Lok Sabha on Friday passed a bill for setting up of a ‘national green tribunal’ for the quick and effective disposal of over 5,000 environment-related issues pending before various courts. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, whi
The first phase of Houselisting & Housing Census along with collection of information for preparation of National Population Register in the states of Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Punjab, Uttaranchal and Maharashtra commences on Saturday, acc
The domestic steel industry has better lobbyists in Delhi to help it not only raise prices at will without any government action but also to fix the export duty on the iron ore to suit its demand. It is thanks to these lobbyists tha
All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said on Friday that judiciary should put in place a mechanism for consultation with Muslim religious heads and scholars when dealing with vital issues concerning Islam and Shariat. "Courts h
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said this week that people living in the capital can afford to pay more taxes or higher electricity rates. Why should a Delhiite, let`s call him a Common Man, keep bankrolling the government – especially a
This is the story of Durga. Not the goddess Durga, but a 15 year old girl from Uttarpara in Kolkata. Seven years back, Durga lost her father to cancer. He was an alcoholic. A few months after that, her mother’s dead body was found in a paddy
In an order to step up cooperation in the energy sector, Japan becomes the latest country to offer cooperation with India on nuclear energy. In a key development on Friday, both sides decided to work towards a civil-nuclear treaty with the establi
Worried over the slow pace of relocation of villages from tiger habitats, the Centre has constituted five committees to identify shortcomings in the process and suggest ways to expedite it. The step has come days after Prime Minister Manmohan Sing
Noticing massive gaps in figures provided by states on immunisation programme and the ground reality, the government today said it will open a call centre in the national capital to monitor the implementation. "In the database, we shal
Around 53,000 enumerators and supervisors have been appointed to do field operations for the first phase of Census operation in Haryana, a senior official said on Friday. Describing Census as the biggest administrative exercise which is not
The Supreme Court issued on Friday notices to the Centre and 14 life insurers on a petition by market regulator Sebi seeking transfer of cases from High Courts relating to Unit Linked Insurance Products (ULIPs). Sebi is locked in a turf bat
The government today apprised MPs belonging to 33 worst Naxal-affected districts about its strategy, especially development schemes, and sought their cooperation in the task to deal with the Maoists. Home Minister P Chidambaram and
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani to rein in 26/11 mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, saying his free movement was not conducive to the atmosphere of peace and stability in the reg
The BJP today announced that it has put on hold its earlier decision of withdrawing support to the Shibu Soren government in Jharkhand, a day after the coalition partner JMM said it was ready to back a government led by it. A decisi
The auction of third-generation (3G) spectrum is likely to be completed in next 1 or 2 days, Telecom Minister A Raja informed the Rajya Sabha today. "The auction is being held successfully....it will be completed in one or two
A fax letter from Jharkhand chief minister Shibu Soren`s son, Hemant Soren, to BJP chief Nitin Gadkari this afternoon has thrown the party leadership into disarray. Through the letter, Hemant staked his claim to the chief minister`s post and sough
The government today said that the Indian woman diplomat arrested on charge of spying for Pakistan did not have access to highly classified material and investigations in the matter are continuing. "The position occupied by the
A day after the origin of Cobalt-60 was traced to Delhi University`s chemistry department, the varsity authorities today said it was a `miscalculation` that the material had outlived its radioactive time, following which it was auctioned.
Food inflation eased by over one percentage point to a month`s low of 16.61 per cent for the week ended April 17, as pressure on prices declined with the arrival of rabi crops in the markets. However, the fall in food inflation does
The Opposition today sought changes in the present income tax procedures to make it people-friendly and said it would help check tax evasion. Participating in the resumed debate on the Finance Bill in the Lok Sabha, Anant Geete (Shi
