Indian festivals are not complete without sweets but this Diwali be careful from where you buy them as 90 per cent shops in the city selling them are not licensed, according to the MCD. Only ten per cent of the shops selling product
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata are among the five Indians named among the most powerful people in the world by Forbes in its this year`s list of 68 people "who matter".
Sliding for the third straight week, food inflation fell to 12.85 per cent for the week ended October 23 as prices of vegetables, especially potato and onion, softened due to improved supplies. Food inflation stood at 13.75 per cent for th
As the Indian Navy submitted its report on the Adarsh Housing Society scam today, the Defence Ministry indicated it would come down heavily on the culprits, who hoodwinked the system, by Monday, saying the action it recommends would be so "co
Much to the embarrassment of union commerce secretary Rahul Khullar, a notice was pasted on the main entrance door of the Udyog Bhawan on Tuesday cancelling his credit card No 4006 6760 1418 5717 for non-payment of outstanding dues of Rs 35,773.50
The Indian Navy on Wednesday said it has submitted its report on the Adarsh Housing Society scam to the defence ministry. The report along with the recommendations of the Navy for the future course of action has been sent to the defence mi
Rubbishing as farce the development card of chief minister Nitish Kumar, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said Bihar was not shining. "Bihar shining is a farce. Biharis are shining away from the state, but not in Bihar,"
Andhra Pradesh chief minister K Rosaiah on Wednesday asserted that the objections raised by Orissa over the construction of multi-purpose Polavaram irrigation project on river Godavari were "not valid." Replying to a question dur
A Delhi court on Wednesday asked the city police to file a report on a complaint seeking prosecution of hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and writer Arundhati Roy on the charges of sedition for their alleged anti-India statements.
Upping its ante on CWG irregularities, BJP today claimed that the PMO and the union cabinet approved cost escalations for Games projects five times between 2007 and 2009 that shot the expenditure up from Rs 1,000 crore to over Rs 2,400 crore.
The November-end deadline for the start of the bus-cluster scheme seems to have added to the Delhi transport corporation`s (DTC) woes. Under this scheme, the government has roped in private entities to manage 60 percent of the services in
Centre will now contribute more funds in projects to clean the Ganga and maintain its environmental health, Jairam Ramesh, the environment minister said on Tuesday. He said that the national Ganga river basin authority (NGRBA) in its meeting on Mo
Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank today said a core committe should be constituted for involving locals in implementation of schemes for developing forests in the state. "People`s participation is very important to implem
Dental students from colleges established abroad who are awarded degrees by authorities in India can practise in the country without undergoing any screening test unlike others passing out of foreign universities, the Supreme Court has ruled.
The national e-governance advisory group (NAG) constituted in March 2005 for effective management of national e-governance plan (NeGP) has been reconstituted to ensure wider representation. The group constituted with objective of obtainin
The Delhi University in its circular dated November 1 has threatened to withold the salaries of teachers tyeaching the first semester in undergraduate scinece courses if they do not give an undertaking to teach according to the semester-based syll
More than a week after conducting raids at Thane`s RTO office, sleuths of ACB today raided several RTO offices in different parts Maharashtra after receiving inputs on alleged diversion of commercial vehicles tax and illegal activities being carri
Battling high prices, the RBI today made its lending and borrowing activity with banks expensive by 25 basis points, but bankers said that they would not increase their commercial lending rates for now in view of the festival season.
The BJP today said it will not allow the Congress to push under the carpet major scams related to Commonwealth Games and 2G Spectrum deal in the wake of the housing society scam in Mumbai and the NDA would raise these issues in Parliament.
The interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir today submitted their report to Home Minister P Chidambaram after their maiden visit to the state, with their leader Dileep Padgaonkar saying he is "hopeful" of a solution of the issue but did not h
