The survey work at the proposed Posco steel plant site near here resumed today, four days after anti-Posco agitators agreed to cooperate with the Orissa government on it. Altogether eight teams comprising six members each entered Go
Andhra Pradesh government was considering to provide HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment services at Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in the state, a top official has said. Provision of HIV/AIDS services at PHC-level would help the publi
The Gujarat High Court today asked the government pleader to furnish status report on Nanavati Commission`s work, while hearing petition seeking cross examination of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and three others in connection with the 2002
Certain central educational institutions will now be able to give reservation to more ST and SC students than what is stipulated under law. With the union cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today, clearing a pro
Food inflation dropped marginally to 16.12 per cent for the week ended June 5 raising hopes that the price-line may moderate as indicated by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. A 0.62 percentage point decline in food inflation over 1
In the midst of the political storm over the Bhopal gas case verdict, the records of the trial court show that the CBI had sought dilution of the stringent charge against UCC CEO Warren Anderson on the lines of the relief given by the Supreme Cour
At least nine of the 13 directors of the Rs 8,000-crore Gujarat Cooperatives Milk Marketing Federation which markets Amul products, have questioned powers of the Federation chairman Parthi Bhatol to accept resignation of managing director B M Vyas
Chhattisgarh government is starting a mobile clinic for sickle cell anaemia patients in the state, official sources said today. Chief minister Raman Singh will inaugurate the mobile clinic on June 19, the World Sickle Cell Anaemia A
BMC has issued evacuation notices to owners of 876 dilapidated buildings in the city, almost 90 per cent of which are in south Mumbai. A pre-monsoon survey conducted by BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said 876 buildings, in
Amid raging controversy over the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, government today said the reconstituted Group of Ministers (GoM) meeting tomorrow will discuss all areas of concern, including the compensation for the victims which has not been "adeq
India has strongly protested the inclusion of Naxal issue under the realm of an "armed conflict" in a UN report, saying the violence being perpetrated by these groups does not make it a zone of armed conflict as defined by international
The Cabinet on Thursday approved the amendment in the New Delhi Municipal Council Act, 1994, by introducing the New Delhi Municipal Council (Amendment) Bill, 2010 in the Parliament. The Bill shall be introduced in the next session of the Parliamen
RBI deputy governor K C Chakrabarty today said that the policy measures will depend upon the changing economic environment and the current inflation is still within RBI estimates. "If things change fast, there will be more meas
Now that the idea of replacing the public distribution system (PDS) with direct cash transfers (DCT) – in which the beneficiaries get the subsidy amount directly in their bank accounts – is gaining ground with the Delhi government pois
Ahead of the pilot project to identify the below the poverty line (BPL) population, the rural development ministry has come out with a comprehensive list of those who will be automatically included in the BPL category and those who will be automat
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi today supported caste-based census in the country saying caste is "a fact of life". "There should be a caste-based census. Caste is a fact of life and it is a reality so there should n
Five cases of corruption in the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council in Assam have been registered by CBI, which claimed to have recovered over Rs 13 crore allegedly siphoned off from Council`s fund. "Two persons were arrested
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee may not meet officials of Dow Chemicals, the new owners of Union Carbide that caused the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, during his visit to the US next week. "I am not aware that this issue is on the
The union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is not in favour of allowing new helipads to come up in the metropolis, Bombay High Court has been told. Maharashtra government is considering allowing helipads on rooftops in the
With assembly polls in some states due by early next year, the Election Commission today expressed concern over the "alarming proportion" of "paid news" and directed officials to closely monitor poll-related reports. &q
