Jindal Steel and Power Ltd`s (JSPL) integrated steel plant at Angul in Orissa has once again hit a green hurdle with union environment ministry directing the state government on Monday to take action against it for allegedly violating the forest r
The All India Passport Employees Association and Chennai unit of All India Passport Officers Association will go on a two day strike from Wednesday in support of their charter of demands like filling up promotional posts, upgradation of pay scales
Former civil aviation secretary M Madhavan Nambiar is the forerunner for the post of CEO of Prasar Bharti. He was additional secretary at the department of information technology under A Raja. Nambiar is considered to be close to the DMK top leade
To promote transparency and accountability, a new web-based application for the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) was launched on Monday by the HRD minister Kapil Sibal. This application will provide the information and dat
With more than 7,500 appeals by various traders still pending with Delhi government, the state assembly on Monday passed the Delhi aalue added tax (amendment) Act, 2011. The amendment was required to extend the time frame till March 31, 20
I first heard of “scientific rigging” early in 1998, soon after Mamata Banerjee founded the Trinamool Congress and embarked on her angry one-woman crusade to end the Left rule in West Bengal, which is now in its fourth decade. And that
Ending days of suspense, Congress and Trinamool Congress reached seat-sharing agreement with the former settling for 65 seats, against its original demand of 90, in the 294-member West Bengal Assembly. The deal was announced within hours o
Aviation regulator DGCA plans to bring under the scanner over 10,000 commercial pilot license (CPL) holders and conduct third-party audit of all flying schools in the country in the wake of cases of forgery behind securing of licences coming to li
Jammu and Kashmir government said on Sunday as many as 4,624 migrant Kashmiri Pandit families have applied for return to the valley. "The situation is improving in the valley and about 4,624 migrant families have applied for re
The Congress could do little as Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee announced her party candidates unilaterally on Friday, leaving just 64 seats for the bigger party, and making their alliance in West Bengal a fait accompli. Con
A week after finance minister Pranab Mukherjee hiked the MPLADS fund from Rs 2 crore to Rs 5 crore for each MP, the comptroller and auditor general of India (CAG) tore into the way the scheme is being implemented. Releasing its thi
The next Supreme Court hearing related to the much-delayed Kashmir rail link project is on March 28. This will be the eighth hearing. But neither the railways nor the government is ready to take a call on reviewing the project.
Pesky calls from telemarketers may continue to nag customers for some more time as the telecom regulator TRAI is likely to extend its March 21 deadline again. "We have not received the landline number series yet from the Department of
Observing that the Army was an "apolitical" organisation, Army Chief General V K Singh today said the force was "studying" the statement made by a Major General on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. "Army is abs
Over 250 women protesting against the upcoming cement plant of Nirma Ltd in Bhavnagar district were detained by the police today. "We have detained over 250 women who tried to take out a march toward the state assembly", Gandhina
India can become a pole of stability in the uncertain world but has to show innovation and flexibility in its approaches, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today. Singh stressed on the need to adapt to the shift in the balance of power an
Terming stamp duties as a "big obstacle" in ensuring transparent transactions in real estate, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today batted for reducing such levies to check the flow of black money in the sector. "I think as fa
The supreme court on Friday asked the centre to consider setting up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the black money stashed by Indians abroad. A bench headed by justice B Sudershan Reddy said the issue is not related to one cas
Women`s voices should be heard in the ongoing global climate change debate as they have played a stellar role in raising environmental consciousness, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has demanded and asked the Commonwealth to take a fresh initiativ
Prime minister Manmohan Singh on Friday appeared to raise doubts over the veracity of diplomatic correspondence cited by the Wikileaks and insisted that he had "not authorised anybody" to purchase votes nor was he involved in any such &q
