After days of unrest, the situation in the Kashmir Valley was today calm with curfew being lifted from all parts and a break in strikes called by the separatists in view of Eid-ul-Fitr. The situation is peaceful throughout the Valle
The debate in the Congress and the UPA government over land acquisition acquired a new edge with party President Sonia Gandhi favouring a balanced approach in securing land for industrial purposes without losing large fertile tracts.
Bowing to demands by several political parties, government today decided to carry out a caste census next year. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, decided to carry out a caste census. The exercise would be
The ongoing development debate, dominated by themes like Vedanta, acquisition of farmland for industry, and food security, deposits a thick layer of irony and contradiction on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s utterances at the September 6 mee
The environment and forests ministry on Wednesday cleared the designation of parts of the 8000-km long Seshachalam hill range in Andhra Pradesh as a biosphere reserve, as urged by the state government last month, to protect its rich biodiversity.
The selections to the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) are now under a cloud with the civil society decrying the lack of transaparency in the manner in which these were conducted. Documents obtained by a Delhi-based NGO&n
Jairam Ramesh, the environment and forests minister has told the civil aviation ministry to choose between destroying mangroves and taking away land allotted to Mukesh Ambani for a SEZ. Ramesh, who has been at loggerheads with the civil aviation m
As the countdown for the climate meet in Cancun this year has begun, Christiana Figueres, the newly-appointed executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) said that the money available for climate change adaptation
The UPA government today symbolically tipped its hat to alliance partner DMK, proposing to rename the Madurai airport as Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar International Airport. The government also proposed to rechristen a slew of other airports - R
The Planning Commission minced no words on Wednesday in its criticism of the government`s development plan, in the light of the Commonwealth Games works. Arun Maira, member of the apex planning body, said that it was high time that the gov
The long-running feud between the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) threatens to douse the Games cheer, whatever little might come-by the common-man`s way. The two tran
The Supreme Court today upheld the land acquisition policy of the Uttar Pradesh government for development of projects alongside the Yamuna Expressway connecting the national capital with Agra. A bench comprising Justices V S Sirpurkar and
Kamal Nath’s NHAI is building highways like there is no tomorrow and like it’s a law unto itself. It ignores cabinet decisions, busts budgets, sets its own rules, releases grants without collaterals, clears PPP projects with neglig
Doctors at all six Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) hospitals have decided to continue their silent agitation against the hospital administration department of the civic body till all their demands are met. Of the many grievances the doctors h
Over 1,500 doctors from Delhi received training on emergency trauma care here at the two-day workshop, called the Comprehensive Trauma Life Support workshop (CLTS), organised by Sri Ganga Ram Hospital in collaboration with the International Trauma
The government has written to market regulator SEBI saying Cairn Energy Plc`s deal to sell majority stake in its Indian arm to Vedanta Resources does not yet have its approval, a condition contingent for the USD 8.48 billion deal to consummate.
The Punjab government today gave its nod to regularise services of over 13,000 teachers recruited on contractual basis by the Department of School Education with effect from the next academic session. The decision to regularise services of
Imagine a farmer in Kutch. Let`s call him Kisanbhai. Imagine a tribal farmer living on banks of the river Narmada in a village called Mokhadi. Let`s call him Devilal. The two of them have never met but their fates have been intertwined ev
Contrary to what Prime Minister Manmohan Singh believes on the issue of distributing food to the poor, over 60 percent Indians want the government to help the hugry with free foodgrains, an opinion poll released on Tuesday has found. "
Two months after the rural development minister C P Joshi expressed his desire to start a Kaun Banega Crorepati kind of quiz programme for the rural India; his ministry has come up with a plan to start a quiz show from October 2. &ldqu
