The Madhya Pradesh government has failed to take any action against eight government officers including four District Magistrates in Madhya Pradesh (MP) who were found involved in corruption in NREGA projects worth around Rs 255 crore. MP
Land acquisition for the Rs 51,000 crore Posco steel project near here in Jagatsinghpur district resumed today after a day`s halt following opposition to it. "Acquisition of land in some areas under Gada Kujang gram panchayat w
In a tersely-worded letter, the government has directed Commonwealth Games convenor Suresh Kalmadi to immediately remove two top officials of the CWG organising committee (OC) facing corruption charges. T S Darbari, a joint director general on the
The BSP today disrupted proceedings in Parliament alleging diversion of funds meant for SC/ST for the Commonwealth Games projects, with BJP alleging that there was "bungling" in organising the sporting event. As soon as Ra
In a new twist to the drama surrounding the national game, sports ministry today sought clarifications from both Hockey India and Indian Hockey Federation on how they propose to meet the governments guidelines to run the sport in the country.
Curfew today remained in force in the Kashmir Valley following violence by rampaging mobs who indulged in stone-pelting, attacked government buildings and looted weapons from police. The Valley was under the grip of tension for the
Governing Kashmir could be compared with sweeping leaves in the thorny undergrowth in a forest of Chinars during an autumn storm, while watching out for neighbours driving by with tipper trucks full of decaying leaves that they want to empty at th
The CBI today moved a court seeking five days custody of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah in the Soharabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. Senior Supreme Court lawyer K T S Tulsi, representing the investigating agency in the special
Serving women army officers won their first round of legal battle with the Government today assuring the Supreme Court that it will be consider giving them permanent commission in legal and educational branches. However, these offic
The Haryana government will implement some of the tourism projects through Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode as part of its efforts to project the state as a key tourist destination. The projects to be implemented under this mod
The CBI today filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court seeking restoration of stringent charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, which attracts maximum punishment of a ten-year jail term, against the accused in the 1984 Bhopal Ga
Minority educational institutions could approach National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions incase of difficulty in obtaining requisite certificate from state governments to get Constitutional protection under Article 30, its chairm
Battling an upsurge in violence, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the state needs a political initiative to deal with the situation but made it clear that for that to happen a semblance of normalcy is a precursor.
The government today said it has found company law violations in the ownership pattern in the several Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket teams and Registrar of Companies has been asked to take penal action. "The preliminary in
Uttar Pradesh government today asked the Centre to reconsider its decision to grant the powers of search, seizure and arrest to Sashastra Seema Bal deployed on the Indo-Nepal border in view of complaints regarding alleged misbehaviour by SSB perso
Condom vending machines will be set up at the Commonwealth Games offices and venues where condoms will be available for free and also for rupees five each for use by the guests and the locals, said National AIDS Control Organisation’s (NACO)
Contrary to the earlier apprehensions, basmati rice production in the country is unlikely to decline in the current fiscal due to the recent floods in north Indian states. Basmati acreage, which was earlier expected to dip by 5 per cen
The carpet exporters, who were severely hit by the global slowdown, will get a relief from the US as America has removed the ban on them. Indian carpet industry from is mandatory child labour free Indian carpet industry did not find mentio
The Prime Minister`s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) came heavily on the textiles ministry and cautioned that "abrupt" changes in the cotton export policy would hurt the interest of farmers and dent India`s image as a dependable global
India`s exports are likely to cross the USD 200 billion mark for the first time this fiscal on the back of demand revival in the country`s traditional markets such as the US and Europe. In its economic outlook for 2010-11, the Prime Minist
