Even after utilising sources of renewable energy like biogas, India cannot do without coal, hydel and nuclear energy to meet its energy demands, environment minister Jairam Ramesh said while addressing a curtain raiser for World Environment Day (W
Here is the full text of the press release that the government put out on Friday night. The so-called Action Taken Report has nothing more than promises of action. Action Taken by Government on Demands Raised by Baba Ramdev
Baba Ramdev`s fast began on Saturday morning, a day after after the centre`s bid to meet the yoga guru`s demands halfway failed. Even as two senior ministers, Kapil Sibal and Subodh Kant Sahay, held five-hour-long talks with the yoga guru on Frida
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Yoga guru Baba Ramdev began his fast against corruption at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on Saturday morning, inviting political parties of the country to extend support. However, he clarified that the support could only be from the `outside`, in ke
Congress state in charge for Gujarat Mohan Prakash and others from the state unit of the party met president Pratibha Patil and submitted a memorandum alleging large scale corruption by the state`s BJP government headed by Narendra Modi Pr
How deep in the red is national carrier Air India has been revealed by the chief of the ailing airline in a letter to its pilots. For the
Apparently targeting the Maran brothers, the Jayalalithaa government in Tamil Nadu today announced its decision to nationalise private cable TV operations and revive the state-run Arasu Cable TV Corporation. In his customary address spelli
Ahead of their crucial meeting with Baba Ramdev on his proposed hunger strike from tomorrow, several cabinet ministers on Thursday cancelled their scheduled visits, including finance minister Pranab Mukherjee who is leading the government team hol
Anti-trust watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI)suspects that cartels in the agriculture, steel and paper sectors could have manipulated the market to cause food price rise. It has suo motu commissioned studies to ascertain the reasons fo
Even as competition law enforcement frequently gets tangled in the mesh of litigation, trial results show a just and efficient implementation of the competition laws, asserted outgoing Competition Commission of India (CCI) chairman Dhanendra Kumar
A fake job offer letter, purportedly from MGNREGA director, on her letter head and bearing her signature has sent the rural development ministry babus in a tizzy. With the letter having been received by many people across the country
Gujarat government on Thursday protested the central government’s decision to reduce kerosene quota by 32.19% from June 1, 2011. The quota for supplying kerosene to states for distribution through fair price shops under the Public Di
A Delhi court today dismissed pleas for a direction to the CBI to make Reliance ADAG chairman Anil Ambani, Tata group Chief Ratan Tata, corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and DMK chief M Karunanidhi`s wife Dayalu Ammal, as accused in the 2G spectrum s
BJP`s National Executive Meet beginning here tomorrow would chalk out the strategy for taking on the UPA Government on issues like corruption and black money as well as putting up a credible fight against BSP and SP in Uttar Pradesh, which goes to
Under fire from opposition parties over the blatant acquisition of land across the state, the UP chief minister Mayawati announced a new land policy. Adopting a carrot and stick approach she, one hand, tried to assuage angry farmers by mak
In a move aimed at checking proliferation of slums, Government today decided to launch an ambitious low-cost housing scheme to benefit 3.2 crore slum dwellers in 250 cities by roping in state governments and private developers. In a major
The BJP government in Karnataka headed by B S Yeddyurappa won confidence vote in the assembly 119-0 amid a walkout by the Congress and independents and a boycott by the JDS. Law Minister S Suresh Kumar pressed for division of votes, as Con
Delhi govt. schools with central board of secondary education (CBSE) affiliation have a cause for cheer with publication of the tenth grade results. The strength of schools with 100 percent passing of candidates appeared has doubled within a
The centre`s flagship rural self-employment programme will be launched as a national mission on Friday allowing states to formulate their own poverty reduction action plans dovetailing local issues. Taking the Swarnjayanti Gram Swar
