The CPI(M) today dubbed as "discriminatory" the government`s order asking state-owned BSNL to pay higher licence fee for 3G spectrum than private operators and demanded its withdrawal. "While the private operators hav
In an apparent bid to accelerate setting up of new power projects in the state, the Uttar Pradesh government has given industry status to power sector, state official sources said today. A proposal in this regard was approved during
In a bid to provide jobs to nearly five lakh registered unemployed youth, the Jammu and Kashmir government has set up an employment facilitating agency (EFA) in the state. "The EFA has been tasked to oversee the functioning of employm
Demanding five per cent reservation to the community in government jobs, a faction of Rajasthan Gujjar Arakshan Samiti today held a `dharna` at all 33 district headquarters and submitted a charter of demands to the collectors. In Jaipur, l
India today said it has offered to buy air tickets for return of its 105 nationals lodged in Kyrgyzstan capital Bishkek after they were evacuated from violence-hit southern Kyrgz towns. Ministry of external affairs spokesperson Vishnu Prak
Ahead of Friday`s crucial meeting in Lausanne, IOA secretary general Randhir Singh today advised the sports ministry not to pursue its "brinkmanship" over the contentious tenure limitation guidelines, warning it may lead to a disaster wh
After winning a three-year-long court battle, women officers of the Air Force will now be accorded permanent commission for which an exercise has been initiated by the IAF. "Yes, we have already started the process for according perma
Ruling NDA and opposition RJD-LJP combine have issued whips to its MLAs as the presence of B G Uday, a Bangalore-based businessman, has paved the way for a keen contest to five Rajya Sabha seats from Bihar tomorrow. Tomorrow`s elect
Despite the Naga Students` Federation lifting its economic blockade of a key national highway here, trucks were unable to reach Manipur today as the All Naga Manipur Students` Association (ANSAM) remained stuck to its demand in the neighbouring st
The Manipur government will now look after the development and improvement of the National Highway 53 (Imphal-Jiribam-Silchar road) which has been under the care of the Border Road Organisation (BRO) ever since 1968, officials said today.
A team from the union health ministry is here to conduct an epidemiological investigation into the spread of swine flu in the state where the virus has claimed 16 lives in the last one month. Kerala government had asked the centre t
An Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) may meet next week to consider raising petrol and diesel prices by Rs 2-4 per litre and domestic LPG rates by up to Rs 25 per cylinder. "I was trying for the EGoM meeting on Thursday (June 17) af
Comments by key players in the aftermath of the Bhopal gas tragedy give an indication about the exit of former Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson from India with then chief minister Arjun Singh quoted as having said there was no intention to prosec
Against the backdrop of a strong agitation for separate statehood, the ruling Congress and the major opposition Telugu Desam Party face a tough challenge in the coming bypolls to 12 assembly seats in Telangana region. The byelection
Cultivating organic cotton gives higher financial security to farmers over the cultivation of Bt cotton, says a Greenpeace report. The report said that in the year 2009-10 farmers in the South India cultivating cotton through organi
Since the 1990s targetted distribution of food to the poor has been an integral element of the state’s offerings for its poor. Evolved in the 1960s as a system of management of food scarcity and as a policy tool for supporting the poor in ti
In an effort to curb discrimination against minors suffering from communicable diseases, government is all set to amend an act providing for the care and protection of children. The draft bill to amend the Juvenile Justice (care and protec
The Prime Minister`s Office (PMO) has spent Rs 11,92,910 on subsription of 45 magazines and 43 daily newspapers for 2009-10. Afroz Alam Sahil, an RTI activist, received this information in response to a Right to Information query. PMO`s to
Falling in line with the government policy, Karnataka excise minister M P Renukacharya today said there was no proposal to extend the business hours of pubs and bars here. "I have never said that the timings would be extended,&
Income tax department has sought prosecution powers in the proposed Direct Taxes Code (DTC) for taking effective action against tax evaders. The department has also sought the power of telephonic interception in suspected cases of fraud an
