The opposition Congress and JDS members continued their protest in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly for the third straight night demanding a CBI inquiry into the alleged illegal mining scam. Opposition members spent the night in the Asse
The National Advisory Council, headed by Sonia Gandhi, on Wednesday recommended foodgrain entitlement to all families in the 50 most disadvantaged districts or blocks from April next year and draft a fresh law to check communal violence.
The course proposed by the health ministry to meet the requirement of doctors in rural areas has seen a change in the recent affidavit filed by the government. The course called, Bachelor of Rural Healthcare (BRHC), was designed by the health mini
The BJP in Jammu and Kashmir today said it has assured all help to Omar Abdullah government to bring peace in the Valley provided it does nothing to demoralise the security forces and gives them a free hand to tackle the situation.
Maharashtra government today said it will move the Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court`s verdict in the Khairlanji Dalit killings case. The government would move the apex court against the HC ruling commuting the death sente
Four states worst affected by Maoist violence will have Unified Command structures to fight the menace as the Centre offered more helicopters and logistical support to states in their anti-Naxal operations. Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Jha
In an effort to curb "money power" in elections, poll authorities in Andhra Pradesh have constituted special committees to monitor the expenditure of candidates on a daily basis in the bypolls to 12 assembly seats scheduled to be held on
The Railways is mulling a shift in tatkal booking timings to start at 10 a.m. instead of the present 8 a.m. The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is seeking the Railway Board`s approval for the move. IRCTC hopes
A meeting of chief ministers from Naxal-affected states today unanimously cleared the decks for creation of a Unified Command and deployment of additional helicopters to bolster anti-Maoist operations. The meeting, which was chaired
Spurred by an increase in oil prices, the overall inflation continued its double-digit run for the fourth straight month in a row at 10.55 per cent in June, mounting pressure on RBI to raise key interest rates in its July policy review. Th
In a fresh strategy to combat the Maoist menace, the government today asked Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal to create a unified command for anti-Maoist operations and to appoint a retired major general of the Army as its member.
The supreme court on Tuesday relaxed its 17-year-long rigid stance on the 50 per cent cap on reservations, said a report in the Asian Age. Passing two major ord
The Reserve Bank deputy governor K C Chakrabarty on Sunday said that managing prices is the bank`s main priority, and Friday’s decision to raise key short-term lending rates was aimed at containing inflation, at an event organised by A
The centre’s move to establish a unified command in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal to fight the Maoists is nothing more than a cosmetic exercise. Not only has such a step made no material difference in the fight against insu
The government would not interfere in the affairs of regulators, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has said. He was speaking at a function organised by UTI Mutual Fund’s Investor Education Initiative, ‘Swatantra’, i
Former Medical Council of India (MCI) president Ketan Desai amassed Rs 24.19 crore in his name and his wife’s name, between August 1996 and November 2002, when he ruled medical education in India. More private medical colleges churned out do
Is the the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGs)all about just digging up the earth to provide some work to villagers or do they create any assets like roads or ponds? The answer, going by the the rural development ministry`s own admi
The ministry of railways has decided that 1st Class/2nd AC complimentary card passes issued to freedom fighters/their widows will also be valid for travel in 3rd AC of Rajdhhani trains and chair car of Shatabdi/Jan-Shatabdi Express trains along wi
Words may or may not have capacity to heal but they can surely harm a politician’s prospects. The latest, if less publicised, casualty among the motormouth ministers appears to be the minister of state for health Dinesh Trivedi. No, the Lok
A boy died in Kanpur this month as he could not be given timely medical treatment allegedly due to the roadblocks created as part of security measures that go with the prime minister`s visit. This, of course, was not the first time the PM`s visit
