Recognition granted to three medical colleges during the tenure of former Medical Council of India (MCI) President Ketan Desai is being reconsidered, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad told the Lok Sabha today. Replying to supplementa
The BJP and CPI(M) today slammed agriculture minister Sharad Pawar for stating in Rajya Sabha that the issue of rotting grains was an "exaggeration" and accused the government of not caring for the common man. BJP spokespe
A day after the Supreme Court asked the Government to distribute rotting foodgrains free to the poor of the country, Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar told Parliament that the reports were "quite exaggerated" and that his ministry was re
The hearing on N K Amin plea, an accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, becoming an approver, was adjourned till August 18 by the CBI court here today. Amin had last month filed an application in the court to become
Government today moved a bill in the Rajya Sabha, which provides for allocation of coal blocks through auction to private companies replacing allocation by a government screening panel. Moving the Mines and Minerals (Development and
The BJP today asked the government to come clean on railway minister Mamata Banerjee`s reported open support to Maoists at a rally in Lalgarh in West Bengal. BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy told reporters outside Parliament that though
Maoists blew up a panchayat building used for accommodating security forces during anti-Naxal operations in Orissa`s Malkangiri district early today. About 100 armed rebels stormed into Malabaran village and blew up the building wit
The Comptroller and Auditor general has taken strong exception to the demolition of a sports complex within ten years of its construction in Gomti Nagar area here. The Uttar Pradesh government ordered demolition of the complex and other bu
In a reprieve for Sajjan Kumar, the Supreme Court today stayed trial proceedings against the Congress leader facing murder and other charges in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases. A bench of Justices P Sathasivam and B S
The Law Ministry plans to set up a national commission to regulate various aspects of legal education in India, a job so far entrusted with the Bar Council of India. The draft Higher Legal Education and Research Bill, 2010, prepared
On the occasion of International Youth Day on Thursday, the Delhi State AIDS Control Society (DSACS) opened a Youth Friendly Health Centre (YFHC) in the Jamia Milia Islamia University (JMIU) campus which will inform and educate the youth on and ar
Industrial growth slipped to a 13-month low of 7.1 per cent in June as manufacturing output dropped, but economists did not see this turning into a trend. Also, this is for the first time in nine months that industrial expansion, as
A task force comprising of doctors and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) officials has been formed by the Delhi government’s health department to check mosquito breeding at the commonwealth games village site, Delhi health minister told G
Describing food adulteration as "cancer", the Central government today put the onus of dealing with the problem on states and asked them to tighten enforcement machineries so that the perpetrators do not play havoc with the lives of peop
The Supreme Court today granted three months` extension to the CBI to complete its investigation into the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case in which Amit Shah, the former Gujarat minister and a close aide of Chief Minister Narendra Modi, has been ar
The underutilised Anand Vihar railway terminus may further be developed on the public private partnership (PPP) model. The railways are considering engagaing private players for construction works to be carried out under the second phase a
The Delhi government has not released over Rs 390 crore meant for the welfare of construction workers involved in various projects across the city. Since 2005, the Delhi Welfare Board (WB) has collected around Rs 400 crore from various bui
Under the rural development ministry’s total sanitation campaign (TSC), there is a clear provision for building of separate toilets in all co-educational government schools in the rural areas. However, to the centre`s chagrin, states
A first of its kind Export-Import Cell has been started in the Department of Trades and Taxes, under Delhi government. This separate cell will speed up the process of payment of VAT refunds to the exporters. Describing exports as backbone
A team of scientists has made claims in its recent study that multi-drug resistant bacteria that causes multiple organ failure originated from Indian hospitals. The bacteria, named ‘New Delhi metallo beta lactamase’ or ‘NDM 1&rsq
