REGULAR STORY

New definition being considered for minority districts

The government is considering a drop in the cut-off percentage by population in designating a district as `minority concentrated`. Union minority affairs minister Salman Khurshid said on Wednesday that the government is considering a propo

U`khand CIP expires on Wednesday

Political posturing has begun over the Central concessional industrial package for Uttarkhand which expires on Wednesday night. Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has claimed that the Centre has curtailed the package, which was origin

Retired govt employees to be hired for Census `11

Hit by a shortage of officers, the government has decided to hire its retired employees to contribute in the conduct of the mammoth Census exercise covering 1.2 billion residents spread over 35 states and Union Territories. The government

Govt committed to quota for backward Muslims

Government today said it is committed to providing reservation to the backward sections among Muslims, a recommendation also made by the Sachar Committee that went into the issue of socio-economic condition of minority communities. "W

Everything you wanted to know about census

Census 2011, the 15th national census will begin from April 1 when Home Minister P. Chidambaram will go to the Rashtrapati Bhavan at 10 am and President Pratibha Patil will fill up the first enumeration form. While census takes place every

IAF accuses housing board of land-grab in Mumbai

The Indian Air Force has alleged that Maharshtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada), the state housing board, has grabbed 49,000 sq m defence land here. The Air Force says Mhada manipulated property records to take over nearly

Nalini to approach High Court over release issue

Rajiv Gandhi assassination lifer Nalini will move the Madras High Court against the Tamil Nadu government`s decision to reject her plea for pre-mature release. 44-year-old Nalini conveyed her decision to her lawyer P Pugazhendhi, who met h

PM`s address to nation to build momentum for RTE implementation

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will address the nation on the Right to Education, before it comes in to effect from April 1. Senior officials said the address, on Doordarshan and All India Radio, will be broadcast on Thursday at 7.30 in the

Bihar first state to regulate coaching institutes

Bihar has become the first state in the country to enact laws for regulating coaching institutes. In the wake of the violent protests by students charging the coaching institutes with duping them, the state government introduced the Bihar

Curious case of a minister`s fake representatives

Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is in a quandary: some persons are approaching medical and dental colleges, promising approval and recognition for their course and claiming that they are close to the Congress leader. They are not, and hence

Fast flying suspension orders in UP over NREGS funds scam

After putting up a brave front on the allegations of corruption and bungling in the implementation of the national employment guarantee scheme in her state, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati has

Delhi grapevine: inside info on politicians and others

Bachchan makes Ramesh skip tiger campaign event Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh recently slipped out of a Save Tiger Campaign show quietly. Reason: Amitabh Bachchan, the Congress` latest persona non grata, was to be the chief

Alagiri orders probe against joint secretary

 Chemical and fertilisers minister M K Alagiri has ordered a preliminary CVC inquiry against Deepak Singhal, a UP cadre IAS and joint secretary (fertilisers), after the allegations that gas allocation prices decided by the bureaucrat led to l

Tainted doctors taken off practice for now

The Medical Council of India (MCI) on Tuesday temporarily removed 13 doctors from its medical records due to complaints filed against them. Out of the 13 doctors, seven are from Delhi, three from Karnataka, two from Tamil Nadu and one from Uttar P

Corporate partners for cleaning Yamuna

After running a week-long campaign to clean up some ghats of Yamuna, the Art of Living, an NGO founded by spiritual guru Ravi Shankar, is planning to engage corporates in the cause. “We had a lot of corporate partners during the camp

Largest census exercise on from April 1

Come April 1, India will kickstart the largest census exercise ever to be attempted in the history of mankind and capture its 1.2 billion population in one single database. More than 2.5 million people will be engaged in the Rs 2,200 crore

Court notice to CBI on transferring 1984 riots case

A Delhi court today sought a response from CBI for transferring 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases involving Congress leader Sajjan Kumar to some other court in the city. District Judge G P Mittal asked the investigating agency to respond to the p

One-time loan pay-offs for Maha sugar co-ops

Maharashtra government is planning to introduce a `one time settlement` scheme to pay off loans availed by cooperative sugar factories in the state. "A one time settlement scheme would be introduced for the cooperative sugar factories

NRHM institutional delivery figures soar

Strengthening of the rural health infrastructure through the National Rural Health Mission has resulted in a whopping 71.6 per cent institutional deliveries across India as compared to only 41 per cent earlier. According to the latest perf

Bihar raises insurance cover for Naxal district`s cops

The Bihar government will hike the insurance cover of policemen and homeguard personnel posted in 15 Maoist-affected districts of the state from the present Rs 12 lakh to Rs 13.75 lakh. Director General of police Neelmani told reporters he

Visionary Talk: Amitabh Gupta, Pune Police Commissioner with Kailashnath Adhikari, MD, Governance Now


Archives

Current Issue

Opinion

Facebook Twitter Google Plus Linkedin Subscribe Newsletter

Twitter