The Anna Hazare team today met CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat here to explain the civil society position on the Lokpal Bill ahead of the all party meeting on the issue. Civil society activists Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi
Adults above the age of 30 and all pregnant women in Delhi`s slums will be screened for diabetes and hypertension as part of a campaign by the union health ministry and Delhi government`s department of health to check the spread of these two
A supreme court injunction on Wednesday barring the West Bengal government from returning the land to farmers in Singur has brought relief to Tata Motors. The court observed that the Trinamool congress (TMC) government returning the land w
The planning commission has been incorporating the World Bank’s recommendations in its approach to the 12th five-year plan, a large group of activists has alleged, also opposing the plan panel’s move to have key social initiatives revi
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the economy will grow by around 8.5 per cent in the current fiscal despite the conscious decision of the Reserve Bank to sacrifice growth to contain inflation. "I am still holding the
It is learning time for rural development (RD) ministry officials. The ministry has devised short-term courses for making the officials proficient in the various details of its flagship programmes. The training will start from next m
Amid stiff resistance to Posco steel project, Orissa government on Tuesday said talks were on with agitators to resolve the issue as work at proposed plant site near Paradip was stalled for the third consecutive day due to a road blockade at a key
To rein in telecom service providers more effectively for anti-competitive and predatory pricing, the telecom regulatory authority of India (Trai) has proposed an overhaul of the existing reporting system on accounting separation regulation, 2004&
Seven supreme court judges handling sensitive cases are due to retire in the next four months. And till May, the chief justice of India had not recommended the name of any judge for appointment in the apex court. The ministry of law and ju
A raging controversy notwithstanding, the government appears to have closed the probe into the reported bugging episode in the offices of finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and his senior aides as neither intelligence bureau nor private detectives
What’s the difference between a fasting patriarch and a faster Babaji? Between a satyagrahi and a pranayamic capitalist? Between a ‘mera neta chor hai’ topi and a tastefully understated dupatta? For that matter, what’s the
Bihar deputy chief minister S K Modi on Tuesday praised the existing system of procurement of paddy and Public Distribution System (PDS) in Chhattisgarh and said his government too has decided to implement similar system in the state.
Here is the transcript of the prime minister`s interaction with the editors of five newspapers on Wednesday as released by the prime minister`s office.
Prime minister Manmohan Singh directed union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar to bring out a report on the state of the agriculture sector in India. Singh wants an annual report to be presented in Parliament every year before the union budget.
City police are likely to apply stringent provisions of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against the seven accused, arrested for allegedly murdering senior crime journalist Jyotirmoy Dey in Powai. According to poli
An attempt by Murli Manohar Joshi to make the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) take up his controversial report on the 2G scam prepared during the tenure of the last committee was on Tuesday strongly opposed by Congress members but the NDA along wi
Former fertiliser secretary S Krishnan is the new chairman of oil regulator Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB). Krishnan will replace Labanyendu Mansingh, for the post of chairman who will retire on October 11, 2011, on att
Former fertiliser secretary S Krishnan is now the new chairman of oil regulator Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB). Krishnan will replace Labanyendu Mansingh, for the post of chairman who will retire on October 11, 2011, on
The Delhi high court on Saturday ordere the central board of secondary education (CBSE) to provide for scribes for disabled candiates taking the central teachers` eligibility test (CTET). The court asked the education board to allow visually chall
For over a year, 40-year-old Manju Devi has been shifting in and out of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), struggling with a disease which the doctors in Bihar could not diagnose. Complaining of abdominal pain, Manju first vi
