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Ayurvedic products to get quality assurance

Selected ayurvedic drugs manufactured by Indian companies will soon carry a quality assurance mark which will increase their credibility in the Indian as well as the international markets. Quality Council of India (QCI), an autonomous bod

More efforts needed to achieve MDGs: Ban

The United Nations secretary general urged the leaders to help the world’s poorest to end poverty at the inaugural address to the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) summit in New York. “There is no global project more worthwhile. L

PM media advisor calls Cong status-quoist

Harish Khare, media advisor to prime minister Manmohan Singh, today called the Congress a status-quoist party which does not believe in conviction, a remark which was instantly dismissed by party general secretary Digvijay Singh. "Con

India asked to fix condition of Games Village

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) president Michael Fennell on Tuesday asked the Indian government to take immediate steps to fix the condition of Games Village`s residential zone, which according to him, has "shocked" many contingents

CWG may be called off: NZ speaks tough

New Zealand chef de mission for the Delhi Commonwealth Games, Dave Currie, today said the event may be called off if the concerns regarding the Athletes Village are not addressed at the earliest. Currie, who is in Delhi as part of a

Ayodhya: HC judge gives dissenting opinion

One of the three judges in the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court today disagreed with the majority order rejecting the plea for deferring the Ayodhya verdict to allow mediation and gave a dissenting opinion that an amicable settlement coul

SC refuses petition on drinking water

The Supreme Court today acknowledged the problem of lack of potable water arrangement at public places but expressed its constraint to fix the problem across the country. The apex court said it "sympathises" with the petit

MNS considers underground Metro rail for suburbs

Claiming that an underground route is possible for Mumbai Metro`s second line from Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd, Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has prepared an alternate plan. Thousands of local residents protested ye

Green nod for Navi Mumbai airport likely by Oct: Patel

The greenfield airport project at Navi Mumbai is likely to get the final environmental nod by October and the bidding process expected to begin by the year -end, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said today. "We expect that

Advani blogs, says DU students cheated by CWG

The Commonwealth Games village inaugurated last week was to be converted later into a Delhi University (DU) students` hostel, but these posh and luxurious apartments would now be used by the bureaucrats after the Games. Bharatiya Janata Pa

Higher MSP recommended for pulses, oilseeds

The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) has recommended a generous increase in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of rabi lentils (masur), gram (chana) and safflower (Kusumbh), as compared to cereal crops like wheat

Delhi gets comprehensive tourist info-cafe

Delhi’s first ever all-comprehensive tourist info-cafe came up at Red Fort on Monday. The cafe is an extension of government-to-citizens (G2C) kiosks. The objective of the project is to provide immediate access to information about the city

Soon: new waiting facility at New Delhi station

Jam-packed platforms of the New Delhi railway station may soon be a thing of the past. If things shape up according to plans, constructions will be taken up in an area of 10,000 sq metres to create facilities especially for thousands of passengers

Judiciary and Corruption

Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, who is facing contempt of the court for leveling corruption charges against former CJIs, has reiterated his charges in a fresh affidavit before the supreme court, saying that half of the last 16 to 17 chief justic

NRLM to empower rural women

National Rural livelihood Mission (NRLM), the restructured rural self-employment scheme will empower rural women through their mandatory inclusion in self help group (SHG) network. This was revealed in the detailed draft NRLM guidelines the rura

Australia sees terror risk during CWG

Australia today warned that there is a "high risk of terror attack" in New Delhi during the Commonwealth Games, while a jittery New Zealand also expressed concerns about the security of its athletes in the wake of a shooting incident in

Ayurvedic products to get quality assurance

Selected ayurvedic drugs manufactured by Indian companies will soon carry a quality assurance mark which will increase their credibility in the Indian as well as the international markets. The Quality Council of India (QCI), an autonomous

Cancun climate talks headed nowhere: Ramesh

India today said that the international community should not expect much from the upcoming Climate Change summit in Cancun and underlined that the West should do more to achieve sustainable development. "I think frankly Cancun

15 killed and 50 hurt in train mishap in Madhya Pradesh

Fifteen people were killed and 50 others injured when a goods train overshot the signal and hit the stationary Indore-Gwalior Intercity Express at Badarwas railway station in the district in the wee hours today amid heavy rains and poor visibility

Kashmiris` future secure with India: Chidambaram

On a mission to understand the ground situation in Jammu and Kashmir, the all party delegation today began its two-day exercise with Home Minister P Chidambaram promising the people of the state that their future, honour and dignity are secure as

Visionary Talk: Amitabh Gupta, Pune Police Commissioner with Kailashnath Adhikari, MD, Governance Now


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