The new anti-adulteration law makes food adulteration an offence punishable with life imprisonment and manufacturers can be fined up to Rs 10 lakh, Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said. Replying to supplementarie
The Reserve Bank was today optimistic about the economy expanding by 8 percent this fiscal, despite tightening of the monetary policy. "The Indian economy is firmly on the recovery path... the baseline projection of real GDP gr
The RBI today hiked short-term lending and borrowing rates and the portion of money banks deposit with it by 25 basis points each, in a move aimed at controlling the inflation spiral without choking growth. The apex bank hiked its r
To empower poor women, Andhra Pradesh will give land to 69,500 women from landless families under its land distribution programme, reports The Indian Express. These women in 23 districts will get 2.5 acres of wet land or 5 acres of dry land, whic
The communications and information technology ministry` s IT department has launched the new, inclusive avatar of it website which is accessible to the visually challenged and conforms with W3C guidelines o
Two months after the national conference on e-governance held at Jaipur saw some of the best performing e-gov projects being awarded, the government has now given away a slew of awards to its best websites. The first-ever Web Ratna awards were giv
The Delhi High Court has said the failure by educational institutions to check ragging would be considered as an act of negligence on institution`s part. "It has been held that failure to prevent ragging is to be construed as an act o
Telecom services, especially calls to and from BSNL network, will be disrupted from Tuesday morning, with nearly 3 lakh employees of the PSU beginning an indefinite strike to protest VRS and divestment proposals of the Sam Pitroda committee .
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) will soon start its own coaching classes for CA aspirants. "We shall soon be offering coaching facility in the country to the students at almost one third of fee charged by other priv
India will bring its copyright laws in line with international standards in internet and digital technology, providing for stringent punishment up to two years imprisonment for violation. A Bill to amend the Copyright Act was introduced in
Warning that soaring prices could `dampen` economic recovery, RBI today said its annual monetary policy tomorrow may focus on containing inflation -- a move that may see the apex bank raising key rates. RBI said monetary management in the
Income tax authorities have asked the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) to respond by Friday, April 23, to 10 queries, including the one on income from controversy-hit IPL and its structure. The BCCI, sources said, was asked que
A special ward to treat patients of radiation exposure will be set up at the Lok Nayak hospital in central Delhi, following the leakage of radioactive Cobalt-60 in Mayapuri scrap market earlier this month. The Chemical Biological Radiation and Nuc
The Delhi Cabinet on Monday approved the introduction of public health standards for primary urban health centres (PUHC) in Delhi. The decision was taken in a cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. The standards w
The government has said that an investigation was being conducted into the functioning of IPL but remained non-committal on a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe demanded by non-UPA members who alleged that the tournament involved "betting&qu
A Reserve Bank of India survey has projected the economy to grow by a higher 8.2 per cent in the current fiscal, while the central bank warned that exit from stimulus could mar growth unless carefully planned. RBI expected wholesale prices
Now that Shashi Tharoor has been sacrificed on the altar of piety it is time to ensure that the chapter is not closed.
The government which had chosen to steer clear of the Indian Premier League all this while, said on Monday that all aspects of the IPL including the sources and routes of funding of the teams were being probed and assured Parliament that "no
Embattled IPL commissioner Lalit Modi Monday rubbished allegations of betting and money laundering in the event and threatened to take legal action against the newspaper which has made the accusations. Modi, who is in Dubai to attend the I
BSP MLA Jamuna Nishad, who was arrested and jailed in June 2008 for leading a mob into a police station in Maharajganj, eastern UP, and murdering a constable, has, outrageously, found in hospital a cozy refuge from the harshness of a prison, says
