Relaxing the rules for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country, the government on Thursday decided to permit the issuance of equity to overseas firms against imported capital goods and machinery. Furthermore, the norms for overseas
India`s industrial sector, according to United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (Unido), is quite energy efficient - despite being one of the ten worst polluters among industrial nations of the world (according to an unrelated research)
The conflict between the Air India management and a section of protesting pilots has further intensified with the Indian Commercial Pilots Association firing yet another directive against the airline`s top brass. The chief executive commit
Chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday virtually rejected the Shunglu committee report which indicted her for irregularities in several CWG projects and conveyed to prime minister Manmohan Singh her government`s view that the findings of the pane
Telecom minister Kapil Sibal today said telecom sector problems have stemmed from mismanagement of spectrum. Spectrum engineering and management are at the heart of efficient use of a resource, he said, adding the problems faced by the sec
The high-level Shunglu committee has blamed CWG organising committee and certain officials for delay in executing contracts for the games. In its recent report submitted to the prime minister`s office, the committee is understood to have s
The Election Commission today moved the Supreme Court challenging the Kerala High Court`s decision setting aside its order which restrained the state government from providing rice at Rs 2 per kg to all ration card holders. The High
The Income Tax returns of individuals do not enjoy "absolute ban" from disclosure, the Central Information Commission has held while directing the Income Tax department to provide details of the total income of a person to his son-in-law
The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre on why there should not be a complete ban on the use of plastics in the country which at present is limited to tobacco products. A bench of Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly issued
Sending out a stern message against the destruction of public property and transport system during agitations, the supreme court on Monday said state governments would have to pay for the loss incurred to Railways and general public on disruption
Former deputy secretary in Maharashtra government and an accused in the Adarsh Society scam, P V Deshmukh, today approached the Bombay high court seeking for CBI to defreeze his bank accounts. Deshmukh and his family`s bank accounts in Vij
The corporate affairs ministry (MCA) is taking steps to book companies evading the statutory annual filings. The companies dodging both form 20B and 23AC/23ACA since 2006 i.e. 2006-2007, 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 (i.e. failing required filings) will
In a major victory for the members of the civil society and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in the field of MGNREGA, the government has revoked the amendment carried out in December 2008 that barred any outsider to participate in the
Come Wednesday, Delhites can call on a MCD hotline to register complaints regarding overflowing garbage dumps in their localities. The civic agency is collaborating with Gramvaani - a community media enterprise based out of IIT-Delhi - to use inte
The flow of Nabard refinance in Jharkhand has been declining over the last three years, according to the Jharkhand Economic Survey 2010-11. As indicated in the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development`s (Nabard`s) Jharkhand Stat
The high-powered review committee on nuclear power safety, newly set up by the atomic energy regulatory board (AERB), soon after the Fukushima nuclear incident following severe earthquake and tsunami in Japan, will have its first meeting here on M
Chhattisgarh should learn from the Andhra Pradesh government on how to get rid of Maoists as its failure to curb the "menace" is affecting neighbouring states now, union law minister Veerappa Moily said on Monday. "The Chhat
The supreme court on Monday flayed the government for not probing into specific sources of black money stashed in banks abroad and asked the centre to apprise it of its investigation into the threat to national security posed by it. The ap
Environmental activists led by Medha Patkar have requested the central government to put the Hyderabad metro rail project under "green scanner" as it may potentially cause harm to heritage sites and the Musi river in the city.
The tiger population in the country has risen to 1706 compared to 1411 in 2006 -- a 12 per cent increase that excludes the big cats of Sundarbans, the latest Tiger Census said today, thanks to sustained conservation efforts. Environment mi
