A chief ministers' conference without CMs

Most chief ministers chose to miss a high-level conference, convened to thrash out challenging issues on public order and policing, in New Delhi with only seven state leaders attending it. The......

Pillai defends PC on FIR withdrawal controversy

As P Chidambaram came in the line of fire over the withdrawal of three FIRs against an hotelier, former Union home secretary G K Pillai on Friday defended him saying the home minister had clearly......

Chidambaram under fire, Delhi LG cancels controversial decision

As Home Minister P Chidambaram came in the line of opposition fire, the Delhi government on Thursday revoked its earlier decision not to press for prosecution of cases against a hotelier said to be......

Kalmadi's arrest, the tip of iceberg for Congress?

It was a day of embarrassment for the Congress-lead United Progressive Alliance as Suresh Kalmadi, the Congress member of Parliament from Pune and the former chairman of the Commonwealth Games was......

PM takes charge of the Commonwealth Games

Sensing the urgency to ensure that the Commonwealth Gamesare held in New Delhi on schedule from October 3 to 14 and to remove the clouds of uncertainty over the Games, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan......

Govt forms panel to oversee CWG preparations

Racing against time, the government formed a committee of senior bureaucrats to oversee the work at the Commonwealth Games venues virtually stripping Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi of......

PM slams Dikshit, Gill over CWG mess, results show

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chaired an emergency meeting at this residence on Thursday night to tackle the Commonwealth Games and made no secret of his anguish, and anger, over the shoddy......

Delhi govt bows to Togadia's CWG threat

Following the threat held out by Praveen Togadia, international general secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad that he would lead massive demonstrations if the Delhi government decided to serve......