It’s been more than four months that the right to compulsory and free education act has been implemented, but things are still not clear as far as the implementation of the act is concerned. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has alre
The MCD today launched two new eco-friendly toilets built with innovative technologies on an experimental basis and said it may install some such units near Commonwealth Games venues after examining all aspects. Mayor Prithvi Raj Sa
The sports injury centre at Safdarjung hospital which is being readied for the commonwealth games is at an advanced stage of construction and is expected to be completed by 31st August, said a press release by the health ministry. The rele
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said here today that the manner in which Union Carbide Corporation Chairman, Warren Anderson was allowed to leave Bhopal after the gas disaster in 1984 was not an issue at all. "It does
A bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha today to amend the Medical Council of India Act to replace the existing board of the MCI, facing corruption charges, with a seven-member panel of eminent doctors. The corruption-ridden MCI, set
A Muslim man is bound to support his divorced wife and minor children till she gets remarried, the Delhi High Court has said. The Court said that irrespective of Muslim personal laws, under which the husband is bound to maintain his
Kerala High court today dismissed a Review petition by state government against the judgement of Division bench prohibiting conduct of meetings on public roads and road sides. A division bench comprising Justice C N Ramachandran Nai
Incensed by reports that a drug resistant superbug has been traced to India, government today said there was a need to find out whether some "ulterior motives" were behind the claim. "We are all concerned about it. Su
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
