With certain navigational aids at the Goa airport being switched off for certain periods due to repairs, aviation regulator DGCA today initiated action against four airlines for operating flights despite being asked not to do so at those times.
In the backdrop of uproar over corruption and blackmoney issues, government has sought suggestion from people on a proposed anti-graft law which will facilitate extradition and prosecution of foreign public officials involved in bribery. I
The enforcement directorate is all set to attach properties worth Rs 130 crore allegedly belonging to former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and his aides. The directorate, which is probing charges of huge illegal investments and hawal
The Air India management on Saturday threatened to derecognise the Indian Commercial Pilots` Association (ICPA), a pilots` union, over its recent protest demanding pay parity for the pilots of the national carrier. ICPA pilots had started
The International Moneytary Fund (IMF) has forecasted a 8.25 percent growth for India in 2011. IMF released the World Economic Outlook report for April 2011 on Monday. The report, however, says that India`s growth will slow down in 2012 and pegs i
India`s dated policies on water are on their way out. Union water resources minister Salman Khurshid said at an event here on Monday that the government will be introducing a new national water policy next year. Khurshid said that the union govern
On the occasion of safe motherhood day on Monday, municipal corporation of Delhi (MCD) launched an e-governance project for all maternity homes under it. The new project will will store electronically information like the patient`s date of
The Congress on Monday came down heavily on Kerala chief minister and Left Democratic Front leader of poll-bound Kerala V S Achuthanandan for calling Rahul Gandhi "Amul baby". Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said, &qu
Hailing Anna Hazare`s campaign for a "more effective" Lokpal Bill, senior BJP leader L K Advani disapproved of those who revel in spreading a climate of disdain about politics and politicians which he said was a gross disservice to de
Karnataka cadre IAS officer VP Baligar has taken over as chairman & managing director of Housing & Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO). Prior to joining HUDCO, Baligar, a 1980 batch officer, served as the principal secret
The international medical journal The Lancet has accused the Indian government of suppressing the truth about presence of a drug resistant bacteria NDM-1 in Delhi’s water system after a report on the same was published by the journal last we
The BJP today said it would ensure that the Lokpal bill, if brought forward in the Monsoon session of Parliament by the UPA, is passed without any hassles. "That will be done. The UPA government should not only introduce the bil
Brisk polling was today recorded in the second and final phase of elections for 64 assembly constituencies in Assam, with an estimated 22 per cent of voters exercising their franchise in the first three hours. Amid tight security, people c
The supreme court on Monday adjourned till April 15 the hearing on the bail plea of rights activist Binayak Sen, sentenced to life imprisonment for colluding with Maoists, after Chhattisgarh government sought more time to argue its case. A
Social activist Anna Hazare offered clarifications on Sunday on his statement endorsing Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, after it threatened to generate controversy around his anti-corruption agitation`s
The Government of India has issued a Notification constituting a Joint Drafting Committee to prepare a draft of the Lok Pal Bill. The Joint Drafting Committee shall consist of Five nominee Ministers of the Government of India and Five nomi
Anna Hazare’s fast-unto-death against corruption has, predictably, unnerved many. The ruling clique is annoyed but has used mild language to denounce him. The spokespersons of the Congress, which leads the UPA government, have desc
It is never too late but top Indian Industrialists are realising only now that it is time to show solidarity with Anna Hazare, social activist who is leading a crusade against corruption. On day 4 of his fast-unto-death, top Indian industrialists
Chief election commissioner (CEC) S Y Quraishi on Friday said that the most effective way to root out corruption was through the electoral process On the sidelines of Confederation of Indian Inudstry (CII) annual session, speaking to Gover
The Congress on Friday said that while it had acceded to some of anna Hazare`s demands over the drafting of the Lokpal Bill, it was not amenable to issuing a gazetted notification to the effect claiming that such action by the government will set
