Rights activist Binayak Sen has challenged in Chhattisgarh High Court the life sentence given to him by a local court after being convicted for sedition and links with Maoists, saying his involvement in the alleged crime was not proved beyond reas
Comptroller and Auditor General of India Vinod Rai today said that though government has not sought scrutiny of the 3G auction, CAG can do it on its own. Talking to reporters here, Rai said, "There is no request from the govern
CBI raided a dozen premises across NCR today in the alleged scam in Commonwealth Games overlays contracts including at an office under the Union Sports Ministry, as it registered a fourth FIR naming for the second time a top Games official V K Ver
As food inflation surged to 18.32 per cent, a top adviser in the finance ministry today agreed with Home Minister P Chidambaram that the government does not have all the tools to control food prices since it is an enabling body. &qu
Leading a pioneering effort, Indian scientists aim to build an advanced ultra-super critical coal-fired power plant in the next six years. Once realised, the plant is expected to put India in a very select group of nations having th
The Election Commission is planning to rope in celebrities to create awareness among the voters towards their right to franchise before the 2012 Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. "We are on a look out for celebrities from Uttar
Government will operationalise eight overseas Income Tax offices in countries like the US, the UK and the UAE soon to obtain classified financial data and the officers who will man these units will be chosen by this month-end. The I
The CPI(M) today said that besides the Congress, the erstwhile BJP-led NDA government was responsible for "inaction" in taking the Bofors pay-off case to its logical conclusion. "The NDA government too had the opportu
The CBI today found itself on a sticky wicket with a Delhi court questioning its decision to drop the case against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the over two-decade old Bofors pay-off scam, saying there were "certain malafide int
Emphasising on how locals can be used as management tool in resource management, Elinor Ostrom, the world’s first woman Nobel Prize winner for economics, has said “locals can do it” when there is great resource destruction happen
Governance Now is organizing a seminar on Investor Education in association with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. The event is on Thursday, 10th Feb, 2011 in the ML Bhartia Auditorium in Alliance Francaise, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi.
The Centre today announced doubling of funds allocation under a special plan for Bihar to Rs 2,000 crore for the current fiscal, a move that should please Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who has been seeking greater central assistance.
The government today approved a new policy for allocation of power to be generated by upcoming state-run thermal power plants, earmarking 50 per cent to the home states, while also fixing an overall target generation capacity of 1 lakh MW for the
The government today approved budgetary support of Rs 70.41 crore for 10 sick and loss-making Central Public Sector Enterprises for payment of employees` statutory dues like gratuity, provident fund, insurance and bonus. The funds a
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that food inflation at 18.32 per cent for the week ended December 25, remained an area of concern. "It has moved further. It is an area of concern," the finance minister told re
Jammu and Kashmir government will provide employment opportunities to one lakh educated youth in the next three years, a state minister has said. "As many as one lakh educated youths would be provided employment opportunities i
The CBI today raided about 10 premises in the National Capital Region after it registered a fresh FIR in connection with its probe into the alleged multi-crore Commonwealth Games overlays scam. The raids come a day after the agency
The CBI today contended before a Delhi court that there is no change in government`s stand on withdrawing the case against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the wake of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) order in the Bofors pay-offs
Soaring onion and other vegetables` prices led to a sharp rise in inflation at 18.32 per cent for the week ended December 25, a development that may prompt the Reserve Bank to tighten monetary policy to check further escalation in commodity costs.
In a bid to make Bihar self-reliant in energy sector, Bihar government has signed two agreements with the NTPC and Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited(KRIBHCO) for setting up two thermal power plants in Aurangabad and in Buxar districts.
