The Bombay high court has recommended central government to bring cooperative societies under the ambit of the RTI act. Division bench of Justices J P Deodhar and A B Chaudhary observed this while hearing a plea asking to cover Agricultur
DMK MPs will meet on SUnday afternoon in Chennai to decide on a strategy to take on the opposition in Parliament which has been mounting pressure on the government to remove DMK leader and telecom minister A Raja. The opposition has stated that it
In the ongoing winter session health ministry is likely to table a bill in the parliament for an overarching body for medical education in the country called, the National Commission for Human Resources in Health Bill, 2010, details of which have
The environment ministry today issued a show cause notice to the Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai for ‘blatant’ violation of coastal zone regulation (CRZ). “The show cause notice is for the removal of the unauthorized structure,
Newly-inducted Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan`s image took a hit today with reports of his being involved in illegal purcahse of property in Mumbai. Chavan, who has long enjoyed the image of a "clean poltician", bou
A special tribunal headed by a Delhi high court judge on Friday upheld centre`s decision to extend the ban on terrorist outfit Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for another two years saying that the organisation remains a threat to the security
Worried over reports of alleged corruption especially in issuing refunds to taxpayers, the Income Tax department has brought its own officials under strict vigilance scanner and has issued instructions to the top brass to constantly monitor the proce
A package of bills, to bring reform in the higher education sector will soon be tabled in Parliament. At the higher education conference organized by the FICCI, higher education secretary at the human resource development miinistry Vibha Puri Das
January 2011 onwards, Meghalaya’s entire population will be screened for various types of cancers free of cost using the best available screening techniques in the world. This initiative is taken by a British-based MKC Roko Cancer Trust in the stat
Four medical students were today convicted of culpable homicide not amounting to murder by a fast track court for ragging to death their junior Aman Kachroo in Himachal Pradesh last year. The quantum of sentence is expected to be pr
Did the Prime Minister`s Office know about the scam-in-the-making in alloting 2G licences for which the opposition is now demanding telecom minister A Raja`s resignation? Documents marked "secret", accessed by Governance Now an
When the opposition was crying foul and demanding telecom minister A Raja’s resignation for the 2G spectrum scam, they were only underestimating the DMK leader, it seems. In a yet-to-be-released damning report, the Comptroller and Auditor Ge
The three member Rajya Sabha panel headed by supreme court judge B. Sudershan Reddy to inquire into corruption charges and delve on the merits of initiating impeachment against Calcutta high court Judge Soumitra Sen has indicted him. With this, de
Cautioning against protectionist sentiments, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said it is in India`s interest to have an "open, stable and rule-based" international economic environment in all matters including trade and investment flo
The health ministry on Wednesday got a nod from the high court to go ahead with the rural doctors’ course they had introduced last year to meet the shortage of medical practitioners in the rural areas. The course, called the Bachelor
The Delhi High Court today sought a response from the Centre on a petition alleging irregularities in the appointment of CMDs of BSNL and MTNL in which Telecom Minister A Raja is allegedly trying to push his favourites into the posts. A be
Government today rejected the opposition demand for Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into Adarsh housing scam, saying the centre has nothing to do with it. "The Adarsh housing estates is like thousands of housing estates in various
With double-digit growth in mind and the twelfth five-year plan period approaching (beginning 2012), the planning commission is taking a second look at the way it functions - to make it work more efficient and faster. “We need to rei
US president Barack Obama’s take on Indo-US agricultural cooperation may have gladdened the hearts of US agro-companies, but has evoked apprehension in the Indian farmers. On Day 1 of his visit, he explicitly declared that the US saw India a
Civil society groups in India have asked prime minister Manmohan Singh to highlight development issues and tackling global povert at the G20 summit which starts on Thursday in Seoul. “The development of a strong development ag
