Refusing to lift a ban on mining in certain dense forests, the environment ministry has told a panel of ministers that it would notify these areas but was ready to consider request for relaxation of norms by the coal ministry for extension of proj
The CBI on Tuesday opposed in the supreme court a plea for probing home minister P Chidambaram`s alleged role in the 2G spectrum scam case saying it is beyond its jurisdiction to entertain it. Maintaining that the probe into the mul
Terming as "unfortunate" the resistance to the commissioning of Indo-Russian joint venture Koodankulam nuke plant in Tamil Nadu, Russia on Tuesday said all safety norms have been taken into consideration in view of the Fukushima accident
In an image building exercise ahead of the Assembly polls, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Tuesday directed her top officials to work out a policy for effectively checking corruption in government schemes. The chief minister direc
The Uttarakhand government has initiated the process of drafting a strong and an effective Lokayukta bill and intends to bring the office of chief minister under its ambit, chief minister B C Khanduri said. After a meeting with Team
Barely two months after he was appointed Lokayukta of Karnataka, Justice Shivraj Patil on Monday resigned after a controversy erupted over allotment of housing sites for him and his wife allegeding in violation of rules. Seventy one year o
In an affidavit to the Supreme Court today, the Planning Commission has said that Rs 25 per day at current prices “ensures the adequacy of actual private expenditure… on food, education and health”. The Planning Commission also
Taking note of frequent rail mishaps, a parliamentary panel has pulled up the Railways for delay in installing anti-collision devices (ACD) and asked it to come out with a concrete strategy within six months to address the issue. Th
Not long ago (to be precise exactly 15 years back), Narendra Modi passionately talked about a dream he had been nursing for a while. Like a wandering ascetic, he wanted to walk along the course of the river Narmada in a spiritual tradition which s
The United States has backed a "New Silk Road" through central Asia to boost economic connectivity across India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, with the Secretary of State envisaging a trade network in the region where a "Pakistani busin
Taking suo motu cognisance of a news report claiming that Uttar Pradesh health officials had placed orders for a banned antibiotic, state human rights commission (SHRC) has issued notices to the chief secretary and some senior officials.
External affairs minister S M Krishna could meet his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar on the sidelines of the annual UN general assembly here, a top Indian official said on Tuesday. Indian envoy to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri s
With three more bodies retrieved from the debris at Dzongu in north Sikkim district, the death toll in the quake-hit Himalayan state has risen to 53 while a major landslide cut off the district from the rest of the state on Tuesday.
Indian power minister Sushilkumar Shinde made a strong pitch for US investment in the growing power sector in India on Tuesday, asserting that lucrative opportunities were available to investors. He was speaking at the US-India Econ
Minister of state in the PMO V Narayanasamy arrived here on Tuesday en route to Koodankulam to hold talks with the locals who are agitating for the past 10 days against the proposed nuclear plant there. "All safety measures in the pla
Prime minister Manmohan Singh leaves for New York on Wednesday to attend the united nations general assembly session on Saturday where India will push for reforms of the security council to reflect current realities and early adoption of a convent
The central vigilance commission has received maximum complaints against railways ministry officials for alleged irregularities in discharging their duty. Out of the total of 25,359 complaints received during 2010, the highest of 8,330 wer
Team Anna members arrived in Dehradun on Monday on the invitation of Uttarakhand chief minister B C Khanduri to give their suggestions for a tough and effective Lokayukta bill against corruption. "We have come here at the invitation o
The CPI(M) on Monday demanded that government rescind its decision to divest 10 per cent stake in state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, claiming that the ruling coalition was "succumbing to pressure" from Indian and foreign defence
Civil aviation minister Vayalar Ravi on Monday urged state governments to reduce surcharge on aviation fuel, saying airlines are facing problems due to this. "All state governments should reduce aviation fuel sales tax...It is a burde
