There is nowadays a mind-boggling level of adulteration in edible items, notably milk and spices, making it virtually impossible for the skeletal Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) to stamp it out

The row over the Kerala Land Use Bill is uncalled as the government has not yet decided on piloting amendments to the Bill, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said.

Presenting a review of the Saptadhara scheme announced in November last, Mr. Chandy told reporters here on Sunday that the recommendations of two commission reports, one submitted in 2003 and the V.R. Krishna Iyer committee recommendations submitted during the tenure of the previous LDF government, were passed on to the departments concerned for eliciting their views as a routine procedure. The reports had not come in for a scrutiny so far. Along with the land use Bill, four others were also forwarded to various departments, he said.

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Karnataka government to consider and take a decision on the applications for mining leases within a month.

It will help people eligible for benefits flowing out of welfare programmes

Moving swiftly on the announcement he made at a public rally in Dudu in Rajasthan five days ago, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh constituted a high-power National Committee on Direct Cash Transfers on Thursday in a bid to reduce corruption at the cutting edge. The committee is expected to facilitate the introduction of direct cash transfers to individuals eligible for benefits flowing out of the government’s many welfare programmes.

National: India Against Corruption leader Arvind Kejriwal’s allegation against BJP president Nitin Gadkari that his NGO has pocketed surplus land from a dam project at the expense of farmers falls

Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal’s India Against Corruption Wednesday alleged that BJP president Nitin Gadkari sought and secured for a trust run by him 37 hectares of land which was acqu

Even as the state government has shown concern about the poor rainfall in the drought-hit Marathwada, it has not taken any action against those responsible for the multi-crore scam in the region.

The former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has been accused of misusing his office to receive a Rs. 20-crore kickback from the South West Mining company in a quid pro quo deal for waiving Rs. 890 crore due to the State government from the company, according to a charge sheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here on Tuesday.

The agency, which filed the charge sheet in the CBI special court here, named Mr. Yeddyurappa as the prime accused and included his sons B.Y. Vijayendra and B.Y. Raghavendra and son-in-law R.N. Sohan Kumar among the other accused.