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’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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
Seeking ways to defuse the three-month unrest in Kashmir Valley, an all-party delegation led by Home Minister P Chidambaram commenced a series of meetings which will be also attended by PDP but without its chief Mehbooba Mufti while separatists ar
The Supreme Court today refused to quash the charges of murder and other offences against senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and said the trial will continue against him in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. A bench comprising Justices P
The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (UNMDGs) summit opens today in New York where leaders from 191 countries will be joined by the representatives of civil society organisations, foundations and the private sector to review the progres
Jairam Ramesh has become a national hero by upholding the rights of the Niyamgiri tribals and that of the ‘other traditional forest dwellers’ (OTFDs) in the POSCO project area, both in Orissa. In the case of the Niyamgiri, he withheld
Chief justice of India SH Kapadia set a new norm for approaching the “green bench” of the supreme court that he heads last Friday, which said: “In short, we want all statutory clearances from statutory authorities in place hencef
It may not be a misnomer to call the 44-year-old Kalyan resident, Sanjay Ghavate, the face of humanity. Son of an ex- railway employee, beneath his lean frame and restive demeanor there is an unrelenting determination for philanthropy. Travelling&
It may not be a misnomer to call the 44-year-old Kalyan resident, Sanjay Ghavate, the face of humanity. Son of an ex- railway employee, beneath his lean frame and restive demeanor there is an unrelenting determination for philanthropy. Travelling&
Demanding 25 per cent of power generated from 2400 MM Tehri Hydel project, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank today asked THDC officials to compensate the damages done due to increasing the water level of its reservoir that posed
Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India are scheduled to sign a landmark agreement for a multi-billion gas pipeline project in Ashgabat on September 20, Pakistan`s Petroleum Ministry said today. The pact will be signed b
The government will give a diesel subsidy of Rs 500 per hectare to farmers in the drought-hit Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal to meet their extra cost of irrigating their crops, a decision that will cost the exchequer Rs 500 crore.
