The Air India management`s apathy over the issue of pay parity with Air India pilots and salary remittances delays has prompted the Indian Airlines pilots to protest with a work-to-rule agitation from February 12 (midnight) onwards. The mo
BJP today asked the government to bring the motion for the formation of a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) on February 22 and said it would not boycott the Presidential address to both Houses of Parliament. "We would expect the gov
An assembly line of graceful pots and vases greet you as you enter Kumbharwada, or the colony of potters, in Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum cluster. From shapeless mud to attractive pots, some left for drying, others on display for sale, Kumbh
Maharashtra BJP today demanded that state Governor K Sankarnarayanan grant sanction to the investigating agencies to conduct proceedings against former Chief Ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushilkumar Shinde in connection with the Adarsh Housing
The supreme court on Friday sought the Centre`s response on a plea by Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru for transfer to a prison in Jammu and Kashmir from Tihar jail. Guru, who has been sentenced to death for plotting the December 2001
Street and homeless children here are excited about their enumeration and are spreading awareness about it through their own newspaper and roadside meetings. Homeless on the streets across India will be enumerated on February 28 under the
Former telecom minister Arun Shourie told the Indian Express that he had apprised prime minister Manmohan Singh of the nature and scale of the 2G scam after he realised its enormity and alerted the then CBI director as well. Shourie said t
2G bribes made former telecom minister A Raja richer by Rs 3,000 crore, says a Times of India report citing estimates from CBI and enforcement directorate investigations. The two agencies link Raja`s windfall to the shifting of the o
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today dedicated to the nation the first phase of the Rs 6,250 crore International Container Transhipment Terminal at nearby Vallarpadam island that would help exporters access mainline container vessels calling at the
While expressing disappointment at the low 1.6 per cent industrial output growth during December, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said monthly numbers do not reflect correct picture of the economy. "IIP numbers are very unfort
Speculative trading, one of the major factors behind spiralling food prices in India and consequent food inflation, has now become a major concern for the top international body United Nations. “Yes, indeed. Financialisation of agric
Broadening the net, the Supreme Court today asked the CBI to bring under its scanner corporate houses which were beneficiaries of the 2G spectrum scam without being influenced by their status be it millionaires or whether they are on the Forbes li
The country`s nine per cent growth story today came in for questioning from Environment minister Jairam Ramesh who contended that if the impact on ecology had been taken into consideration, the growth would have been only around six per cent.
The Chhattisgarh high court on Thursday rejected the bail application of rights activist Binayak Sen, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a sessions court on charges of sedition and links with Naxalites. While turning down 61-ye
Many problems related to agriculture can be solved but top agriculture scientist and member of parliament, M.S. Swaminathan said there is governance deficit in linking agriculture, nutrition and health in the country. “If we can brin
Now Maharashtra has been added to the list of states that will introduce a market based system for air pollution in India. The environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will work with
Government has appointed a high-powered committee to review various aspects of the controversial deal Isro`s commercial arm Antrix had struck with a private company for lease of scarce S-band spectrum. The two-member committee, headed by B
The centre on Thursay assured the supreme court that it would reveal the names of persons, who have stashed black money in foreign banks after registering a formal case against them. Solicitor general Gopal Subramanium, appearing before a
The government on Thursday said periodic revision of minimum wages and timely redress of grievances by states will help in maintaining a harmonious relationship between workers and employers in industrial establishment. Maintaining industr
Hit by a massive sell-off in stocks of various group companies, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group today said it is a victim of a bear cartel that has caused a market value loss of over Rs 3 lakh crore across the infrastructure sector in the pas
