cartoons mocking Congress leaders posted on various social networking sit...
Diesel rates may rise by Rs 4-5 per litre after Sept 7; petrol price to go up tooThe decision is expected to come with oil firms' revenue loss soaring to half the retail price; ruling coalition may oppose the move.
- CBI to investigate Rs 16 cr fraud in Railways
The official did not give details about the accused and their modus operandi but claimed that certain sr rly officials were involved in the...