The tight liquidity condition in the system is unlikely to persist beyond the short-term once the government start spending and money from bond redemptions coming in to the system in the approaching weeks. Over Rs 65,000 crore is ex
Information and broadcasting secretary Raghu Menon has advocated the need for a three tier regulatory mechanism for media in the country. Inaugurating a seminar here on `Marketing Responsibly` organised by the Advertising Standards
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is optimistic about the wealth creation in Asia`s two biggest countries - India and China. In its latest global wealth report titled –Regaining Lost Ground: Resurgent Markets and New Opportunities - 2010, it
A pension scheme for unmarried tribal mothers was launched today in Kerala. Launching the pension scheme titled `Sneha Sparsham`, health minister P K Sreemathi had assured to provide help for the welfare of the marginalised women.
Security at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel international airport was today beefed up following an alert sounded by the union home ministry of a possible terror strike. "Following an alert from the union home ministry, the security has b
The Madras High Court today posted to June 14 a petition seeking direction to the Centre to take immediate steps for the arrest of Sri Lankan minister Douglas Devananda, who is part of the visiting Presidential delegation, in connection with a 198
In a bid to promote sports in the state, the Jammu and Kashmir government today said it has decided to construct stadia at all tehsils and district headquarters. "The government has conceived an ambitious programme to construct stadia
Expelled AIADMK leader S Muthusamy, who last week joined DMK, has said around 20,000 workers of his erstwhile party from the district would join the ruling party at a function in Chennai tomorrow. Talking to reporters here yesterday
Exceeding all hopes, the auction for spectrum today ensured Rs 106,336 crore to the government, over three times the original estimate, with successful bidders for Broadband Wireless Access committing over Rs 38,617 crore. Internet Service
Even as industrial production expanded at a whopping 17.6 per cent in April, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today said he was hungry for more. "My appetite is infinite. I would have been happier, if it was 20 per cent," Mukher
After the political setback in Jharkhand, BJP will fine-tune its election strategy in poll-bound Bihar at its National Executive meeting beginning here tomorrow. The two-day meet will see the launch of the party`s campaign in the key state
Meghalaya government has decided to solicit public opinion on a bill that envisages reforms on the municipal act, paving the way for holding of first ever civic polls in the state since it attained statehood. The Meghalaya Community Partic
Government would infuse additional equity of Rs 1,200 crore into Air India over the next few months and review its performance to decide on the future course, civil aviation minister Praful Patel has said. He, however, said there was no de
The Allahabad High Court has stayed the implementation of results of the tests conducted by the Uttar Pradesh government for recruiting 35,000 constables. The order was passed by Justice Bala Krishna Narayana on a writ petition filed by on
The four member NIA team has concluded questioning of Mumbai terror suspect David Coleman Headley and has headed back home, Indian ambassador to the US Meera Shankar said today. "This (the questioning) took place over several d
Differences between the home and defence ministries on the use of special forces of the Army and setting up of a unified command centre for anti-Maoist operations today came to the fore at the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) which ended withou
The suspense over what the re-constituted National Advisory Council’s mandate would be is over. Going by the agenda decided at its first meeting on Thursday, which was chaired by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the 14-member advisor
Vice-Chancellor of Delhi University Prof Deepak Pental`s term is set to expire in August. To search for a new VC, DU`s Executive Council (EC) has constituted a search committee on Thursday. Two members recomended by the EC are Rajagopala Chidambar
A decision on the legal right of the poor to get wheat or rice at Rs 3 per kg was deferred today as Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar could not attend the meeting of a panel of ministers on the Food Security Bill on health grounds.
The government is understood to be considering changes in the nuclear liability bill, including a proposal to a crucial clause that would compel a foreign nuclear supplier to provide for compensation in case of accidents due to wilful action or gr
