The cabinet reshuffle that prime minister Manmohan Singh had promised to effect soon after the budget is likely to take place later on Monday. PM discussed the cabinet changes with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi who has approved them. The PM is like
The supreme court today refused to interfere in the Karnataka government`s decision to frame rules to prevent illegal mining in the state. A bench headed by justice R V Raveendran turned down the plea of mining companies challenging
Prime minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi today held consultations giving further grist to the speculation mill over a possible reshuffle of the union cabinet. This is the fourth meeting of the two leaders in
Outgoing corporate affairs minister Murli Deora, known as top fund raiser for Congress in Mumbai, has stirred up the corporate world with an official demand to chip in donations for philanthropy in a corporate social responsibility (CSR) fund he h
The 2011 millennium development goals (MDG) report launched here on Friday highlights an increase in skilled attendance at birth, skilled antenatal care and contraceptive use as well as reductions in adolescent childbearing, most notably in s
Recognizing the citizen`s participation in better administration of cities, president Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Friday honored the best managed urban local bodies by presenting the “Nagar Ratna Awards “at a ceremony in Mumbai.
Air India (AI) becoming a member of the Star alliance may further be delayed with the pilots body, Indian commercial pilots association (ICPA) putting its foot down on not undergoing the alliance overview training. The ICPA has instructed
Delhi directorate of health services could not spent Rs 1 crore meant for the benefit of constuction workers and returned the money to the department from where it had come- state labour department. The health directorate gave this informa
The rumours that the corporate affairs minister Murli Deora has tendered his resignation is being linked with his ministry`s alleged role in giving undue favor to the Loop Telecom (the front company of Essar group). Sources reveal there ar
Petroleum Minister and senior Congress leader from Andhra Pradesh S Jaipal Reddy today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and is understood to have pressed for creation of separate state of Telangana. Reddy met Singh in the morning a
Ahead of a meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on Air India, the Civil aviation ministry on Thursday held talks with the pilot unions and unions of the cabin crew, engineers and the ground handling staff, over the problems plaguing the nationa
Members of the civil society demanding a nationwide ban on the pesticide endosulfan on Thursday accused the government of suppressing its report on the long-term health impacts in the endosulfan exposed areas. The study titled ‘Effec
The department of information technology (DIT) has initiated efforts to promote internationalised domain names (IDNs) for the scheduled languages of India, as per N Ravi Shanker, additional secretary, DIT. Shanker said the move w
In its first budget since coming to power, the Congress-led UDF government in Kerala today increased levies on liquor, pan masala, luxury cars and buildings but spared the common man of any heavy burden. The revised budget for 2011-
Patna High Court has asked Bihar Government and the Chancellor`s secretariat to take steps to fill up all vacant posts of teachers in various universities in the state within 90 days. A division bench comprising Justices Prakash Cha
The fifth and final list of admission for under graduate course at Delhi University (DU) is out and most of the seats for general and OBC students in life sciences courses have been occupied. Dyal Singh College filled all its seats in all
The Supreme Court today restrained the seven-member committee from opening vaults of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram, which according to various estimates contains wealth worth over Rs one lakh crore. A bench of justi
Union oil minister Jaipal Reddy will meet prime minister Manmohan Singh on Friday. They are expected to discuss the Krishna-Godavari gas basin controversy that arose after a report by the comptroller and auditor general pointed at oil ministry com
Over 80 percent of women in south Asia work in vulnerable employment which lies outside the purview of labour legislation, said Laxmi Puri from the UN women here on Thursday. She was speaking at the launch of first report under the newly-formed UN
An NGO today moved the Supreme Court seeking CBI probe against telecom minister Kapil Sibal and attorney general G E Vahanvati for allegedly favouring Reliance Infocom on the penalty over 2G licences and bypassing of rules to give opinion to forme
