Admitting that the Dantewada massacre was a failure of command and control, home minister P Chidambaram said on Monday that responsibility for the lapse will be fixed right up to his level. He also ruled out use of Army and Air Force in th
India which was ranked at 113 in the 2008 United Nations e-government survey has fallen by six positions this year. The 2010 survey which was released on Friday by department of economic and social affairs of the United Nations (UN) ranks India at
The HRD ministry has prepared a public-private-partnership model for setting up 20 IIITs under which the expenditure could be shared in the ratio of 85 to 15 between the government and industry. According to a note prepared by the ministry
This morning`s Indian Express`s editorial castigates Shashi Tharoor for thoughtlessly blowing up a great opportunity, not just for himself, but for all professionals who might
Airline pilots are known to be high fliers, professionally and socially, but the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is not amused that many pilots have recently been found "high" on duty. "During last one year, tot
CBI has told the Supreme Court it has evidence to prosecute Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in a disproportionate assets case as there is proof that she had amassed illegal wealth. In an affidavit filed on Friday, the investigating a
Two private technical educational institutes from Orissa are among 22 top institutes in the country selected by the Union Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) for establishment of full-fledged incubator for entrepreneurs.
The Supreme Court today upheld the conviction and life imprisonment awarded to Manu Sharma, son of senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Venod Sharma, in the 1999 Jessica Lall murder case. "The prosecution has p
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday appeared unperturbed by the uproar created by opposition in Parliament over the controversy surrounding Union Minister Shashi Tharoor. "In politics, ups and downs keep happening,"
President Pratibha Patil accepted the resignation of minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor from the Council of Ministers on Sunday night on the recommendation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. According to Rashtrapati
Prevention is better than cure and what better way for prevention than traditional medicines like ayurveda and unani products? So the government plans to promote them – using the public-private partnership (PPP) model. Health secreta
Rajdhani and Duronto passengers can now look forward to “hygienic, wholesome and affordable food”. The railways ministry has decided that the catering services in all new Duronto Express trains will be managed by the Indian Railways Ca
In a new survey done on the different government agencies around the world, the Backward Classes Bureau of India has beat all government departments in the world – to emerge as “the most inappropriate government agencies” in
Parliament begins the sitting for the day, the opposition creates pandemonium on some burning issue of the day and the houses are adjourned in no time – leaving question hour as casualty. Now the government wants to break this routine and at
Facing criticism over poor implantation of the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act (PESA), the government has suggested amendments to the law and has asked all the nine PESA states for their opinion. Panchayati Raj secretary ANP
With the opposition set to raise the Shashi Tharoor-IPL controversy in Parliament, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday chaired a strategy session with senior party leaders. Gandhi held consultations with finance minister Prana
Keeping up pressure on rich nations to take legally binding emission cuts, India on Friday made clear that it was committed to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which is based on the principle of common but differentiated resp
Sunanda Pushkar, in news for her Rs 70 crore sweat equity in the Kochi franchise of the IPL, has been in Dubai but very much in touch with three union ministers -- apart from of course her "close friend", minister of state for external a
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The Centre should have "direct talks" with the states instead of speaking through the media on "a sensitive issue" like Maoist menace, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar said on Friday. "The Centre should take state
