The Bhopal package announced by the group of ministers (GoM) is a welcome step in the sense that it will provide some financial help to the victims, who, by some estimate, received a measly sum of Rs 12,410 each as compensation for the biggest ind
The wait is finally over for thousands of students competing for 54,000 seats in the Delhi University as it announced the first cut off list for admissions to various undergraduate courses for the academic session 2010-11, on late Monday evening.
The Supreme Court Monitoring Committee has sealed eateries and cafeteria inside the three historical monuments of the city--- Red Fort, Purana Quila and Humayun’s Tomb. Plus, stalls outside some of these monuments have also been shut down.
Ten assembly constituencies in telangana region will go to by-elections on July 27, the Election Commission announced on Monday. "There are 12 casual vacancies in the state legislative assembly of Andhra Pradesh out of which, in two a
BJP voiced its discontent with the Bhopal GoM recommendations - Madhya Pradesh deputy chief minister Babulal Gaur, a member of the GoM conveyed the party`s displeasure at the end of the meeting on Monday saying that the party thinks that the compe
The GoM on Bhopal has recommended that a global tender be floated inviting waste management companies to come and clear up the mess that Union Carbide left behind 26 years ago and which Dow refuses to touch today. The entire cleaning up of
The ministry of urban development on Monday signed MoUs with IIT Delhi, IIT Chennai, IIT Warangal and CEPT University Ahmedabad for setting up of Center of Excellence (CoE) for Urban Transport Planning and Development. These institutes w
An eight-member team of `Committee on Petitions` of Rajya Sabha MPs today visited Blind Peoples` Association (BPA) here as part of its series of consultations with NGOs on the issue of taxing anonymous donations. The committee led by BJP M
Congress today cleared decks for the entry of United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP) (unattached) legislator Anatanasio `Babush` Monserratte into the party fold. Chief minister Digamber Kamat told reporters outside his official residence tha
The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Centre and some states on the growing cult of honour killings being reported across the country. A bench of Justices R M Lodha and A K Patnaik sought response from the respective g
A recent Supreme Court order allowing bamboo harvesting in sanctuaries could pose a threat to the endangered tigers, feels the government which has decided to seek reconsideration of the direction. A decision in this regard was taken at a
Amid the growing rift with JD(U) in Bihar, BJP today said a decision on continuing the alliance will be taken by party president Nitin Gadkari after consultation
A Rs 1,500 crore package for enhancing compensation for the kin of those who died and those debilitated in the Bhopal gas disaster was today finalised by a Group of Ministers (GoM). The GoM, headed by Home Minister P Chidambar
One memory that the border security force (BSF) has completely deleted from its records pertains to the killing of nearly a dozen soldiers by the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) along with some villagers. A patrol party of the BSF had inadvertently straye
The GoM on Bhopal gas tragedy is understood to have today decided to recommend filing of a curative petition in the Supreme Court to fix criminal liability, seek extradition of former UCC CEO Warren Anderson and cleaning up the complex by burying
Bihar`s ruling allies JD(U) and BJP were in open war on Sunday with the latter daring chief minister Nitish Kumar to snap ties following the Gujarat flood aid row. Angry over Kumar returning the Rs five crore flood relief money to the Nare
Senior Congress leader Arjun Singh, who is in the eye of a storm over the issue of safe passage given to the then UCC Chairman Warren Anderson in the wake of the Bhopal gas tragedy, has sought to lob the ball in the Centre`s court and the party de
Getting central funds for tourism development will no longer be a holiday for states. The union tourism ministry`s new set of rules will now make sure that states travel long and hard before they get to a sanctioning. The cen
The Goa government has assured to review the latest cess imposed on hospitality industry, the lifeline of the state`s economy, following protest from the tourism industry players. "The government will re-examine the issues rais
In a snub to Narendra Modi after his government advertised Kosi flood relief donations, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has returned Rs 5 crore given by the Gujarat chief minister for the flood victims. Kumar has returned the Rs 5
