As government departments have begun to use social media with some amazingly encouraging results, they are not only realising the power of this new tool but also some attendant concerns. Users of the social media outside the government are equally
Social media should look beyond a transactional role and aim to be transformational, Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal said here on Friday. “If you see what is happening in Libya and elsewhere… This (the use of social
Hearing of the sedition case against hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, writer Arundhati Roy and four others for their alleged anti-India speeches was today preponed by a fortnight by a Delhi court. The court
Against the backdrop of a budget proposal to introduce a five per cent service tax on healthcare, the NHRC today hoped that the government will not go ahead with any such move that will affect medical services to the common man. The Nation
The CPI-M today said there was "no confusion" within the party on the candidature of Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan for the upcoming assembly polls and the process to finalise the list of candidates in the state was currently on
With the government deciding to scrap the controversial deal between ISRO`s commercial arm Antrix and the Indian unit of a US firm, a notice of termination of the agreement for lease of premium space segment has been served to Devas. "
After sealing the seat sharing deal, the DMK and Congress today set in motion the process of identifying the constituencies where the two key UPA partners would contest in the April 13 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls. "The first round of ta
High input costs are likely to continue to yank steel prices in the domestic market further even as demand is expected to remain high, Tata Steel today said. The steel major said prices of the alloy will continue to show an upward trend in near fu
The government is planning to make the electronic delivery of its services mandatory - a move that will phase out the manual distribution of services. A draft bill - the first of its kind in terms of its ambit and which will override previ
CBI is expected to call DMK MP and Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi`s daughter Kanimozhi for questioning in connection with the 2G spectrum scam. Agency sources said the questioning may take place before the CBI files the chargeshee
A high-level meeting of senior officials of the police, HUDA, PWD and Municipal Corporation was held here today to find solutions to the traffic congestions in the city. Various issues were discussed to ensure that there was smooth movemen
AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa on Thursday termed the seat sharing differences between DMK and Congress as a "farce" and accused Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi of threatening to pull out only when his party`s interests were affecte
After a gap of nearly three months, food inflation fell to a single digit at 9.52 per cent for the week ended February 26 on account of a decline in prices of potatoes, pulses and wheat. Food inflation stood at 10.39 per cent in the previo
Government on Thursday promised to do "everything possible" for release of the Indian sailors held hostage by Somali pirates but cautioned against "emotive" response saying it could endanger their lives. With opposition
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantric) president and former chief minister Babulal Marandi was tonight arrested along with over 300 party activists while staging `Economic Blockade` on the first of their two-day state-wide agitation, the police sai
Telangana leaders from Telugu Desam, TRS and BJP were taken into custody by the police today as they proceeded to take part in the `million march to Hyderabad` protest Police have denied permission to the march, slated to take place from 1
Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh today said his government will file a "civil suit" against the upcoming Polavaram irrigation project in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh in the Supreme Court. Replying to a question asked by BJP
Amid fresh charges of corruption levelled against him by the JDS on Thursday, Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa has been summoned by BJP high command for "consultations". The chief minister`s secretariat told PTI here Yedd
The country`s largest opposition party, BJP, will launch a nationwide campaign to highlight the governmnet`s failure on corruption, inflation and black money fronts on April 6, its foundation day. The campaign will go on till June 15, the
Opposition Congress and JDS members on Tuesday urged the state government in the Karnataka assembly to reconsider its decision to allot 17 new residential bungalows it was building for ministers to judges. Dr C Sudhakara (Cong) opposed the
