The government on Monday said it can look at putting in place additional environmental safeguards to ensure safety of the proposed nuclear reactors in Jaitapur in the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan that has endangered the atomic power plants th
In response to a direction by the ministry of environment and forests (MOEF) to halt work on its cement plant at Bhavnagar district in Gujarat, Nirma Ltd has said that the orders had no binding on the company and termed it as completely "ille
The Madras high court has allowed a CBI petition seeking to condone the delay of 118 days in filing an appeal against a lower court judgement acquitting 17 people, including a DSP, in the 2007 Dinakaran newspaper office attack case. A divi
The CBI today carried out searches at the premises of senior IAS officer and former BMC commissioner Jairaj Phatak in three different cities in connection with the Adarsh Housing scam. The CBI teams swooped on his premises in the national
Senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee called up Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday night and they are likely to hold final round of talks on Tuesday to resolve differences over seat sharing between the two parties for the Assembly polls i
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi launched a Facebook page last year and created a forum for better interaction with citizens. No one could have predicted it till recently but now more and more government departments and organisations are opening
Even with its Telangana trouble, Andhra Pradesh has been one of the most conducive states to economic freedom. While Tamil Nadu topped the list and Gujarat came second in the rankings published in the `Economic Freedom of States of India 2
Inflation rose marginally to 8.31 per cent for the month ended February, driven by high food and fuel prices, which may prompt the RBI to hike interest rates when it reviews the monetary policy later this week. However, Finance Mini
The agitating pilots of Air India today received a boost with the unionised section of their colleagues supporting them, holding the Air India management responsible for passively promoting disparity and mismanagement. The Indian Pilots Gu
Hopes to save a small reservoir, at the centre of a controversy in Gujarat, have been revived as the ministry of environment and forests have slapped a show-cause notice on the Nirma group which plans to set up a cement factory at the site of the
The supreme court on Monday refused to stay the Delhi high court order asking veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari to undergo DNA test in a paternity case. However, a bench comprising justices Aftab Alam and R M Lodha made it clear that the
India has emerged world`s largest arms importer overtaking China which shared the second spot with South Korea followed by Pakistan, according to a report by a Swedish think-tank. "India is the world`s largest arms importer,&qu
An exclusive centre to train commandos on the lines of the National Security Guards (NSG) will soon come up in Kheda district of Gujarat as part of the police upgradation programme initiated by the central government. This commando
Alleging involvement of union minister P K Bansal in a shop allocation scam in Chandigarh, opposition BJP on Monday forced adjournments of both houses of Parliament. As soon as the Lok Sabha assembled for the day, BJP members were on their
The new defence procurement procedure-2011 aims at achieving substantive self-reliance in the design, development and production of equipment, weapon systems and platforms for defence in as early timeframe as possible, minister of state for defenc
In a bid to register its third consecutive win in 2013 assembly polls in the state, BJP will reach the doorsteps of rural folk in Madhya Pradesh. "To win the 2013 assembly elections for the third time in succession, we have rol
Taluka level courts would be set up in all the 225 blocks of the state during the golden jubilee year of Gujarat, chief minister Narendra Modi said here on Sunday. "To ensure that every person gets justice through the legal sys
In a new turn in the palmolein graft case, a Special Vigilance Court here today gave sanction for a further probe that could bring former Chief Minister and Congress leader Oommen Chandy under the scanner. The order o
Maharashtra mahila congress committee secretary Summan Agarwal has welcomed the decision to provide fifty percent reservation to members of the fair sex in local bodies. "I congratulate all women for the 50 percent reservation
The use of social media in bettering governance is a relatively new concept for our government but those few departments who have tried it are not only very happy with the experience they want to expand its use to the maximum. Participatin
