Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said inflation poses a major challenge to the Indian economy and projected that the rate of inflation is going to be more than 6.5 per cent this year. "There are problems (with the Indian ec
Tata Motors moves to supreme court against Calcutta high court order on Singur land refusing to stay distribution of land to owners at Singur. In a statement, the company spokesperson said the Tata Motors Limited will raise the matt
To prevent vector borne diseases in the capital, the government will do extensive publicity campaigns, said Delhi health minister A K Walia here recently. The government will take every possible step to maintain proper sanitation and resto
Under attack for spurt in crime against women in Uttar Pradesh, the state government on Monsay said it will launch a special one-month-long drive on July 1 to check atrocities against women. The decision was taken at a high-level me
After a gap of six years, the United States has taken India off the human trafficking `Watch List` for making significant efforts in combating the menace. In its annual Trafficking in Persons report, the state department has upgraded India
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday strongly refuted observations by US think- tanks, the government and industry that India has gone slow on economic reforms and insisted that a series of reforms are in the process, which will lead to the
The HRD ministry along with the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) on Monday did a round table with the industry experts from the infrastructure and construction sectors on soon to be launched National Voc
Congress on Monday lashed out at senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani over the recent posts he mad eon his blog calling the Congress a `fiefdom` of the Gandhi-Nehru dynasty. Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari said that the posts rev
Madhya Pradesh BJP chief and MP Prabhat Jha on Monday made an unusual request of president Pratibha Patil, seeking her permission to end his life in solidarity with the poor "dying due to backbreaking price rise." His agony is th
The third cut-off list by the Delhi University for undergraduate courses highlighted the fact that students belonging to the other backward classes (OBC) choose prefer off-campus colleges over the much sought-after north campus colleges which keep
Shanti Bhushan, co-chairperson of the drafting committee on Lokpal Bill has said that the government has not represented fully the views of the civil society members of the committee while comparing the two versions of the draft - one prepared by
Agitators stalled work for the second day today at Posco`s mega steel plant project near here in Orissa`s Jagatsinghpur district as prohibitory orders were clamped. Slogan-shouting youths, women and children marched to Noliasahi-Pol
Madhya Pradesh BJP chief and MP Prabhat Jha on Monday conveyed his death wish (Ichchhamratyu) to president Pratibha Patil, seeking her permission to end his life in solidarity with the poor dying due to backbreaking price rise. His
Scores of Congress leaders and workers led by Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi were today detained for defying prohibitory orders as they tried to march towards the assembly building here protesting the "
North Eastern states are the safest for children in the country. Children living in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are the most prone to crimes, according to data provided by the National Crime Records Bureau. Madhya Pradesh (MP), the fo
To create awareness about child sexual abuse and to make people become a powerful force in making the world a safer place for kids, Dr A V Baliga Trust in association with Plan India, a child-centred community development organisation, launched th
Some years ago, Bishan Bedi and I visited a former player in a leading Delhi hospital. Seeing us stand in the queue for the entry tokens, there was shock and amazement all around. "What sir, you too?" people kept asking Bedi. In the c
DMK tresurer and party chief M Karunanidhi`s son M K Stalin today left for New Delhi. The leader is likely to meet his sister Kanimozhi, lodged in Tihar jail for her alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. St
In a relief to common man, Kerala became the first state on Monday to forgo the state tax to be accrued by way of the recent increase on diesel price. This was announced by chief minister Oommen Chandy of the United Democratic Front (UDF)
Two weeks after crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey was shot dead here, Maharashtra government today said the murder case has been cracked with the arrest of seven persons from Tamil Nadu. Home minister R R Patil said three people were arr
