After declining for two consecutive weeks, food inflation inched up marginally to 10.86 per cent for the week ended August 31, as prices of cereals, fruits and milk rose. Food inflation was 10.05 per cent during the previous week, w
Dubbing questions over expenditure on Commonwealth Games as "ridiculous", Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy today said focus should be shifted to celebrations and highlighting of aspects like the "wonderful" stadia that
Attacking the Centre for its apathy on the issue of banning iron ore exports, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today threatened to launch a legal battle over the issue. "Why is the Centre sitting silent. Why has it not
Prime minister Manmohan Singh on Friday took the dispute over location of the proposed Navi Mumbai airport in his hand, assuring a Congress delegation from Maharashtra to settle the matter at the earliest. The delegation led by chie
Uttarakhand chief minister Ram Pokhriyal Nishank could be on his way out 14 months after he took over from lt gen. (retd) B C Khanduri in June last year. A two-member team of Thawar Chand Gehlot and Sodan Singh, constituted by BJP p
Manmohan Singh may have had time to inspect Commonwealth Games sites, but it`s perhaps too much for the citizens to expect the Prime Minister to find time to call a meeting of the National River Conservation Authority (NCRA) that he chairs.
Nearly 14 months after they fled from their homes in Maoist-hit West Midnapore district, CPI(M) leaders and supporters are venturing back, with the police attributing it to the improvement in the situation. "I cannot say that t
A house for the average Indian is hard pursuit, says a government body. The national Real Estate Development Council (NREDC) under the housing and urban poverty alleviation ministry estimates a housing shortfall as high as 26.53 million durin
Security forces today intensified operations to rescue the three policemen kidnapped by the Maoists even as a body was found in a jungle, which police said was not that of sub-inspector Abhay Yadav, whom the Naxals had claimed to have executed.
Under attack from opposition for his alleged failure to handle the crisis arising out of the kidnapping of four policemen by Maoists, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has convened an all-party meeting here tomorrow to discuss the issue.
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) should be voluntary and not mandatory as forcible action will not deliver desired results, business tycoon and Bharti Group head Sunil Mittal said on Thursday. His comments came amid reports that the g
Maoists today claimed to have killed one of the four policemen kidnapped by them from Lakhisarai district of Bihar but there was no confirmation by the police. Avinash, who claimed to be a Maoist spokesman, telephoned PTI office her
With Sonia Gandhi set to become Congress president for the fourth consecutive term, BJP today said she should offer the chair of party chief to somebody outside the Gandhi family just as she had "sacrificed" the post of Prime Minister.
A day after Union Home Minister P Chidambaram spoke of existence of camps of armed cadre in West Bengal`s West Midnapore district, the CPI(M) today admitted it did have them but they were for people evicted from home by Maoists. &qu
Arguing that saffron is a source of inspiration and not one of terror, BJP today said home minister P Chidambaram`s statement on saffron terror was an outcome of the ongoing game of oneupmanship between senior Congress leaders. &quo
Right to life is very basic so is the right to health. Equal opportunity should be created for all to health, said minster of state for health Dinesh Trivedi here on Thursday while releasing India Health Report 2010 by think tank Indicus Analytics
A CBI court here has issued a fresh production warrant against former Medical Council of India (MCI) president Ketan Desai after jail authorities in Kolkata failed to produce him in connection with a case lodged for allegedly amassing assets over
CPI-M led LDF government in Kerala today expressed concern over the Supreme Court order to "limit" supply of subsidised foodgrains to Below poverty line category and said it would file a review petition against the directive.
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said it is "against her taste" to comment on West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee`s charge that she was a "liar". "I will not reply in the same la
The rural development (RD) ministry has formed an expert group to converge NREGS works with that of the water shed programme. The convergence of NREGA activities with those of the watershed development programmes of other department/mini
