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
As part of efforts to provide affordable treatment for diabetes, the Delhi government today launched a screening-cum-counselling centre related to the disease affecting nearly 25 lakh people in the city. The centre at the GTB hospital was
On June 5, Nand Kishore, a 50-year-old labourer was killed near his Sangam Vihar home at Loni in Ghaziabad district. Kishore had tried to shield his daughter Neetu from his neighbours who abused her while she was filling empty cans at a handpump i
The government today approved disinvestment of 10 per cent equity each in mining companies Coal India Ltd and Hindustan Copper Ltd. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs. &qu
The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) is understood to have cleared a home ministry proposal to raise its own construction force, on the lines of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), for undertaking construction of roads and bridges in the Maois
Reaching the Mumbai-Goa highway will take three hours less if the proposed Ro-Ro (roll-over-roll-off) services from Ferry Wharf to Mandva begin soon. With the Maharashtra government expected to greenlight the project to MMRDA shortl
The reconstituted Group of Ministers (GoM) on the Bhopal gas tragedy will meet on Friday, home minister P Chidambaram today said, a day after Prime Mini
Delhi government on Monday revised the circle rates for sale and purchase of properties in the capital, effecting a substantial increase for all colonies across the city which may result in rise in property prices. The Delhi cabinet, presi
At Nehru Camp, near Mother Diary, in Patparganj area of east Delhi, the first thing I notice is filth and foul odour. Evidently, the inhabitants of this elongated settlement of about 650 jhuggis do not enjoy the ‘right to sanitation&
Private investment has finally come to Bihar. In first ever public private partnership (PPP) initiative worth Rs 1400 crore, a 5.5 km bridge will be built over river Ganga connecting Bakhtiyarpur with Tajpur in the state. The longs
The Justice Srikrishna Committee may ask the Election Commission to put off 12 assemblies by-elections in Telangana region to January 2011. Highly placed sources said the committee may require more time to elicit public view which may coinc
In an unusual action, Karnataka High Court today approached the Supreme Court complaining against its own judge, Justice D V Shylendra Kumar, accusing him of "berating" Chief Justice P D Dinakaran by using "intemperate" languag
The much-awaited conversion of railway track from meter gauge to broad gauge from Assam`s Lumding to Agartala is expected to be completed by 2012, the government said today. Replying to a notice initiated by CPI(M) MLA Manindra Chandra Das
Opposition PDP today alleged the Jammu and Kashmir government of focusing only on "managing the fallout of misgovernance and atrocities", and not working with a fixed purpose in Jammu and Kashmir. "The present coalition is a
Higher Minimum Support Price(MSP) announced by the Government may boost kharif crop production and supplies this year, an economist said. In an incentive to increase production of food items, the Government has hiked the Minimum Sup
As the latest inflation data breached the double-digit barrier, the Planning Commission today suggested that the Reserve Bank aim at curbing the galloping prices. Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said he ag
Rail divisions across the state have been alerted on threat to trains during the Maoist called 48-hour bandh, which began midnight, in five states including Jharkhand. "We have been asked to be on alert by our higher authorities follo
